[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 151 (Friday, August 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39709-39710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18996]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final 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 the Final 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

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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. Alternative 2 (Mixed Fire 
Treatment) was selected as the preferred alternative.

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 will be available for public inspection online 
at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/grca (select Fire Management Plan), in 
the Office of the Superintendent, Steve Martin, PO Box 129, Grand 
Canyon, Arizona, 86023, 928-638-7945, or in the Office of Planning and 
Compliance, Mary Killeen, PO Box 129, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 86023, 
928-638-7885.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Marks, Project Lead, Fire 
Management Plan, PO Box 129, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 86023, 928-606-
1050, [email protected].

    Dated: June 30, 2009.
Michael D. Snyder,
Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. E9-18996 Filed 8-6-09; 8:45 am]
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