51394 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 160 / Thursday, August 18, 2011 / Notices 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ROD 

covered by this Notice of Availability is 

for the South Porcupine Coal Tract and 

addresses leasing Federal coal in 

Campbell County, Wyoming, 

administered by the BLM Wyoming 

High Plains District Office. The BLM 

approves Alternative 2, which is the 

preferred alternative for this LBA in the 

Wright Area Coal Final EIS. Under 

Alternative 2, the South Porcupine Coal 

LBA area, as modified by the BLM, 

includes approximately 3,243 acres. The 

BLM estimates that it contains 

approximately 401,830,508 tons of 

mineable Federal coal reserves under 

the selected configuration. 

The BLM will announce a competitive 

coal lease sale in the Federal Register at 

a later date. The Environmental 

Protection Agency published a Federal 

Register notice announcing that the 

Final EIS was publicly available on July 

30, 2010 (75 FR 44951). 

This decision is subject to appeal to 

the Interior Board of Land Appeals 

(IBLA), as provided in 43 CFR part 4, 

within thirty (30) days from the date of 

publication of this Notice of Availability 

in the Federal Register. The ROD 

contains instructions for filing an appeal 

with the IBLA. 

Donald A. Simpson, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20936 Filed 8–17–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2031–A047–409] 

DRAFT General Management Plan and 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement, 

Biscayne National Park, FL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Draft General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park 

Service (NPS) announces the 

availability of a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the General 

Management Plan (GMP) for Biscayne 

National Park (Park), Florida. 

Consistent with NPS laws, 

regulations, and policies and the 

purpose of the Park, the Draft EIS/GMP 

describes the NPS preferred 

alternative—Alternative 4—to guide the 

management of the Park over the next 

20 to 30 years. The preferred alternative 

incorporates various management 

prescriptions to ensure protection, 

access and enjoyment of the park’s 

resources. 

An up-to-date GMP is needed to 

address how visitors access and use the 

park and the facilities needed to support 

those uses, how resources are managed, 

and how the NPS manages its 

operations. Recent studies have 

enhanced the NPS’s understanding of 

resources, resource threats, and visitor 

use in the park. 

DATES: The NPS will accept comments 

from the public on the Draft EIS/GMP 

for at least 60 days, starting from the 

date the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes this Notice of 

Availability. The date, time, and 

location of the public meetings on the 

Draft EIS/GMP will be announced 

through the NPS Planning, 

Environment, and Public Comment 

(PEPC) Web site: http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/BISC and media 

outlets. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

Draft EIS/GMP will be available online 

at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/BISC. To 

request a copy, contact Biscayne 

National Park Superintendent Mark 

Lewis, 9700 SW 328 Street, Homestead, 

FL 33033–5634. 

Comments may be submitted by 

several methods. The preferred method 

is commenting via the internet on the 

PEPC Web site above. An electronic 

public comment form is provided on 

this Web site. You may also mail 

comments to Superintendent, Biscayne 

National Park, 9700 SW 328 Street, 

Homestead, FL 33033–5634. Finally, 

you may hand-deliver comments to the 

park. Before including your address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, please 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. We will always make 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives of or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. A 

limited number of compact disks and 

printed copies of the Draft GMP/EIS will 

be made available at Biscayne National 

Park headquarters, 9700 SW 328 Street, 

Homestead, FL. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

meetings, newsletters, and internet 

updates have kept the public informed 

and involved throughout the planning 

process. The draft GMP provides a 

framework for management, use, and 

development of the national park for the 

next 20 or more years. It presents and 

analyzes five alternatives: Alternative 1 

(no action) provides a baseline for 

evaluating changes and impacts of the 

four action alternatives. Alternative 2 

provides the highest level of visitor 

services in the form of increased 

facilities and access to areas of the park. 

Alternative 3 adds a visitor permit 

system and marine reserve zone. 

Alternative 4 is the NPS Preferred 

Alternative. It was crafted to emphasize 

strong natural and cultural resource 

protection while providing a diversity of 

visitor experiences. Visitor 

opportunities in this alternative would 

range from the challenges of exploring 

the natural environment alone to the 

conveniences of built surroundings. A 

limited amount of moderate resource 

impacts would be tolerated in high-use 

areas of the park. While the majority of 

the park would be open for public 

enjoyment and appreciation, some areas 

would be closed to visitors to protect 

sensitive resources and allow wildlife a 

respite from people. Alternative 5 

provides the highest protection of 

natural and cultural resources on the 

park, including a larger marine reserve 

zone. 

The five alternatives are described in 

detail in chapter 2 of the draft plan. The 

key impacts of implementing the five 

alternatives are detailed in chapter 4 

and summarized in chapter 2. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Biscayne National Park Superintendent 

Mark Lewis, 9700 SW 328 Street, 

Homestead, FL 33033–5634 or 

telephone at (305) 230–1144. The 

authority for publishing this notice is 

contained in 40 CFR 1506.6 

The responsible official for this Draft 

EIS is the Regional Director, NPS 

Southeast Region, 100 Alabama Street 

SW., 1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 

30303. 

Dated: August 8, 2011. 

Gordon Wissinger, 

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

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