[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 139 (Thursday, July 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37470-37471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17893]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Development Concept Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Front Country, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

TITLE: Development Concept Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Front Country, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing a development 
concept plan (DCP) and accompanying environmental impact statement 
(EIS) for the front country of Denali National Park and Preserve. The 
purposes of the DCP/EIS are to formulate a comprehensive plan for the 
Denali front country and to evaluate the impacts of alternative 
development scenarios for the area. The proposed action and 
alternatives will be developed from public input and comment received 
at public scoping meetings. Public scoping meetings will be held in 
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Cantwell, and Healy in the fall of 1995.
    The Denali front country is defined to include the Riley Creek 
entrance/headquarters area and the Denali Park Road corridor to Wonder 
Lake. The anticipated demand for future uses of these areas has 
prompted the NPS to initiate this DCP/EIS to address the full scope of 
existing and potential uses in the front country.
    Primary issues that the Denali Front Country DCP/EIS will address 
are visitor use, environmental constraints, park operations and 
management concerns, and interrelationships with adjacent areas. 
Visitor use issues include increasing demand, changing use patterns, 
visitor experience, access, transportation systems, services, and 
facilities. Environmental constraints consist primarily of natural and 
cultural resources, such as limited groundwater supply, unstable 
permafrost soils, wetlands, important wildlife habitat, historic 
structures, and aesthetics. Operational and management concerns include 
the amount and location of seasonal and permanent housing, location and 
amount of administrative offices, support facilities, and road 
maintenance standards. Adjacent area concerns include location of 
facilities and services outside of the park, the ability of adjacent 
areas to accommodate future development needs, and coordination of 
access networks.
    The EIS will be prepared in accordance with the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4331 
et seq.) and its implementing regulations at 40 CFR part 1500. The NPS 
will prepare the EIS in conjunction with preparation of the Denali 
Front Country DCP.
    Interested groups, organizations, individuals and government 
agencies are invited to comment on the plan at any time. The draft DCP/
EIS is anticipated to be available for public review in the spring of 
1996. Public meetings will be scheduled in the McKinley Park/Healy 
area, Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska, after release of the draft DCP/
EIS. The final EIS is expected to be released in the fall of 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Martin, Superintendent, Denali 
National Park and Preserve, P.O. Box 9, Denali Alaska 99755. Telephone 
(907) 683-2294.

 
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    Dated: July 10, 1995.
Marcia Blaszak,
Acting Field Director.
[FR Doc. 95-17893 Filed 7-19-95; 8:45 am]
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