[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 197 (Friday, October 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 58122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5045]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Denali National Park and Preserve Aircraft Overflights Advisory 
Council

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent of Establish an Aircraft Overflights Advisory 
Council.

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SUMMARY: This notice is published in accordance with section 9(a) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix). 
Following consultation with the General Services Administration, notice 
is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior has formally 
established the Denali National Park and Preserve Aircraft Overflights 
Advisory Council to provide advice and recommendations on mitigation of 
impacts from aircraft overflights at Denali National Park and Preserve.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Tranel, Denali National 
Park and Preserve, 240 W. 5th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, 99501, (907) 
644-3611, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Denali National Park and Preserve 
Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council has been established in 
accordance with the Denali National Park and Preserve's 2006 
Backcountry Management Plan and EIS. The plan concluded that air travel 
is an important means of access for backcountry users, and that scenic 
air tours are an important means for other park visitors to access and 
enjoy Mount McKinley and adjoining scenic peaks and glaciers. However, 
the cumulative impact of these tours, plus the additional aircraft 
traffic, must be mitigated to protect park resource values and the 
quality of the visitor experience. The plan calls for an aircraft 
overflights advisory group that will develop voluntary measures for 
assuring the safety of passengers, pilots, and mountaineers, and for 
achieving standards that represent desired future resource conditions 
at Denali. The National Park Service needs the advice of this group to 
develop effective mitigation measures that will be acceptable to 
stakeholders. The Council will be composed of individuals that 
represent a broad range of interests, including air taxi operators, 
commercial aviation, local landowners, the State of Alaska, the Federal 
Aviation Administration, climbers and other parks users, and the 
environmental community.
    Certification: I hearby certify that the administrative 
establishment of the Denali National Park and Preserve Aircraft 
Overflights Advisory Council is necessary and in the public interest in 
connection with performance of duties imposed on the Department of the 
Interior by the Act of August 25, 1916, 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq., and other 
statutes relating to the administration of the National Park System.

    Dated: September 4, 2007.
Dirk Kempthorne,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 07-5045 Filed 10-11-07; 8:45 am]
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