[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 11363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6040]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent; Livestock Management Plan With Allotment 
Management Plans, Environmental Impact Statement, Dinosaur National 
Monument, Utah and Colorado

January 17, 2002.
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
for the Livestock Management Plan and associated Allotment Management 
Plans, Dinosaur National Monument.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969, the National Park Service is preparing an environmental impact 
statement for the Livestock Management Plan and associated allotment 
management plans for Dinosaur National Monument. This effort will 
result in a comprehensive livestock management plan that encompasses 
preservation of natural and cultural resources, meets current policies, 
and provides a framework for making grazing-related decisions, and 
serves as an operational manual. Development of these plans is 
compatible with the broader goals and objectives derived from the 
Monument mission that governs resources management. In cooperation with 
the Bureau of Land Management, attention will also be given to 
resources outside the boundaries that affect the integrity of Dinosaur 
National Monument resources. Alternatives will be developed through the 
scoping and planning process, and at a minimum will include a No Action 
Alternative and a Preferred Alternative. Major issues are: effects to 
soil and water resources, to proposed wilderness, presence of 
threatened, endangered and/or sensitive species, invasive nonnative 
species; conflicts with recreational uses; proposed Research Natural 
Areas; archaeological/historic resources; socioeconomic effects; and 
other sensitive natural resources such as riparian areas, A scoping 
letter as been prepared that details the issues identified to date. 
Copies of that information may be obtained from Nanci Regnier SWCA, 
Inc., Environmental Consultants, 8461 Turnpike Drive, Suite 100, 
Westminster, CO 80031. The scoping period will be 30 days from the date 
this notice is published in the Federal Register. In addition, NPS will 
hold public scoping meetings regarding the plans in April 2002; 
specific dates, times, and locations will be announced in local media 
and will also be available by contacting the Superintendent of Dinosaur 
National Monument at (970) 374-3001 or by contacting SWCA as above.
    Comments: If you wish to comment on the scoping letter, you may 
submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may mail 
comments to SWCA, at the above address. You may also comment via the 
Internet to [email protected]. Please submit Internet comments as an 
ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of 
encryption. Please also include ``Attn: DINO LMP'' and your name and 
return address in your Internet message. If you do not receive a 
confirmation from the system that we have received your Internet 
message, contact Nanci Regnier at SWCA, Inc. directly at above address 
or at (303) 487-1183. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to above 
address. Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular 
business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold 
their home address from the record, which we will honor to the extent 
allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we would 
withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law.
    If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state 
this prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make all 
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nanci Regnier, SWCA, Inc., 
Environmental Consultants (303) 487-1183.

    Dated: January 22, 2002.
R. Everhart,
Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 02-6040 Filed 3-12-02; 8:45 am]
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