[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7507-7508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1876]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Final Director's Order 12--Conservation Planning, Environmental 
Impact Analysis and Decision-Making and Final Handbook

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of final director's order 12--
conservation planning, environmental impact analysis and decision-
making and final handbook.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is converting and updating its 
current system of internal instructions in conformance with a new 
system of NPS internal guidance documents. As part of this process the 
NPS invited public and agency comments (59 FR 43355) concerning 
improvements to our implementation of the National Environmental Policy 
Act. Based on the public and internal scoping comments the NPS 
developed a draft revision of the Director's Order and Handbook. The 
NPS then made a draft of the Director's Order and Handbook available 
for public review and comment (62 FR 45270 and 62 FR 51144). Comments 
received during the public comment period were general and primarily 
editorial in nature and have been incorporated in the approved version. 
The approved Director's Order revises NPS policies, standards, and 
requirements for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) within units of the National Park System. Based on this 
revision, a modification will be made to the Department of the 
Interior's Departmental Manual (section 516 appendix 7) regarding 
implementation of NEPA by the NPS.

DATES: Director's Order 12: Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact 
Analysis and Decision-making and the Handbook accompanying the

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Director's Order were signed on January 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Director's Order 12 and its Handbook are available on the 
Internet at the following address: http://www.nps.gov/refdesk/Dorders/index.htm. Requests for copies should be sent to: Jacob Hoogland, 
National Park Service, Environmental Quality Division, 1849 C Street, 
N.W. Room 2749, Washington, D.C 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Hoogland at (202) 208-3163 or 
[email protected].

    Dated: January 16, 2001.
Michael Soukup,
Associate Director, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science.
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