[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 195 (Friday, October 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59869-59870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25678]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve; Alaska; Glacier Bay 
Compensation Program

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the draft Glacier Bay Compensation 
Program Plan.

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SUMMARY: Section 123(c) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 1999 (``the Act''), as amended 
by section 501 of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
Public Law 106-31 (05/21/99), authorizes compensation for fish 
processors, fishing vessel crewmembers, communities and others 
negatively affected by congressionally directed restrictions and 
closures on commercial fishing in the marine waters of Glacier Bay 
National Park. The National Park Service (NPS) and the State of Alaska 
have been working to develop and implement the compensation program as 
broadly envisioned by Congress in the Act. The first step in this 
process was the August 1, 2000, release of the Final Economics 
Assessment Report which quantified the financial impacts resulting from 
the commercial fishing restrictions and closures. The draft plan was 
available for public review on September 29, 2000.

DATES: Comments on the draft Glacier Bay Compensation Program Plan will 
be accepted through November 30, 2000. If individuals submitting 
comments request that their name or/and address be withheld from public 
disclosure, it

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will be honored to the extent allowable by law. Such requests must be 
stated prominently in the beginning of the comments. There also may be 
circumstances wherein the NPS will withhold a respondent's identity as 
allowable by law. NPS will make available to public inspection all 
submissions from organizations or businesses and from persons 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
and businesses; and, anonymous comments may not be considered.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the draft Glacier Bay Compensation Program Plan 
should be submitted to Clark Millett, Compensation Program Manager, 
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, 2770 Sherwood Lane, Suite I, 
Juneau, Alaska 99801. Phone (907) 586-7047.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the draft Compensation 
Program Plan can be viewed and downloaded at http://www.nps.gov/learn/preserve/issues/fish/. Copies of the draft Glacier Bay Compensation 
Program Plan are available from: Clark Millett, Compensation Program 
Manager, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, 2770 Sherwood Lane, 
Suite I. Juneau, Alaska 99801. Phone (907) 586-7047.

    Dated: September 28, 2000.
Thomas Ferranti,
Acting Regional Director, Alaska Region.
[FR Doc. 00-25678 Filed 10-5-00; 8:45 am]
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