[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 139 (Thursday, July 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 42096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14352]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of the Draft General Management Plan and 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Niobrara National Scenic 
River, NE

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the 
availability of the draft general management plan and environmental 
impact statement (GMP/EIS) for the Niobrara National Scenic River 
(Scenic River).

DATES: The GMP/EIS will remain available for public review for 60 days 
following the publishing of the notice of availability in the Federal 
Register by the Environmental Protection Agency. Public meetings will 
be held in the cities of Omaha, Valentine, Ainsworth, and Lincoln, 
Nebraska. Meeting places and times will be announced by the local 
media.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the GMP/EIS are available by request by writing to 
the superintendent at Niobrara National Scenic River, P.O. Box 591, 
O'Neill, Nebraska 68763; by telephoning the park office at (402) 336-
3970; or by e-mail, [email protected]. The document is also 
available to be picked up in person at the Scenic River's offices in 
O'Neill and Valentine. Finally, the document can be found on the 
Internet at the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) 
Web site at: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/publicHome.cfm. This Web site 
allows the public to review and comment directly on this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Niobrara National 
Scenic River, P.O. Box 591, O'Neill, Nebraska 68763.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Scenic River is an area of the national 
park system. The Scenic River extends 76 miles in Nebraska between the 
Borman Bridge southeast of Valentine to the Nebraska Highway 137 bridge 
north of Newport.
    The GMP/EIS describes and analyzes the environmental impacts of the 
proposed management action and one other action alternative for the 
future management direction of the park, and the environmental impacts 
of the boundary alternatives. A no-action management alternative is 
also evaluated.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual 
respondents may request that we withhold their home address from the 
record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There may 
also be circumstances where 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. However, we will not consider anonymous 
comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials or organizations or businesses, available 
for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: April 29, 2005.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.

    Editorial Note: This document was received in the Office of the 
Federal Register on July 18, 2005.

[FR Doc. 05-14352 Filed 7-20-05; 8:45 am]
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