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Contact:
John Quinley (907) 644-3512 The annual public comment period for
the written compilation of designations, permit requirements and
other openings and restrictions in Alaska's national parks is now
open through February 15. A collection of management tools, called
the compendium, is created for each national park unit in Alaska
and is part of the park-related regulations which help provide for
the enjoyment, use and protection of national parks. Many of the
federal regulations governing actions in national park units have
discretionary authority given to the National Park Service. The
compendium is a written compilation of all designations, closures,
permit requirements and other restrictions imposed under that discretionary
authority found in the Code of Federal. For example, one regulation
states, "The superintendent may designate a portion of a park area,
or all or a portion of a building, structure or facility as closed
to smoking when necessary to protect park resources, reduce the
risk of fire, or prevent conflicts among visitor use activities."
Specific designations are placed into the park's compendium. Public
involvement improves the compendium process by giving the National
Park Service the opportunity to be responsive to people's ideas
and concerns, to involve the public cooperatively in generating
alternatives and to educate park users about the compendium. Park
compendiums are reviewed and updated at least annually, although
in some cases no changes are proposed. Due to the anticipated volume
of comments, it will not be possible to respond to each correspondent
individually. After March 15, comments will be addressed in a preamble
to each park's final compendium. The park compendiums can be obtained
from each park or viewed as .pdf files on-line at www.nps.gov/akso/compendium.
Comments will be accepted by mail or e-mail between January 1 and
February 15. Written comments can be address to the specific parks.
E-mail comments can be addressed through the compendium web page.
Comments are welcome at any time in addition to this timeframe,
but comments received after February 15 will be considered in future
revisions.
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Author:Jane
Tranel
Last modified on: April 18, 2003
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