[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33239-33240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13604]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-AKR-LACL-0312-9853; 9921-9855-409]


Notice To Terminate the Wilderness Study and Environmental Impact 
Statement on a Lake Clark National Park and Preserve General Management 
Plan Amendment

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is terminating the wilderness 
study and environmental impact

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statement on a general management plan amendment for Lake Clark 
National Park and Preserve. The NPS published a Notice of Intent to 
prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on a General Management Plan 
Amendment/Wilderness Study Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for 
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in the Federal Register (76 FR 
31359) on May 31, 2011. The NPS released a scoping newsletter in June 
2011 and the public comment period ended September 1, 2011. Public 
comments focused on issues related to opportunities for visitor use, 
recreation and access. Pursuing a wilderness study in this plan did not 
emerge as an important issue, and the NPS has decided this plan should 
focus on providing for visitor use while protecting park resources and 
values. Therefore, the NPS is deferring the wilderness study and 
requisite environmental impact statement. The plan will be evaluated in 
an environmental assessment because the management alternatives are not 
expected to result in significant impacts to the human environment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel Hard, Superintendent, Lake Clark 
National Park and Preserve, 240 West 5th Avenue, Suite 236, Anchorage, 
AK 99501. Telephone: (907) 644-3626.

Sue E. Masica,
Regional Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 2012-13604 Filed 6-4-12; 8:45 am]
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