[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 206 (Thursday, October 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 63194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24974]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Fire Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Grand 
Canyon National Park, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Fire Management Plan, Grand Canyon National Park.

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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 Fire Management Plan 
for Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The document describes and 
analyzes the environmental impacts of several action alternatives 
including the preferred alternative for management of fire in Grand 
Canyon National Park. The preferred alternative analyzes the use of 
prescribed fire, wildland fire use, suppression fire and manual and 
mechanical thinning. A no action alternative was also evaluated.

DATES: The National Park Service will accept comments on the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement from the public for 60 days after the 
date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes this Notice of 
Availability. Public meetings will occur at Kanab, Utah; Flagstaff and 
Tusayan, Arizona. Specific meeting locations and dates will be 
announced at a later time and available on the Web site identified 
below.

ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review and comment 
online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/grca, in the Office of the 
Superintendent, Steve Martin, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 
86023, 928-638-7945, or in the Office of Planning and Compliance, Mary 
Killeen, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 86023, 928-638-7885.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Marks, Project Lead Fire 
Management Plan, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 86023, 928-606-
1050, [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 the 
Office of the Superintendent, ATTN: FMP Comments, P.O. Box 129, Grand 
Canyon, Arizona 86023. You may also comment via the Internet at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/grca. Finally, you may hand deliver comments to 
Grand Canyon National Park at Park Headquarters, Office of Planning and 
Compliance, 1 Village Loop, Grand Canyon, Arizona 86023. 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 personal identifying information--may 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.

    Dated: August 8, 2008.
Michael D. Snyder,
Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. E8-24974 Filed 10-22-08; 8:45 am]
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