[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 10611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5145]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Final Environmental Impact Statement/Comprehensive Management 
Plan: Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail, Hawaii County, HI; Notice of 
Approval of Record of Decision

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 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 (NPS) has prepared and approved a 
Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Comprehensive Management Plan for the Ala Kahakai National Historic 
Trail. The requisite no-action ``wait period'' was initiated November 
7, 2008, with the Environmental Protection Agency's Federal Register 
notification of the filing of the Final EIS.
    Decision: As soon as practical the NPS will begin to implement an 
Ahupua'a trail system (described and analyzed as the agency-preferred 
Alternative C in the Final EIS, and which includes no substantive 
changes from the course of action as presented in the Draft EIS). The 
full range of foreseeable environmental consequences was assessed, and 
appropriate mitigation measures are included in the approved plan. Both 
a No Action alternative and an additional ``action'' alternative were 
identified and analyzed. During an extended scoping period, strong 
community support was expressed for concepts which were developed as 
the agency-preferred alternative presented in the Draft EIS. Due to the 
minimal nature of public response to the Draft EIS, an abbreviated 
format was utilized in preparing the Final EIS. As documented in the 
Draft and Final EIS, the selected alternative was deemed 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, Ala 
Kahakai National Historic Trail, 73-4786 Kanalani St., 14, 
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 or via telephone request at (808) 326-6012.

    Dated: January 29, 2009.
Cynthia L. Ip,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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