[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 23 (Thursday, February 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 5803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2408]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the New 
Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan Yosemite 
National Park, Mariposa and Madera Counties, CA

ACTION: Notice of second extension of public scoping period.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (Pub. L. 91-
190) and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Pub. L. 90-542), the National 
Park Service reopened public scoping for planning and environmental 
impact analysis for a new Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive 
Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement in Yosemite National 
Park. The original notice of intent to prepare the Draft EIS was 
published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2009; the original public 
scoping period was extended through December 4, 2009 (as noted in the 
Federal Register on August 25, 2009). In deference to continued public 
interest, the scoping period has been further extended for two months.

DATES: Comments must be received by February 4, 2010. If you submitted 
comments previously, you do not need to resubmit them. We will also 
consider any comments that we received between the previous deadline of 
December 4, 2009 and February 4, 2010.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested individuals, organizations, and 
agencies are encouraged to provide written comments. To be considered 
any response must be postmarked or transmitted by February 4, 2010. Any 
comments already provided need not be resubmitted. All new responses 
should be addressed to the Superintendent, Attn: Merced River Plan, 
Yosemite National Park, P.O. Box 577, Yosemite National Park, CA 95389, 
or may be faxed to (209) 379-1294. Before including your address, phone 
number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information, you 
should be aware that your entire comment--including your 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.
    To inquire about additional public meetings that may be scheduled, 
or to obtain other current information, please contact the planning 
team at (209) 379-1112, or refer to periodic updates posted at http://www.nps.gov/yose/parkmgmt/newmrp.htm.

Rory D. Westberg,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 2010-2408 Filed 2-3-10; 8:45 am]
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