[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 209 (Monday, October 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21595]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Colorado River Management Plan, Final Environmental Impact 
Statement, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, Arizona

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Colorado River Management Plan, Grand Canyon National 
Park.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to subsection 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. subsection 4332 
(2)(C), the National Park Service announces the availability of a Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Colorado River Management 
Plan, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, Arizona. The FEIS 
describes and analyzes the environmental impacts of several 
alternatives, including a modified preferred alternative, for future 
management of public use of the Colorado River through Grand Canyon 
National Park, including the Lower Gorge. The analysis includes both 
commercial and non-commercial uses. The FEIS incorporates changes based 
on comments on the Draft EIS, and includes the responses to public 
comments.

DATES: The National Park Service will execute a Record of Decision 
(ROD) no sooner than 30 days following publication by the Environmental 
Protection Agency of the Notice of Availability of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final Environmental Impact Statement are 
available online at www.nps.gov/grca/crmp or from the office of the 
Superintendent, Grand Canyon National Park, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, 
Arizona 86023. The document is also available on the Internet at: 
http://planning.nps.gov/plans.cfm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Killeen, Special Assistant, Grand 
Canyon National Park, 928-638-7885.

    Dated: September 28, 2005.
Michael D. Snyder,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 05-21595 Filed 10-28-05; 8:45 am]
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