[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 1388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00081]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-AKR-DENA-14293; PPAKDENAP0, PDMPSAS12.YP0000]


Notice of Renewal of the Denali National Park and Preserve 
Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior is giving notice of the renewal 
of the Denali National Park and Preserve Aircraft Overflights Advisory 
Council. The Council provides advice and recommendations on mitigation 
of impacts from aircraft overflights at Denali National Park and 
Preserve.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Miriam Valentine, Chief of Planning 
and Environmental Compliance, Denali Park and Preserve, 240 W. 5th 
Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, (907) 733-9102.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Denali National Park and Preserve 
Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council has been established in 
accordance with the Denali National Park and Preserve's 2006 
Backcountry Management Plan and EIS. The plan concluded that air travel 
is an important means of access for backcountry users, and that scenic 
air tours are an important means for other park visitors to access and 
enjoy Mount McKinley and adjoining scenic peaks and glaciers. However, 
the cumulative impact of these tours, plus the additional aircraft 
traffic, must be mitigated to protect park resource values and the 
quality of the visitor experience. The plan calls for an aircraft 
overflights advisory group that will develop voluntary measures for 
assuring the safety of passengers, pilots, and mountaineers, and for 
achieving standards that represent desired future resource conditions 
at Denali. The National Park Service needs the advice of this group to 
develop effective mitigation measures that will be acceptable to 
stakeholders. The Council is composed of individuals that represent a 
broad range of interests, including air taxi operators, commercial 
aviation, local landowners, the State of Alaska, the Federal Aviation 
Administration, climbers and other park users, and the environmental 
community.
    Certification: I hereby certify that the renewal of the Denali 
National Park and Preserve Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council is 
necessary and in the public interest in connection with the performance 
of duties imposed on the Department of the Interior by the National 
Park Service Organic Act, 16 U.S.C. 1-4, and other statutes relating to 
the administration of the National Park System.

    Dated: December 11, 2013.
Sally Jewell,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2014-00081 Filed 1-7-14; 8:45 am]
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