[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 20366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7745]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability for the Record of Decision on the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Niobrara National Scenic River 
General Management Plan, Nebraska

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
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 Record of Decision (ROD) Niobrara National Scenic 
River (Scenic River) General Management Plan/final Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS), Scenic River. On March 26, the Midwest Regional 
Director approved the ROD for the project. As soon as practicable, the 
NPS will begin to implement the Preferred Alternative contained in the 
final EIS issued on February 23.
    Management Alternative B develops a vision for cooperative 
management of the Scenic River, with the NPS providing stewardship 
directly and through Federal, State, and local partners on a landscape 
that would remain largely in private ownership. The alternative's 
boundary protects, as equitably as possible, the river's outstandingly 
remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, and 
paleontological values. This alternative encompasses 23,074 acres and 
is within the acreage limitations of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
    This course of action and three alternatives were analyzed in the 
draft and the final EIS. The full range of foreseeable environmental 
consequences was assessed and appropriate mitigating measures were 
identified.
    The ROD includes a statement of the decision made, synopses of 
other alternatives considered, the basis for the decision, a 
description of the environmentally preferable alternative, a finding on 
impairment of park resources and values, a listing of measures to 
minimize environmental harm, and an overview of public involvement in 
the decisionmaking process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Niobrara National 
Scenic River, P.O. Box 591, O'Neill, Nebraska 68763, or by calling 402-
336-3970. Copies of the final EIS and ROD are available upon request 
from the above address or may be viewed online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/.

    Dated: March 29, 2007.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. E7-7745 Filed 4-23-07; 8:45 am]
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