[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 99 (Monday, May 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 32121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12700]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Reinstatement, Record of Decision on the Final General Management 
Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Missouri National 
Recreational River (59-Mile District), Nebraska and South Dakota

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the regulations promulgated 
by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), the National 
Park Service (NPS) is announcing the Record of Decision on the Final 
General Management Plan (GMP) and Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(FEIS) for the Missouri National Recreational River (MNRR), 59-Mile 
District. The MNRR is located in portions of Clay, Union, and Yankton 
counties, South Dakota and Cedar, Dixon, and Knox counties, Nebraska.
    More specifically, the NPS is reinstating a Record of Decision 
previously suspended by the bureau. After the Record of Decision was 
originally signed, it was discovered that the FEIS was inadvertently 
not filed with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as required by 
40 CFR 1506.9. Accordingly, the NPS suspended the Record of Decision 
(see 65 FR 10542), suspended implementation of the GMP, filed the FEIS 
with EPA, and reopened the required 30-day period of no-action.

DATES: The Regional Director, National Park Service, Midwest Region, 
and the District Engineer, Omaha District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
approved the Record of Decision on December 17, 1999. That Record of 
Decision was reinstated effective April 10, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Hedren, Superintendent, Missouri 
National Recreational River, P.O. Box 591, O'Neill, Nebraska 68763, or 
by e-mail to [email protected], or call 402-336-3970.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA published its notice of availability 
for the FEIS in the Federal Register on March 10, 2000 (65 FR 12992). 
The 30-day no-action period ended on April 10, 2000. No public comments 
were received during this period. Accordingly, the NPS has determined 
that no changes to the FEIS or the original Record of Decision are 
necessary. The Record of Decision as printed in the Federal Register on 
December 17, 1999 (64 FR 72359) is reinstated.

    Dated: May 8, 2000.
David N. Given,
Acting Regional Director.
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