[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 43551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18699]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of Draft Director's Order Concerning 
National Park Service Policies and Procedures Governing its 
Environmental Management Systems

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to adopt a 
Director's Order setting forth the policies and procedures under which 
NPS facilities will develop and implement Environmental Management 
Systems (EMS). This is necessary because Executive Order 13148 requires 
that an EMS be implemented at all appropriate Federal facilities by 
December 31, 2005. The Director's Order will help ensure that all 
necessary actions are taken to integrate environmental accountability 
into day-to-day decision-making and long-term planning processes, and 
across all NPS activities and functions.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted until August 22, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Draft Director's Order 13A is available on the 
Internet at http://www.nps.gov/policy. Requests for copies of, and 
written comments on, the Director's Order should be sent to Carl Wang, 
NPS Environmental Management Program Manager, Park Facility Management 
Division, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington DC 20240, or to his Internet 
address: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Wang at 202/513-7033.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS is updating its current system of 
internal written instructions. When these documents contain new policy 
or procedural requirements that may affect parties outside the NPS, 
they are first made available for public review and comment before 
being adopted. The draft Director's Order covers topics such as the 
principles of an EMS; NPS EMS policy; and elements of an EMS (e.g., a 
commitment statement, goals and targets, recordkeeping, communication, 
training, monitoring, measurement, corrective action, management 
review, and roles and responsibilities). Individual respondents may 
request that we withhold their home address from the administrative 
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.

    Dated: April 30, 2003.
Dale J. Wilking,
Chief, Park Facility Management Division.
[FR Doc. 03-18699 Filed 7-22-03; 8:45 am]
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