[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 156 (Monday, August 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 47855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16080]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Revised 
Comprehensive Management Plan, Merced Wild and Scenic River, Yosemite 
National Park, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono & Tuolumne Counties, CA; 
Notice of Approval of Record of Decision

    Summary: Pursuant to Sec.  102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended) and the regulations 
promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2)--
and in accord with instructions of the U.S. District Court--the 
Department of the Interior, National Park Service has prepared and 
approved a Record of Decision for the Final Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement and Merced River Revised Comprehensive Management 
Plan, Yosemite National Park. This programmatic Plan addresses NPS 
stewardship of an 81 mile segment of the 122 miles of the Merced River 
designated as ``Wild and Scenic'' by Congress in 1987. The requisite 
no-action period was initiated June 24, 2005, with the Environmental 
Protection Agency's Federal Register notification of the filing of the 
Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS).
    Decision: As soon as practical the National Park Service will begin 
to implement the Revised Comprehensive Management Plan described as the 
Preferred Alternative (Alternative 2) contained in the FSEIS. This 
alternative was deemed to be the ``environmentally preferred'' 
alternative. This course of action and three alternatives (including 
no-action) were identified and analyzed in the Final and Draft 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statements (the opportunity for 
public review of the latter was announced in the Federal Register on 
January 14, 2005). The full range of foreseeable environmental 
consequences were assessed, and appropriate mitigation measures have 
been identified.
    Copies: Interested parties desiring to review the Record of 
Decision may obtain a copy by contacting the Superintendent, Yosemite 
National Park, P.O. Box 577, Yosemite, California 95389; or via 
telephone request at (209) 372-0201.

    Dated: July 25, 2005.
Jonathan B. Jarvis,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 05-16080 Filed 8-12-05; 8:45 am]
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