[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 44993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18436]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-PWR-PWRO-18268; PPPWLAKES1/PPMPSAS1Z.YP0000]


Record of Decision for Wilderness Management Plan, Lake Mead 
National Recreation Area, Nevada and Arizona

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service has prepared and approved a Record 
of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 
Wilderness Management Plan for Lake Mead National Recreation Area. 
Approval of the Wilderness Management Plan concludes an extensive 
conservation planning and environmental impact analysis effort that 
began during 2006. The requisite no-action ``wait period'' was 
initiated on February 27, 2015, with the Environmental Protection 
Agency's Federal Register announcement of the filing of the Final EIS.

ADDRESSES: Those wishing to review the Record of Decision may obtain a 
copy by request to the Superintendent, Lake Mead National Recreation 
Area, 601 Nevada Way, Boulder City, Nevada 89005 or via telephone 
request at (702) 293-8978.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Holland, Senior Outdoor Recreation 
Planner, (702) 293-8986.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Park Service (NPS), in 
collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), prepared the 
Wilderness Management Plan (WMP), which will guide management actions 
in eight wilderness areas located in Nevada, as follows: The Black 
Canyon, Bridge Canyon, Jimbilnan, Nellis Wash, and Pinto Valley areas 
(managed by NPS), and the Eldorado, Ireteba Peaks, and Spirit Mountain 
areas (jointly managed by NPS and BLM). These areas were designated 
wilderness in 2002 through the Clark County Conservation of Public Land 
and Natural Resources Act (Pub. L. 107-282).
    The EIS process was jointly conducted pursuant to Sec.  102(2)(C) 
of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as 
amended) and the regulations promulgated by the Council on 
Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2). The BLM has prepared a separate 
Record of Decision for those portions of the three wilderness areas 
that it manages.
    Three alternatives, all including mitigation measures, were 
evaluated during the EIS/WMP process. The ``agency preferred'' 
Alternative B has been selected for implementation. The approved WMP 
will preserve the wilderness character, natural resources, and cultural 
resources in the eight designated wilderness areas within Lake Mead 
National Recreation Area, while also providing for the use and 
enjoyment of the wilderness areas. The WMP provides guidelines to NPS 
wilderness managers for maintaining desirable conditions in the 
wilderness areas, and is intended to provide for consistency and 
continuity for the undertaking of future NPS and BLM wilderness 
management activities and programs. The WMP does not entail any changes 
to the NPS or BLM wilderness boundaries set forth in the Clark County 
wilderness legislation. All primary components of the selected 
alternative will be implemented as NPS staffing and funding allow.

    Dated: May 27, 2015.
Patricia L. Neubacher,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-18436 Filed 7-27-15; 8:45 am]
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