[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 66919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26728]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Final Environmental Impact Statement; General Management Plan; 
Olympic National Park, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson and Mason 
Counties, WA; Notice of Approval of Record of Decision

    Summary: Pursuant to Sec.  102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended) and the regulations 
promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), 
the Department of the Interior, National Park Service has prepared and 
approved a Record of Decision (and Statement of Findings for 
Floodplains) for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) 
for General Management Plan (GMP) at Olympic National Park. The GMP 
will serve as a blueprint in guiding park management and research 
programs over the next 15-20 years. The requisite no-action ``wait 
period'' was initiated March 14, 2008, with the Environmental 
Protection Agency's Federal Register notification of the filing of the 
Final EIS.
    Decision: As soon as practical Olympic National Park will begin to 
implement the restoration strategies, park operations, and visitor 
service projects identified and analyzed as the Preferred Alternative 
(Alternative D) contained in the Final EIS (and which included minor 
modifications from the course of action as presented in the Draft EIS 
(released for public review on June 15, 2006). The full range of 
foreseeable environmental consequences were assessed, and appropriate 
mitigation measures identified. Both a No Action alternative and two 
additional ``action'' alternatives were identified and analyzed. 
Alternative D was determined to be the ``environmentally preferred'' 
course of action.
    Copies: Interested parties desiring to review the Record of 
Decision may obtain a copy by contacting the Superintendent, Olympic 
National Park, 600 East Park Ave., Port Angeles, WA 98362; or via 
telephone request at (360) 565-3000.

    Dated: August 8, 2008.
Jonathan B. Jarvis,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
 [FR Doc. E8-26728 Filed 11-10-08; 8:45 am]
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