[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 23945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6152]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, 
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the General Management Plan and Wilderness Study, Great 
Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service announces the availability 
of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management 
Plan and Wilderness Study for Great Sand Dunes National Park and 
Preserve, Colorado.

DATES: The National Park Service will accept comments on the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement from the public through June 26, 2006. 
Public meetings will be scheduled during the comment period, including 
hearings on the wilderness study, and dates and times will be posted in 
a newsletter, on the planning Web site, and by contacting the park.

ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review and comment 
online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov, in the office of the 
Superintendent, Steve Chaney, Great Sand Dunes National Monument and 
Preserve, 11500 Hwy. 150, Mosca, CO 81146-9798; Tel: (719) 378-6300; 
and at the following locations: Southern Peaks Public Library, 423 4th 
Street, Alamosa, Colorado; West Custer County Library, 209 Main Street, 
Westcliffe, Colorado; Crestone/Baca Library, Crestone, Colorado; Great 
Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Visitor Center.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Steve Chaney, Great 
Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, 11500 Hwy. 150, Mosca, CO 
81146-9798; Tel: (719) 378-6300; FAX: (719) 378-6311; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment, you may submit your 
comments by any one of several methods. You may mail comments to Suzy 
Stutzman, National Park Service, Intermountain Region, P.O. Box 25287, 
Denver, CO 80225. You may also comment via the Internet at http://parkplanning.nps.gov. If you do not receive a confirmation from the 
system that we have received your Internet message, contact us directly 
at Suzy Stutzman, (303) 987-6671. Finally, you may hand-deliver 
comments to National Park Service, Intermountain Region, Room 186, 
Lakewood, CO. It is the practice of the NPS to make all comments, 
including names and addresses of respondents who provide that 
information, available for public review following the conclusion of 
the [NEPA] process. Individuals may request that the NPS withhold their 
name and/or address from public disclosure. If you wish to do this, you 
must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. 
Commentators using the Web site can make such a request by checking the 
box ``keep my contact information private.'' NPS will honor such 
requests to the extent allowable by law, but you should be aware that 
NPS may still be required to disclose your name and address pursuant to 
the Freedom of Information Act.

    Dated: March 15, 2006.
William E. Wellman,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
 [FR Doc. E6-6152 Filed 4-24-06; 8:45 am]
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