[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35001-35002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14637]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/
General Management Plan, Big Bend National Park, Texas

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102 (2) (C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332 (C), the National Park Service 
announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
for a General Management Plan (DEIS/GMP) for Big Bend National Park, 
Texas.

DATES: The National Park Service will accept comments from the public 
on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement through 60 days from the 
date of this notice. Public meetings will be held but have not been 
scheduled at this time. Dates, times and locations will be announced in 
the local media.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the DEIS/GMP are available from the 
Superintendent, Big Bend National Park, P.O. Box 129, Big Bend National 
Park, Texas 79834. Public reading copies of the DEIS/GMP will be 
available for review at the following locations: Office of the 
Superintendent, Park Headquarters (Administration Office), Big Bend 
National Park, P.O. Box 129, Big Bend National Park, Texas 79834. 
Telephone: (915) 477-1101.
    Planning and Environmental Quality, Intermountain Support Office--
Denver, National Park Service, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, P.O. Box 
25287, Denver, CO 80225-0287. Telephone: (303) 969-2851 (or (303) 969-
2377).
    Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior, 18th and C Streets, NW., Room 7012, Washington, DC 20240. 
Telephone: (202) 208-6843.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent or Management 
Assistant, Big Bend National Park at the above address and telephone 
numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment you may submit your 
comments by any one of several methods. You may mail comments to 
Superintendent, P.O. Box 129, Big Bend National Park, Texas 79834. You 
may 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: GMP 
Team'' 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 Superintendent Frank Deckert directly at 
telephone (915) 477-1101 or Management Assistant Lou Good at telephone 
(915) 477-1103. Finally you may hand-deliver your comments to park 
headquarters, Panther Junction, Big Bend National Park, Texas. Comments 
should be received no later than 60 days from the publication of this 
notice of availability. 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 
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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.

    Dated: March 31, 2003.
Michael D. Synder,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 03-14637 Filed 6-10-03; 8:45 am]
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