[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 161 (Friday, August 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 50564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21088]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Final Environmental Impact Statement, Interagency Bison 
Management Plan for the State of Montana and Yellowstone National Park

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Availability of final environmental impact statement plan.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announces the 
availability of a final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for 
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

DATES: The DEIS was on public review from June 12, 1998 through 
November 3, 1998. Responses to public comment are addressed in the 
FEIS. There will be a 30-day public review on the FEIS. Comments must 
be post-marked by October 2, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the FEIS are available from the Superintendent, 
Yellowstone NP, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 82190. Public 
reading copies of the FEIS will be available for review at the 
following locations:

Office of the Superintendent, Yellowstone NP, Yellowstone National 
Park, WY 82190, Telephone: (307) 344-2010.
Planning and Environmental Quality, Intermountain Support Office--
Denver, National Park Service, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225-0287, 
Telephone: (303) 969-2851.
Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of 
Interior, 18th and C Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20240, Telephone: 
(202) 208-6843.

    Comments on the FEIS should be sent to: Bison Management Plan EIS 
Team, Yellowstone National Park, Attn: Sarah Bransom, YCR, PO Box 168, 
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS presents 8 alternatives with a full 
range of management techniques for maintaining a wild, free ranging 
bison population while minimizing the risk of transmitting the disease 
Brucellosis from bison to domestic cattle on public and private lands 
in Montana adjacent to Yellowstone National Park. Management techniques 
used in various combinations to meet the plan's objectives include 
capturing and testing bison for Brucellosis, quarantining, 
slaughtering, hunting, and vaccination.
    The FEIS in particular evaluates the environmental consequences of 
the proposed action and the other alternatives on the following topics: 
bison population, recreation, livestock operations, socioeconomics, 
threatened, endangered and sensitive species, other wildlife species, 
human health, cultural resources, and visual resources.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Yellowstone National 
Park, at the above address and telephone number.

John A. King,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 00-21088 Filed 8-17-00; 8:45 am]
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