[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 179 (Friday, September 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47963-47964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22941]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Santa Rosa Island Resources Management Plan; Channel Islands 
National Park, California; Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement

    Summary: The National Park Service will prepare a Santa Rosa Island 
Resources Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (SRI-RMP/EIS) 
for Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California and is 
initiating the scoping process for this project. This notice is in 
accordance with 40 CFR 1501.7 and 40 CFR 1508.22, of the regulations of 
the President's Council on Environmental Quality for the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Public Law 91-190.

Background

    This planning effort is intended to supplement and expand upon the 
parkwide Resources Management Plan, which was approved in 1994 and 
focused primarily on research, inventory/monitoring, and project needs. 
The primary objective of the current planning process is to prepare an 
RMP/EIS specific to Santa Rosa Island which analyzes and selects 
management actions to accomplish three primary objectives: (1) To 
conserve and restore rare plant and animal species, as well as the 
habitats upon which they depend, (2) to ensure that non-native plant 
species will not threaten restoration of rare species and their 
habitats, and (3) to ensure that management of non-native ungulates 
(e.g., cattle, deer, elk, horses) and island infrastructure (e.g., 
roads and culverts) will protect or recover riparian habitat and water 
quality sufficiently to ensure compliance with the Clean Water Act. In 
addition, since Santa Rosa Island has yet to be reviewed for 
suitability as wilderness (pursuant to the Wilderness Act and Public 
Law 96-199), all proposed management actions will be evaluated in terms 
of their impact on wilderness suitability.
    Supplementary Information: Persons wishing to express concerns or 
provide information on the above management issues and proposed future 
management direction of Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National 
Park may address these to the Superintendent, Channel Islands National 
Park, 1901 Spinnaker, Ventura, California 93001. Public scoping 
sessions will be scheduled and additional information given via press 
release and notices distributed to area libraries. The first scoping 
session will be held in Fall, 1995 in Ventura, California. Questions or 
comments regarding this Notice of Intent or the final schedule and 
location of scoping sessions should be addressed to the Superintendent, 
either by mail or by telephone at 805/658-5700.
    The responsible official is Stanley T. Albright, Field Director, 
Pacific West Area, National Park Service. The draft SRI-RMP/EIS is 
expected to be available for public review in Winter-Spring 1995-96.

    Dated: September 1, 1995.
Stephen G. Crabtree,
Acting Field Director, Pacific West Area.
[FR Doc. 95-22941 Filed 9-15-95; 8:45 am]
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