[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73043-73044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-6147]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Draft Site Progress Report to the World Heritage Committee for 
Yellowstone National Park

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Site Progress Report to the 
World Heritage Committee, Yellowstone National Park.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Decision adopted by the 27th Session of the 
World Heritage Committee (Document: WHC-03/27.COM/7A.12) accepted by 
the United States Government, the National Park Service (NPS) announces 
the publication for comment of a Draft Site Progress Report to the 
World Heritage Committee for Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Idaho 
and Montana.

DATES: There will be a 30-day public review period for comments on this 
document. Comments must be received on or before January 25, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The Draft Site Report is posted on the park's Web site at:  
http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/world-heritage-committee-report.htm. Copies are also available by writing to Suzanne Lewis, 
Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone 
National Park, WY 82190-0168; by telephoning 307-344-2002; by sending 
an e-mail message to [email protected]; or by picking up a 
copy in person at the park's headquarters in Mammoth Hot Springs, 
Wyoming, 82190.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Lewis, Superintendent, 
Yellowstone National Park, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 
82190-0168, or by calling 307-344-2002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft report summarizes the status of 
several issues, including mining activities, threats to bison, threats 
to cutthroat trout, water quality, road impacts, and visitor use 
impacts, which raised the concerns of the World Heritage Committee in 
1995 and led to the park's inclusion the List of World Heritage in 
Danger that year. The World Heritage Committee removed Yellowstone 
National Park from the In Danger List in 2003, and at that time 
requested that the United States submit a report to the Committee on 
the status of these issues every two years.
    Persons wishing to comment may do so by any one of several methods. 
They may mail comments to Suzanne Lewis, Superintendent, Yellowstone 
National Park, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190-0168. 
They also may comment via e-mail to [email protected] 
(include name and return address in the e-mail message). Finally, they 
may hand-deliver comments to park headquarters in Mammoth Hot Springs, 
Wyoming 82190. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail 
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you 
should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal 
identifying information--may

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be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your 
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public 
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. We will make 
all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

Todd Willens,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 07-6147 Filed 12-21-07; 8:45 am]
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