[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 35218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16482]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102 (2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190, as amended), the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to the 1994 Draft Development 
Concept Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (DCP/EIS) for the 
Brooks River Area, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. It 
includes a new proposal, Alternative 5.

DATES: Comments on the SEIS should be received no later than August 14, 
1995. Written responses to the SEIS should be submitted to the 
Superintendent, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Post Office Box 7, 
King Salmon, Alaska, 99613. No public meetings will be held.
    Copies of the SEIS are available on request from: Planning Team 
Leader, National Park Service, Denver Service Center-TWE, Post Office 
Box 27287, Denver, Colorado 80225-0287, telephone (303) 969-2262.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This EIS is a supplement to the 1994 Draft 
Development Concept Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (DCP/EIS) 
for the Brooks River Area, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. 
It includes a new proposal, Alternative 5. As in the Draft DCP/EIS, the 
major issue to be addressed is to identify appropriate alternatives for 
visitor use and resource conservation in the operation and location of 
development in the Brooks River Area of Katmai National Park and 
Preserve.
    The new proposed action, Alternative 5, consists of the following 
elements: a rustic lodge and dining facility and overnight 
accommodations for 60, in separate cabins with a central shower/
washroom facility on the Beaver Pond Terrace. A 60-person campground 
with enclosed, bear-proof cooking shelters would be provided on the 
terrace. All overnight accommodations would be provided through a 
concession-run, private sector corporation. Staff facilities would be 
similar to the lodge structures, with a second central shower/washroom 
facility. A main visitor center for the park would be the Interagency 
Visitor Center located in the gateway community of King Salmon. A 
visitor orientation facility would be provided in the Brooks River Area 
for on-site interpretation and safety orientation. The new proposal 
would provide for boat and aircraft access to the Brooks River Area and 
would encourage planning for appropriate dispersed outdoor recreational 
activities throughout the Naknek drainage, as called for in the 1986 
General Management Plan (GMP).

    Dated: June 28, 1995.
Michael Soukup,
Associate Director, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science.
[FR Doc. 95-16482 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]
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