[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 17445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8697]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Final Environmental Impact Statement/General Management Plan, 
Mount Ranier National Park, Pierce and Lewis Counties, WA; Notice of 
Approval of Record of Decision

Summary

    Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (Public Law 91-190, as amended) and the regulations promulgated 
by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR part 1505.2), the 
Department of the Interior, National Park Service has prepared and 
approved a Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement/General Management Plan for Mount Rainier National Park. The 
no-action period was initiated November 9, 2001, with the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency's Federal Register (V66, N218, P56673) 
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 General Management Plan described as the Preferred 
Alternative (Alternative 2) contained in the FEIS, issued in October 
2001. This alternative was deemed to be the ``environmentally 
preferred'' alternative, and it was further determined that 
implementation of the selected actions will not constitute an 
impairment of park values or resources. This course of action and two 
alternatives were identified and analyzed in the Final and Draft 
Environmental Impact Statements (the latter was distributed in November 
2000). The full ranges 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, Mount Rainier National 
Park, Tahoma Woods, Star Route, Ashford, Washington 98304-9751; or via 
telephone request at (360) 589-2211 ext. 2332.

    Dated: February 7, 2002.
John J. Reynolds,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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