[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 27272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13074]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, The 
Flagstaff Areas (Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Walnut Canyon 
National Monuments), Coconino County, Arizona

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
for the General Management Plan for Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, and 
Walnut Canyon National Monuments.

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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 the General Management Plan for Wupatki, Sunset Crater 
Volcano, and Walnut Canyon National Monuments.
    The effort will result in a comprehensive general management plan 
that encompasses preservation of natural and cultural resources, 
visitor use and interpretation, roads, and facilities. The planning 
process will be coordinated with the United States Forest Service 
(Coconino National Forest), the Arizona Land Department, the Babbitt 
Ranches (CO Bar Ranch), the Hopi and Navajo Nations, the Museum of 
Northern Arizona, Northern Arizona University, Coconino County, and the 
City of Flagstaff. Attention will also be given to resources outside 
the boundaries that affect the integrity of these units. Alternatives 
to be considered include no-action, the preferred alternative, and 
others to be developed through this planning effort.
    Major issues include boundary expansions legislated in 1996 at 
Walnut Canyon and Wupatki National Monuments, the preparation of an 
Openspace/Greenway Plan by the City of Flagstaff, Navajo residence and 
Navajo livestock grazing within Wupatki National Monument, the lack of 
information relative to human impacts on back country resources at 
Wupatki, and self-government issues raised by the Navajo Nation.
    A scoping brochure has been prepared that details the issues 
identified to date. Copies of that and other information regarding the 
General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement can be 
obtained from the Superintendent, Flagstaff Areas, 2818 North Steves 
Blvd. #3, Flagstaff, Arizona 86004, telephone (520) 556-7134.

    Dated: May 15, 1997.
John E. Cook,
Regional Director, Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. 97-13074 Filed 5-16-97; 8:45 am]
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