[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30856]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Draft Addendum Valley Housing Plan for the 1992 Supplement to 
Final Environmental Impact Statement General Management Plan, Yosemite 
National Park; Notice of Availability

Summary: Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190 as amended), the National Park 
Service (NPS), Department of the Interior, has prepared this addendum 
to the draft supplement to the final environmental impact statement for 
the general management plan (plan) for Yosemite National Park, 
California. These documents focus on identifying and assessing the 
potential impacts of proposed Yosemite housing initiatives.
    In 1992 the NPS issued the Draft Supplement to the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, 
Yosemite Valley Housing Plan (DES 92-29). This 1992 Draft Supplement 
presented a number of ideas that were open to comment and revision, 
including a proposed action and four alternatives (A, B, C, and D). In 
response to extensive comment, this addendum identifies and analyzes 
two additional alternatives (including a new proposed action) which 
further address the challenges inherent in housing the requisite number 
of NPS and concession employees in Yosemite National Park. For purposes 
of clarification the new alternatives are designated Alternative E (the 
new proposed action) and Alternative F. The original proposed action is 
now designated as Alternative G. As with the original document, all 
potential impacts are analyzed and mitigating actions are described.
    Once approved, the plan will guide management of employee housing 
for Yosemite National Park over the next 15 to 20 years. This process 
will be culminated with the filing of a Final Supplement to the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, 
Yosemite Valley Housing Plan, and timely notice of an approved Record 
of Decision will be published in the Federal Register.
    Alternative E, the new proposed action, would add 689 new employee 
beds at El Portal. A total of 1,014 employees would remain in housing 
in the valley, and 345 would move out of the valley. All tent cabins 
and other substandard housing would be removed. Headquarters for both 
the national park and the concession would be moved to El Portal.
    Alternative F would also relocate 345 employee beds from the 
valley. Most of the new housing would be in El Portal (528 employees). 
The headquarters for the park and the concession would be moved to 
Wawona, and housing for the related employees (161) would also be 
constructed there.

Comments: Written comments on the draft addendum should be directed to 
the attention of Superintendent, Yosemite National Park, P.O. Box 577, 
Yosemite National Park, California, 95389. All comments must be 
received not later than 90 days after notice of the filing of document 
is published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal 
Register.

Supplementary Information: Copies of the draft addendum Yosemite Valley 
Housing Plan and the 1992 Draft Supplement will be available for public 
inspection at the park and at area libraries. Requests for copies of 
either document should be directed to the Superintendent (at the above 
address), or by telephone at (209) 372-0202. The draft addendum is also 
available for review on the Internet via the NPS Planning Home Page 
http://www.nps.gov/planning/.
    Dated: November 26, 1996.
Bruce Kilgore,
Acting Field Director, Pacific West Area.
[FR Doc. 96-30856 Filed 12-03-96; 8:45 am]
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