[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23080-23081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07036]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Availability of Draft Air Tour Management Plan and 
Draft Environmental Assessment and Public Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft Air Tour Management Plan (ATMP) 
and Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The FAA, in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS), 
has initiated development of an ATMP for Canyon de Chelly National 
Monument (the Park) pursuant to the National Parks Air Tour Management 
Act of 2000 and its implementing regulations. This notice announces the 
public availability of the Draft ATMP and Draft EA for comment and the 
date of the public meeting for the Park in accordance with National 
Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 and National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA) of 1969. The purpose of the public meeting is to review the 
Draft ATMP with the public. The objective of the ATMP is to develop 
acceptable and effective measures to mitigate or prevent the 
significant adverse impacts, if any, of commercial air tour operations 
on the Park's resources and values.

DATES: 

Comment Period

    Comments must be received by 11:59 MDT on or before May 3, 2024. 
Comments will be received on the NPS Planning, Environment and Public 
Comment System (PEPC) website. The Park's website link is https://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectID=103419.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised that 
your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--
may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask in your 
comment to withhold from public review your personal identifying 
information, we

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cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Public Meeting

    The public meeting will be offered in-person and virtually at the 
dates and times listed below. Both meetings will convey the same 
information. Questions will be accepted during the virtual public 
meeting through a separate form. The link for the question form is 
provided in the ADDRESSES section. Questions asked during the in-person 
or submitted for the virtual public meeting are not considered an 
official comment as part of the public comment period. Attendees are 
encouraged to submit their comments for the official record via the 
link provided in this notice.

 In-person public meeting: Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 10 
a.m.-2 p.m. MDT
 Virtual public meeting: Wednesday, April 17, 2024, from 6 
p.m.-7:30 p.m. MDT

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be offered in-person and virtually at the 
following locations:

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. MDT
     Navajo Route 7, Ste. 4600, Chinle, AZ 86503
     Phone: (928) 674-2052
Wednesday, April 17, 2024, from 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. MDT
     Meeting Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJdKCdtPw4g
     Submit questions for the meeting: https://forms.gle/6PCcyzMQrziCyLA46

    The meeting information will also be available at Air Tour 
Management Plan [verbar] Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov) and 
on the NPS PEPC website for the Park listed above.
    Contact: Any request for reasonable accommodation related to 
providing public comments on the Draft ATMP or Draft EA should be sent 
to the person listed on the Park's PEPC sites.
    The U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of the 
Interior are committed to providing equal access to the meetings for 
all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because 
of a disability, such as sign language, interpretation, or other 
ancillary aids, please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Fox, (202) 267-0928, 
faa.gov">sandra.y.fox@faa.gov.

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 (CFR) part 136, subpart B, National Parks Air Tour 
Management and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and 
the Council of Environmental Quality NEPA Implementing Regulations (40 
CFR parts 100-1508). The objective of this ATMP is to develop 
acceptable and effective measures to mitigate or prevent the 
significant adverse impacts, if any, of commercial air tour operations 
on the Park's resources and values. The FAA and the NPS are inviting 
comment from the public, Federal and state agencies, tribes, and other 
interested parties on the Draft ATMP and Draft EA for Canyon de Chelly 
National Monument.
    The FAA and the NPS request that comments be as specific as 
possible in response to the Draft ATMP and Draft EA. All written 
comments become part of the official record. Written comments on the 
Draft ATMP and Draft EA can be submitted via PEPC or sent to the 
mailing address provided on the Park's PEPC site. Comments will not be 
accepted by fax or email.
    The FAA and the NPS have determined that the ATMP constitutes a 
Federal undertaking subject to compliance with Section 106 of the 
National Historic Preservation Act and its implementing regulations (36 
CFR part 800). The FAA and the NPS have consulted with tribes, State 
and Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, and other interested parties 
to identify historic properties and assess the potential effects of the 
ATMP on them.
    The meetings will be open to the public. Members of the public who 
wish to participate can access the meetings in-person or virtually with 
the information provided in this notice.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 29, 2024.
Sandra Fox,
Environmental Protection Specialist, FAA Office of Environment & 
Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-07036 Filed 4-2-24; 8:45 am]
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