[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 59537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24062]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Integrated Multimodal Transportation Plan/Environmental Impact 
Statement, Grand Teton National Park, WY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
for an Integrated Multimodal Transportation Plan, Grand Teton National 
Park.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 
the National Park Service is preparing an environmental impact 
statement for an Integrated Multimodal Transportation Plan for Grand 
Teton National Park. The environmental impact statement will be 
approved by the Director, Intermountain Region.
    The Integrated Multimodal Transportation Plan will serve as a 
management and decision making tool for developing short and long-term 
solutions to problems associated with transportation in and around 
Grand Teton National Park. The primary objectives of the plan include 
(1) regional partnerships between the park and its gateway communities 
to reduce traffic impacts in both the park and surrounding communities, 
minimize duplication of services and facilities, and provide links to 
regional pathways to improve recreational opportunities in the park; 
(2) increasing the range of travel mode choices within the park, other 
than via private automobile, available to visitors, residents and 
employees of all ages and physical abilities; (3) provisions for safe 
travel throughout the park by all modes; and (4) protection of the 
park's natural and cultural resources from impacts attributable to 
vehicles and visitor use, including inappropriate parking along 
roadways or parking lot edges, noise, air quality, and wildlife 
mortality.
    The National Park Service conducted public scoping (public meetings 
and solicitation of comments from state, county and town agencies and 
organizations; park neighbors; state historic preservation officer; and 
associated American Indian tribes) for the Integrated Multimodal 
Transportation Plan from December, 2001 to January, 2002 and began 
preparing an environmental assessment for a range of draft 
alternatives. Due to the degree to which potential impacts are 
uncertain, the National Park Service is proceeding with preparation of 
an environmental impact statement.

DATES: The National Park Service will conduct further public scoping 
for the draft alternatives and environmental impact statement for a 
period of 30-days beyond publication of this Notice of Intent.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to: Integrated Multimodal 
Transportation Plan, Superintendent's Office, Grand Teton National 
Park, PO Drawer 170, Moose, WY 83012. You may also hand-deliver 
comments to the Superintendent's Office, Grand Teton National Park, 
Moose, Wyoming (Attn: Integrated Multimodal Transportation Plan).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Steve Martin, Grand 
Teton National Park, PO Drawer 170, Moose, WY 83012; Tel: (307) 739-
3410; FAX: (307) 739-3440; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. 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.

    Dated: June 21, 2002.
R. Everhart,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. 02-24062 Filed 9-20-02; 8:45 am]
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