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Affairs, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W– 

2820, Sacramento, CA 95825, or call Mr. 

Rydzik at (916) 978–6051. Individual 

paper copies of the DSEIS can be 

provided upon payment of the 

applicable printing cost for the number 

of paper copies requested. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Comments, including names and 

addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the BIA 

address shown in the ADDRESSES

section, during business hours, 8 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority 

This notice is published in 

accordance with sections 1502.9, 1503.1 

and 1506.6 of the Council of 

Environmental Quality Regulations (40 

CFR parts 1500 through 1508) 

implementing the procedural 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.), 

Department of the Interior Manual (516 

DM 1–6), and is in the exercise of 

authority delegated to the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.l. 

Dated February 1, 2010. 

Larry Echo Hawk, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4113 Filed 2–25–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Availability 

AGENCY: National Park Service. 

ACTION: Notice of availability for the 

Record of Decision on the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

disposition of Bureau of Mines property, 

Twin Cities Research Center Main 

Campus, Hennepin County, Minnesota. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(C)), the 

National Park Service (NPS) announces 

the availability of the Record of 

Decision (ROD) for the final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the disposition of the Bureau of 

Mines property, Twin Cities Research 

Center Main Campus (Center), 

Hennepin County, Minnesota. On 

January 15, 2010, the Midwest Regional 

Director approved the ROD for the 

project. As soon as practicable, the NPS 

will begin to implement the preferred 

alternative contained in the final EIS. 

The Department of the Interior 

(Department) selected Alternative D 

(Modification of Land, Structures, or 

Other Improvements by the Federal 

Government Prior to Conveyance or 

Retention of the Center), the preferred 

alternative, as described in the final EIS 

for the disposition of the Center issued 

in December 2009. 

Under Alternative D, the Federal 

Government will manage and bear the 

cost of modification for all or part of the 

land, structures, or other improvements 

prior to conveyance or retention of the 

Center. Following completion of the 

modifications, the Federal Government 

will dispose of the Center property 

through a transfer to a university or 

nonfederal government entity without 

conditions, or a transfer to a university 

or nonfederal government entity with 

conditions, or will retain the property. 

The Department also selected the open 

space/park land use scenario that will 

convert the Center property to open 

space and natural areas where the focus 

will be on restoration and use of the 

natural environment. This will be 

accomplished by removing some or all 

buildings, structures, and roadways. 

Nonnative plant species will be 

identified and removed. Native 

vegetation will be planted and the site 

naturalized to recreate the historic 

characteristics of an open oak savanna, 

prairie-type setting typical to this 

vicinity. 

The Department—after consideration 

of the findings of the EIS, the review of 

responses received on the request for 

proposals for future use of the Center 

property, and the fact that the Center 

property is located within the 

Mississippi National River and 

Recreation Area (MNRRA) boundary— 

determined that future management 

authority will be transferred to the NPS. 

The ROD includes a statement of the 

decision made, synopses of other 

alternatives considered, the basis for the 

decision, a description of the 

environmentally preferable alternative, 

a finding on impairment of park 

resources and values, and an overview 

of public involvement in the 

decisionmaking process. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent Paul Labovitz, MNRRA, 

Suite 105, 111 Kellogg Boulevard, East 

St. Paul, Minnesota 55101; telephone 

651–290–4160. You may also view the 

document via the Internet through the 

NPS Planning, Environment, and Public 

Comment Web site (http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov); simply click on 

the link to the MNRRA. 

Dated: January 15, 2010. 

Ernest Quintana, 

Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4030 Filed 2–25–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Final Environmental Impact Statement; 

Yosemite Institute Environmental 

Education Campus; Yosemite National 

Park; Mariposa and Tuolumne 

Counties, CA; Notice of Availability 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to § 102(2)(C) of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as amended), and 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations (40 CFR part 1500–1508), 

the Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, has prepared a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (Final 

EIS) identifying and evaluating three 

alternatives for redeveloping the 

Yosemite Institute Environmental 

Education Campus in Yosemite National 

Park, California. Yosemite Institute (YI) 

is a non-profit park partner which has 

provided environmental education in 

Yosemite since 1971, and since 1973 

has been based at the former Civilian 

Conservation Corps (CCC) camp at 

Crane Flat. The Final EIS for the 

proposed new campus identifies and 

analyzes two ‘‘action’’ alternatives and a 

‘‘no-action’’ alternative. The full 

spectrums of foreseeable environmental 

consequences are assessed and suitable 

mitigation strategies are considered; an 

‘‘environmentally preferred’’ course of 

action is also identified. Concurrently, 

completion of the EIS process will fulfill 

public review requirements of § 106 of 

the National Historic Preservation Act. 

Range of Alternatives: Under 

Alternative 1 (No Action), there would 

be no change in the environmental 

education program, location, or 

conditions at the Crane Flat campus. 

Necessary maintenance and repairs 

would continue, but no major 

improvements, rehabilitation of 

facilities, or construction of new 

buildings would occur. There would be 

no change in the number of overnight 

accommodations at Crane Flat (76 

student bunks and 8 staff beds). The 

overall number of students in the park 


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