[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17471-17472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7308]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Air Tour Management Plan for Haleakala National Park, Maui, HI; 
Public Meeting/Notice of Availability, Review, and Comment on 
Alternatives for the Development

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting, request for comments, and 
availability of alternatives.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of preliminary air tour 
alternatives and announces meetings hosted by the National Park 
Service,

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Haleakala National Park and the FAA's Air Tour Management Program. The 
purpose of the meetings is to introduce proposed alternatives to the 
public which contain specific routes and altitudes used by air tour 
operators when providing air tours of the Haleakala National Park. The 
meetings provide an opportunity for the public to review and comment on 
alternatives.

DATES: Comment Period: Comments must be received on or before June 6, 
2011.
    Meetings: The meetings will be held at the following locations, 
dates, and times:

Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
    Maui Arts and Cultural Center (MACC), Alexa Higashi Meeting Room, 
One Cameron Way, Kahului, HI 96732.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
    Kula Community Center, 3690 Lower Kula Road, Kula, HI 96790.
Thursday, April 14, 2011, 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
    Helene Community Center (Hana), 150 Keawa Place, Hana, HI 96713.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Vicki McCusker, National Park 
Service, Natural Resource Program Center, Natural Sounds and Night 
Skies Division, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Suite 100, Fort Collins, CO 80525; 
telephone: (970) 267-2117 or Mr. Larry Tonish, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Air Tour Management Program, AWP-1SP, 15000 Aviation 
Blvd., Hawthorne, CA 90250; telephone: (310) 725-3817.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA is issuing this notice pursuant to 
the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-181) 
and its implementing regulations contained in Title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations, Part 136, National Parks Air Tour Management. The public 
is invited to review and provide comment on alternatives in the 
development of an Air Tour Management Plan (ATMP) for the Haleakala 
National Park. The FAA is the Lead Agency and the NPS is a Cooperating 
Agency in the development of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), 
an ATMP, and associated rulemaking actions which comply with the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) requirements.
    The EIS is being prepared in accordance with FAA Order 1050.1E, 
Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures, NPS Director's Order 
12: Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis, and 
Decision-making, and NPS Management Policies. The FAA is now inviting 
the public, agencies, and other interested parties to provide comments, 
suggestions, and input regarding the range of alternatives and the 
potential impacts and effects of the alternatives on commercial air 
tours, natural resources, congressionally designated wilderness, 
cultural resources, and the park visitor experience.
    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space 
availability. The FAA requests that comments be as specific as possible 
in response to actions that are being proposed under this notice. Both 
oral and written comments will be accepted during these meetings. 
Agency personnel will be available to record your spoken comments. All 
recorded and written comments become part of the official record along 
with previously submitted scoping comments. Comments can also be 
submitted to the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment Web site 
at: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/hale.
    Documents that describe the Haleakala National Park ATMP project in 
greater detail and the preliminary ATMP alternatives under 
consideration are available at the following locations:
     FAA Air Tour Management Plan Program Web site,
    http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/air_tour_management_plan/.
     NPS Haleakala National Park Web site, http://www.nps.gov/hale.
     NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment Web site, 
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/hale.
     Makawao Branch Public Library, 1159 Makawao Ave., Makawao 
96768.
     Hana Branch Public Library, P.O. Box 490, Hana 96713.
     Kahului Branch Public Library, 90 School St., Kahului 
96732.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on March 18, 2011.
Larry Tonish,
Program Manager, Air Tour Management Program.
[FR Doc. 2011-7308 Filed 3-28-11; 8:45 am]
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