[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 28241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11447]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-PWR-PWRO-12696; PPWONRADE2 PMP00E105.YP0000]


Notice of Approval of Record of Decision for Plan To Protect and 
Restore Native Ecosystems by Managing Non-Native Ungulates, Hawaii 
Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Sec.  102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 and the regulations promulgated by the Council on 
Environmental Quality (40 CFR Part 1505), the Department of the 
Interior, National Park Service, has prepared the Record of Decision 
(ROD) for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) for the 
subject non-native ungulates management plan. The ROD includes a 
statement of the decision made, a summary of other alternatives 
considered, discussion of the environmental consequences and measures 
to minimize harm, the basis for the decision, and a summary of public 
and agency involvement in the environmental decision-making process. 
The requisite no-action ``wait period'' was initiated on January 25, 
2013, with the Environmental Protection Agency's Federal Register 
notification of the filing and public release of the Final EIS.
    Decision: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has selected and will 
implement Alternative D (identified as the agency preferred alternative 
in the Final EIS). Alternative D provides for a comprehensive, park-
wide management plan that will ensure maximum flexibility to manage 
non-native ungulates. The selected actions include a systematic 
progression of management phases, monitoring, and the considered use of 
management tools, with a defined population objective of zero non-
native ungulates. In addition to fencing, management tools will rely 
primarily on lethal methods, but non-lethal methods such as relocation 
may be considered. Qualified volunteers may be used to assist with 
certain non-native ungulate management activities. In addition to 
Alternative D, a no-action alternative and three other alternatives 
were identified and analyzed in the Final EIS (available on-line at 
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/havo). The full range of foreseeable 
environmental consequences was assessed, and appropriate mitigation 
measures identified.
    Interested parties desiring to review the Record of Decision may 
obtain a copy by contacting the Superintendent, Hawaii Volcanoes 
National Park, P.O. Box 52, Hawaii National Park, HI 96718-0052 or via 
telephone request at (808) 985-6098.

    Dated: April 1, 2013.
Patricia L. Neubacher,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 2013-11447 Filed 5-13-13; 8:45 am]
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