[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30969-30970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10733]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Revised Draft Backcountry Management Plan, General Management 
Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement, Denali National Park 
and Preserve, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Announcement of public meetings and public comment date change.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces public meetings to 
obtain public comment on the Revised Draft Backcountry Management Plan, 
General Management Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for Denali National Park and Preserve. The document describes and 
analyzes the environmental impacts of a preferred alternative and four 
action alternatives for managing the park and preserve's backcountry. A 
no action

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alternative also is evaluated. This announcement provides public 
meeting dates and locations, and corrects the closing date for receipt 
of public comments and the e-mail address for electronic comments.

DATES: Written comments on the revised draft plan and EIS must be 
received no later than June 30, 2005. This corrects the date published 
in the Federal Register with the Notice of Availability on April 26, 
2005.
    See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for public meeting dates and 
locations.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the revised draft plan and EIS should be 
submitted to the Superintendent, Denali National Park and Preserve, 
Post Office Box 9, Denali Park, Alaska 99755.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Tranel, Chief of Planning, Denali 
National Park and Preserve. Telephone: (907) 644-3611.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meetings

    The public meeting dates and locations are as follows:
    June 8. Cantwell Community Center. Denali Highway. Cantwell, 
Alaska.
    June 9. Alaska Public Lands Information Center. 605 W. 4th Avenue, 
Anchorage, Alaska.
    June 13. Upper Susitna Valley Senior Center. Helena Drive, 
Sunshine, Alaska.
    June 14. Tri-Valley Community Center. Healy Spur Road, Healy, 
Alaska.
    June 15. Noel Wien Library. 1215 Cowles Street, Fairbanks, Alaska.
    Each meeting will last from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and each will follow 
the same format. There will be an opportunity for informal explanation, 
discussion, and individually recorded testimony from 5 p.m. until 6:30 
p.m. At 6:30 p.m. there will be a brief presentation followed by a 
formal public hearing. All comments recorded at these meetings will 
become a part of the comment record.

Electronic Access and Filing Addresses

    Submit electronic comments to [email protected]. The 
revised draft EIS may be viewed online by following the Revised Draft 
Backcountry Management Plan link on the Denali homepage at http://www.nps.gov/dena. Hard copies or CDs of the Revised Draft Backcountry 
Management Plan and General Management Plan Amendment and EIS are 
available by request from the aforementioned address.

    Dated: May 12, 2005.
Marcia Blaszak,
Regional Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 05-10733 Filed 5-27-05; 8:45 am]
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