[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25756-25757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10950]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Resource Protection Study, Environmental Impact Statement, 
Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
for the Resource Protection Study, Curecanti National Recreation Area, 
Colorado.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969, the National Park Service is preparing an environmental impact 
statement for the Resource Protection Study (RPS) for Curecanti 
National Recreation Area, Colorado. The study will result in 
recommendations to be made to the Congress, as directed by Public Law 
106-76, concerning resource protection and open space on land within 
and surrounding Curecanti National Recreation Area. The alternatives to 
be considered include no action, the preferred alternative, and other 
alternatives that address issues required by P.L. 106-76:
     assess the natural, cultural, recreational and scenic 
resource value and character of the land within and surrounding the 
Curecanti National Recreation Area (including open vistas, wildlife 
habitat, and other public benefits);

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     identify practicable alternatives that protect the 
resource value and character of the land within and surrounding the 
Curecanti National Recreation Area;
     recommend a variety of economically feasible and viable 
tools to achieve these purposes;
     estimate the costs of implementing the approaches 
recommended by the study; and not later than October 21, 2002, submit a 
report to Congress containing the study's findings and recommendations.
    The National Park Service is planning to hold an open house 
regarding the Curecanti Resource Protection Study between the hours of 
3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on May 24, at the Gunnison County Multi-Purpose 
Building, Gunnison Fairgrounds, 275 South Spruce, Gunnison, CO. The 
purpose of the open house is to explain the planning process, to 
solicit concerns and comments regarding the study, and to identify 
resource and other issues that need to be resolved. The National Park 
Service will send individual notices regarding the meeting to adjacent 
landowners and to other persons and organizations on the park's mailing 
list, as well as prepare news releases to be distributed to various 
forms of news media announcing the open house meeting.

Comments

    If you wish to submit issues or provide input to this initial phase 
of the Curecanti RPS, you may do so by any one of several methods. In 
addition to attending the open house, you may mail comments to 
Curecanti Resource Protection Plan, Attn: Dave Roberts, 2465 South 
Townsend Avenue, Montrose, CO 81401. 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. Entitle the subject of your Internet message ``RPP 
Comments''. Include your name and home address at the end of your 
message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the system that we 
have received your Internet message, contact Dave Roberts at 970-240-
5432. Finally, you may hand-deliver your comments to either of two 
locations: (1) Superintendent's Office, located near Elk Creek Visitor 
Center, approximately 15 miles west of the City of Gunnison on Hwy. 50; 
or (2) the Montrose Public Lands Center, 2535 South Townsend Avenue, 
Montrose, CO. Comments should be received no later than 60 days from 
the publication of this Notice of Intent.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular 
business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold 
their home addresses 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 of 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: Dave Roberts, Management Assistant, 
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Curecanti National 
Recreation Area, 2465 South Townsend Avenue, Montrose, CO 81401, 
Telephone: 970-240-5432, E-Mail: [email protected].

    Dated: April 19, 2000.
Michael D. Synder,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region.
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