[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8988-8989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4161]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Guadalupe 
Mountains National Park, Texas

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
for a General Management Plan for Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969, the National Park Service is preparing an environmental impact 
statement for the General Management Plan for Guadalupe Mountains 
National Park. This effort will result in a comprehensive general 
management plan that encompasses preservation of natural and cultural 
resources, visitor use and interpretation, roads, and facilities. 
Alternatives to be considered include no action and other alternatives, 
including a preferred alternative, which will be developed throughout 
the public scoping process. Each alternative will set forth a clearly 
defined direction for resource preservation and visitor use in 
Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
    Major issues at Guadalupe Mountains National Park include (1) 
management and development in the gypsum dunes on the westside of the 
park; (2) maintenance of historic structures; (3) development and 
maintenance of campsites and other in-park facilities, particularly at 
Pine Springs; (4) relationship of the park to local governments and 
Native American communities; (5) reintroduction of native species 
extirpated from the park; and (6) management and restoration of 
existing habitats within the park, including McKittrick Canyon. Other 
issues will be identified during the public scoping process.
    Comments: If you wish to comment on issues of concern associated 
with the general management plan and environmental impact statement, 
you may submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may 
mail comments to Mr. Ellis Richard, Superintendent, Guadalupe Mountains 
National Park, HC 60, Box 400, Salt Flat, TX 79847. You may also 
comment via the Internet to `[email protected]'. Please 
submit Internet comments as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special 
characters and any form of encryption. Please also include ``Attn: 
General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, GUMO, Package 
214'' and your name and return address in your Internet message. If you 
do not receive a confirmation from the system that we have received 
your Internet message, contact Mr. Ellis Richard directly at (915) 828-
3251. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to Guadalupe Mountains 
National Park, HC 60, Salt Flat, TX 79847. Our practice is to make 
comments, including names

[[Page 8989]]

and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during 
regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we 
withhold their home address from the record, which we will honor to the 
extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we 
would withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable by 
law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must 
state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. However, we 
will not consider anonymous comments. We will make all submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

For Further Information: Contact Mr. Ellis Richard, Superintendent, 
Guadalupe Mountains National Park, (915) 828-3251.

    Dated: February 8, 2000.
John A. King,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. 00-4161 Filed 2-22-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-70-P