[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 26930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13363]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Commercial Services Management Plan, Environmental Impact 
Statement, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
for the Commercial Services Management Plan, Yellowstone National Park.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 
the National Park Service is preparing an environmental impact 
statement for a Commercial Services Management Plan for Yellowstone 
National Park.
    The effort will result in a plan that will determine the levels and 
types of commercial visitor services appropriate for Yellowstone 
National Park (Yellowstone). The plan is intended to provide the park 
with long-term strategic guidance for management of commercial 
services.
    The plan will provide a framework or broad, general direction and 
guidance. Individual commercial service proposals may also require 
further site specific plans and compliance, when implemented in the 
future.
    This plan will assimilate decisions made in previous planning 
documents and amend some elements of plans that are no longer 
consistent with management objectives of the park. The plan will 
provide the basis for development of prospectuses for new concession 
contracts when existing contracts expire.
    For the purposes of this planning process, commercial services 
include anything offered to the public or private individuals, in which 
park resources are used, and which results in compensation of any kind 
to an individual, organization, or corporation. Compensation may be 
``for profit'' or ``non-profit'' under local, state, or federal law.
    Major issues which will be addressed by the plan, include:
    (1) What types of services and facilities are appropriate for 
Yellowstone as we enter the next century?
    (2) What levels of services and facilities are essential to serve 
Yellowstone visitors?
    (3) What types of support facilities (e.g., employee housing, 
warehouses, storage, transportation) are necessary?
    (4) What are the appropriate areas for facilities which serve 
visitors and provide support services?
    A general information brochure has been prepared that lists the 
issues identified to date. Copies of that information can be obtained 
by contacting: Commercial Services Plan, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone 
National Park, Wyoming 82190.

    Dated: May 20, 1996.
John E. Cook,
Director, Intermountain Field Area.
[FR Doc. 96-13363 Filed 5-28-96; 8:45 am]
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