[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17472-17473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7310]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Public Meeting/Notice of Availability, Review, and Comment on 
Preliminary Alternatives for the Development of an Air Tour Management 
Plan for Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting, request for comments, and 
availability of preliminary 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, Hawaii Volcanoes 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 routes and altitudes 
used by air tour operators when providing air tours of the Hawaii 
Volcanoes 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:

Volcano, Hawaii
Monday, April 18, 2011, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
    Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Klauea Visitor Center, 1 Crater Rim 
Drive, Phoa, Hawaii.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 5-7 p.m.
    Phoa Community Center, 15-2910 Puna Rd., Namacrehu, Hawaii.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 5-7 p.m.
    Nalehu Community Center, 95-5635 Mamalahoa Highway.

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 Hawaii 
Volcanoes 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 
Order12: Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis, 
and Decision-making,

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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 document your spoken comments. 
All written comments become part of the official record along with 
previously submitted scoping comments. Written comments on the 
preliminary alternatives should be submitted at the public meetings, 
electronically via the electronic public comment form on the NPS 
Planning, Environment and Public Comment System at: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/documentsAndLinks.cfm?projectID=29122 or sent to 
the mailing addresses listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section.
    Documents that describe the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ATMP 
project in greater detail and the preliminary ATMP alternatives under 
consideration are available online at the following Web addresses:
     FAA Air Tour Management Plan Program Web site, http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/air_tour_management_plan/.
     NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment Web site at: 
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/documentsAndLinks.cfm?projectID=29122.
     Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Web site at http://www.nps.gov/havo/parkmgmt/plan.htm.
    A newsletter containing descriptions and drawings of preliminary 
alternatives may be obtained after April 8, 2011 at the following 
Hawaii Island locations or by contacting those names given in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
     Klauea Visitor Center, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, 
Hawaii National Park, HI.
     Hilo Public Library, 300 Waianuenue Ave., Hilo, HI.
     Kailua-Kona Public Library, 75-138 Hualalai Rd., Kailua-
Kona, HI.
     Mountain View Public Library, 1235 Volcano Highway, 
Mountain View, HI.
     Phoa Public Library, 15-3038 Puna Rd., P[amacr]hoa, HI.
     Nlehu Public Library, 95 5669 Mamalahoa Highway, Nlehu, 
HI.
     Thelma Parker Memorial Public Library, 59-1207 Mamalahoa 
Highway, Waimea (Kamuela), HI.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on March 18, 2011.
Larry Tonish,
Program Manager, Air Tour Management Program.
[FR Doc. 2011-7310 Filed 3-28-11; 8:45 am]
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