[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 1903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-609]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Extension of the Public Comment Period, Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Colorado River Management Plan 
(CRMP) of Grand Canyon National Park

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the comment period for the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Colorado River Management 
Plan is extended.

DATES: The comment period for the draft EIS has been extended three 
weeks from the published date of the Notice of Availability. The 
extended deadline is February 1, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Address comments and requests for more information to: 
Superintendent, Grand Canyon National Park, Attn: CRMP Comments, P.O. 
Box 129, Grand Canyon, Arizona 86023, via e-mail at [email protected] 
or visit the Web site at http://www.nps.gov/crca/crmp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Ernenwein at (928) 779-6279 or 
Mary Killeen at (928) 638-7885.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The authority to revise the Colorado River 
Management Plan (CRMP) came as a result of a year-long negotiation to 
settle a lawsuit filed against the Park in U.S. District Court in 
Arizona in July, 2000. The settlement agreement directed the NPS to 
address specific issues including allocation of use between commercial 
and non-commercial users, and level of motorized rafting use. Given the 
complexity of the document and the intense level of interest, the 
comment period is being extended. The Park Service published the Notice 
of Availability of the Draft EIS in the Federal Register of October 1, 
2004 (Vol. 69, No. 190). The notice stated that the Draft EIS would 
remain available for 90 days from the publication of the notice. The 
Park Service published the Notice of Availability in the EPA Federal 
Register Environmental Documents on October 8, 2004 (EIS No. 040465).

    Dated: December 21, 2004.
Kate Cannon,
Deputy Superintendent, Grand Canyon National Park.
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