[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 161 (Friday, August 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Final Environmental Impact Statement and Comprehensive Management 
Plan, Merced Wild and Scenic River, Yosemite National Park, Madera, 
Mariposa, Merced, Mono & Tuolumne Counties, California; Notice of 
Approval of Record of Decision

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190, as amended) and the regulations 
promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR Part 
1505.2)--and in accord with a ruling of the U.S. District Court--the 
Department of the Interior, National Park Service has prepared and 
approved a Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement and Merced River Comprehensive Management Plan, Yosemite 
National Park. This programmatic Plan addresses NPS stewardship of an 
81-mile segment of the 122 miles of the Merced River designated as 
``Wild and Scenic'' by Congress in 1987. The requisite no-action period 
was initiated July 7, 2000, with the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency's Federal Register notification of the filing of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).
    Decision: As soon as practical the National Park Service will begin 
to implement the Merced River Comprehensive Management Plan described 
as the Proposed Action (Alternative 2) contained in the FEIS. This 
alternative was deemed to be the environmentally preferred alternative. 
This course of action and four alternatives were identified and 
analyzed in the Final and Draft Environmental Impact Statements (the 
latter was announced for comment in the Federal Register on January 7, 
2000). The full range of foreseeable environmental consequences were 
assessed, and appropriate mitigation measures identified.
    Copies: Interested parties desiring to review the Record of 
Decision may obtain a copy by contacting the Superintendent, Yosemite 
National Park, P.O. Box 577, Yosemite, California 95389; or via 
telephone request at (209) 372-0201.

    Dated: August 11, 2000.
William C. Walters,
Deputy Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 00-21085 Filed 8-17-00; 8:45 am]
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