[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 58947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22040]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Colorado River Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft environmental impact 
statement for the Colorado River Management Plan for Grand Canyon 
National Park.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to subsection 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, codified at 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park 
Service announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Colorado River Management Plan, Grand Canyon National 
Park, Grand Canyon, Arizona. The document describes and analyzes the 
environmental impacts of several action alternatives, including a 
preferred alternative, for future visitor use management of the 
Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park, including the Lower 
Gorge. A no-action alternative is also evaluated.

DATES: The National Park Service will accept comments from the public 
on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for 90 days after 
publication of this notice. Public meeting dates will be posted on the 
Internet at http://www.nps.gov/grca/crmp.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement are 
available from the Office of the Superintendent, Grand Canyon National 
Park, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, Arizona 86023. The document is also 
available on the Internet at: http://www.nps.gov/grca/crmp.
    You may submit comments to any one of several addresses: (1) You 
may mail comments to CRMP Project, Grand Canyon National Park, P.O. Box 
129, Grand Canyon Arizona 86023; (2) You may comment via the Internet 
to http://www.nps.gov/grca/crmp; and (3) You may hand-deliver comments 
to Grand Canyon National Park at Park Headquarters, 1 Village Loop 
Drive, Grand Canyon, Arizona 86023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Killeen, Project Assistant, Grand 
Canyon National Park, 928-638-7885.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Document distribution and public meetings: The public review and 
comment process will involve distribution of the document and a comment 
form. Public meetings will be held in Denver, Colorado; Phoenix, 
Arizona; Flagstaff, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah; the San Francisco, 
California area; and the Washington, DC area. Specific information on 
these meeting locations and their dates, and on any other locations and 
dates that may be added, will be posted at http://www.nps.gov/grca/crmp. Specific information may also be obtained from the individuals 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, below.
    Commenting by e-mail: Please submit Internet comments as an ASCII 
file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption. 
Please also include ``Attn: CRMP Project'' and your name and return 
address in your Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation 
from the system that we have received your Internet message, contact 
Linda Jalbert 928-638-7909.
    Confidentiality: Our practice is to make comments, including names 
and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during 
regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we 
withhold their home addresses from the record, which we will honor to 
the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which 
we would withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable 
by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must 
state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make 
all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Killeen, 928-638-7885, or Linda 
Jalbert, 928-638-7909.

    Dated: September 24, 2004.
Stephen P. Martin,
Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 04-22040 Filed 9-30-04; 8:45 am]
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