[Federal Register: August 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 160)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

 
General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Devils 
Tower National Monument, Wyoming

AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
for the General Management Plan, Devils Tower National Monument.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 
the National Park Service is preparing an environmental impact 
statement for the General Management Plan for Devils Tower National 
Monument.
    The effort will result in a comprehensive general management plan 
that prescribes the resource conditions and visitor experiences that 
are to be achieved and maintained in the park over time. The 
clarification of what must be achieved according to law and policy will 
be based on review of the park's purpose, significance, special 
mandates, and the body of laws and

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policies directing park management. Management decisions to be made 
where law, policy, or regulations do not provide clear guidance or 
limits will be based on the purposes of the monument, the range of 
public expectations and concerns, resource analysis, an evaluation of 
the natural, cultural, and social impacts of alternative courses of 
action, and consideration of long-term economic costs. Based on 
determinations of desired conditions, the plan will outline the kinds 
of resource management activities, visitor activities, and development 
that would be appropriate in the monument in the future. Alternatives 
will be developed through this planning process and will include, at a 
minimum, no-action and the preferred alternative.
    Major issues include health and vitality of natural and cultural 
resources, adequacy of interpretive programs, park aesthetics, overall 
visitor and traffic congestion, and boundary concerns.
    A scoping newsletter has been prepared that details the issues 
identified to date. Copies of that information can be obtained from the 
Planning Team, Devils Tower NM, P.O. Box 10, Devils Tower, Wyoming 
82714-0010, 307-467-5283, extension 12.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the Planning Team, Devils 
Tower NM at the above address and telephone number.

    Dated: July 30, 1999.
R. Everhart,
Director, Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. 99-21220 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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