[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 43815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20811]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Availability of the Final Development Concept Plan/
Amendment to the General Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact
Statement for Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-190, as amended), the National Park
Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a Final Development
Concept Plan/Amendment to the General Management Plan/Environmental
Impact Statement (DCP/FEIS) that describes and analyzes a proposal and
three alternatives that meet immediate and long-term needs at Crater
Lake National Park regarding employee housing, completion of the
ongoing redevelopment at Rim Village, and maintenance, administration,
and storage facilities.
The Draft Development Concept Plan/Amendment to the General
Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (DCP/DEIS) was released
for public review on November 29, 1994 (59 FR 228), and the public
comment period closed February 2, 1995. During this comment period,
three public meetings were held and written comments were also
received. The DCP/FEIS contains responses to the comments received and
modifications to the document as needed in response to the comments.
The proposal, which was developed in response to public and agency
comments on the DCP/DEIS, calls for removing the visitor parking at Rim
Village and constructing a new parking structure 800 feet off the rim
with a shuttle bus system to provide year-round access to the rim;
creating a new roadway on which visitors would travel from the parking
facility to Crater Lake Lodge in shuttle buses; partially restoring to
natural conditions a one-acre maintenance yard near park headquarters
with the remainder of the site converted to an employee recreation
area; developing a 98-person employee dormitory and associated parking,
roads, pedestrian path, seasonal employee recreational vehicle (RV)
sites, a maintenance building and group campsites at Mazama Village.
New opportunities for placement of facilities originally proposed at
the South Entrance were identified through the public review for the
DCP/DEIS. Consequently, a separate planning effort would be undertaken
to determine the most appropriate location for construction of these
facilities, including employee housing (approximately 20-30 houses, 15-
20 RV sites, and a second 98-person dormitory to replace the Rim
Village dormitory), and additional support and storage facilities.
Three alternatives were considered, in addition to the proposal.
The no-action alternative would implement the 1988 DCP and include
development of two day-use parking areas to service Rim Village with
associated connecting trail and new road connecting facilities on the
rim, and a new employee dorm for 60-65 people. The South Entrance focus
alternative would construct a new employee dormitory at Mazama Village
and would relocate park headquarters, additional employee housing, and
support/storage facilities to the South Entrance. The Mazama focus
alternative would concentrate most development at Mazama Village,
including a new employee dormitory and support/storage facilities, with
additional employee housing at the South Entrance.
Major impact topics assessed for the proposed action and the
alternatives include earth resources, surface water, groundwater/water
supply, water quality, air quality, vegetation, wildlife, special-
status animal species, ecosystem processes, cultural resources, visitor
experience, employee commuting and delivery of services, and land use
and zoning.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The no-action period on this final plan and
environmental impact statement will end 30 days after the Environmental
Protection Agency has published a notice of availability of the DCP/
FEIS in the Federal Register. For further information, contact:
Superintendent, Crater Lake National Park, Post Office Box 7, Crater
Lake, OR 97604-0007; telephone (503) 594-2211.
Copies of the DCP/FEIS will be available at Crater Lake National
Park Headquarters, as well as the following locations: Multnomah County
Library, 801 SW 10th, Portland, OR; Salem Library, 585 Liberty SE,
Salem, OR; Klamath County Library, 126 South 3rd, Klamath Falls, OR;
Eugene Library, 100 W 13th, Eugene, OR; Jackson County Library, 413 W
Main, Medford, OR; Deschutes County Library, 507 NW Wall St., Bend, OR;
Josephine County Library, 200 NW C, Grants Pass, OR; Douglas County
Library, Courthouse, Roseburg, OR; Office of Public Affairs, National
Park Service, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Washington,
DC; and National Park Service, Seattle System Support Office, 909 First
Ave;, Seattle, WA.
Dated: August 14, 1995.
Rory D. Westberg,
Acting Deputy Field Director, Pacific West Area, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 95-20811 Filed 8-22-95; 8:45 am]
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