[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 60 (Thursday, March 27, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 16323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6269]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Quarry Visitor Center Final Environmental Impact Statement, 
Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Quarry Visitor Center, Dinosaur National Monument.

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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 Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Quarry 
Visitor Center at Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Five alternatives were evaluated in the 
environmental impact statement. These include: Alternative A, No 
Action--Continue Current Management; Alternative B, the Preferred 
Alternative--Rehabilitate or Replace the Exhibit Hall and Construct a 
New Facility Off-Site; Alternative C--Retain the Exhibit Hall and 
Construct a New Facility at the Quarry Visitor Center Site; Alternative 
D--Retain the Exhibit Hall and Construct Wings Similar to Existing 
Facility; Alternative E--Demolish the Entire Facility and Construct a 
New Facility at the Quarry Visitor Center Site. The preferred 
alternative would provide for a shelter and interpretive area at the 
fossil wall, either by rehabilitating the existing 10,800-square-foot 
Exhibit Hall or constructing a new structure to provide opportunities 
for visitors to view the dinosaur bones in situ. This alternative would 
minimize facilities at the Quarry Visitor Center site and allow new 
interpretive experiences to be developed and showcased at a new 
location where soils are more stable.

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: Information on the final Environmental Impact Statement will 
be available online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov, in the office of 
the Superintendent, Mary Risser, 4545 E. Highway 40, Dinosaur, CO, 
81610-9724, (970) 374-3001, and the following locations: The Moffat 
County Library, 570 Green St., Craig, CO., 81625 and the Uintah County 
Library, 155 East Main, Vernal, UT, 84078.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Risser, 4545 E. Highway 40, 
Dinosaur, CO., 81610-9724 (970) 374-3001, [email protected].

    Dated: January 25, 2008.
Michael D. Snyder,
Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. E8-6269 Filed 3-26-08; 8:45 am]
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