[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20365-20366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7739]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Grand Teton Transportation Plan, Final Environmental Impact 
Statement, Grand Teton National Park, WY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Record of Decision on the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Grand Teton Transportation Plan, 
Grand Teton National Park.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Sec.  102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, 83 Stat. 852, 853, codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C), the National Park Service announces the availability of the 
Record of Decision for the Grand Teton Transportation Plan, Grand Teton 
National Park, WY. On March 12, 2007, the Director, Intermountain 
Region approved the Record of Decision for the project. As soon as 
practicable, the National Park Service will begin to implement the 
Preferred Alternative contained in the FEIS issued on September 15, 
2006. The following course of action will occur under the preferred 
alternative: construction of approximately 23 miles of separated multi-
use pathways between the south park boundary and String Lake via North 
Jenny Lake Junction; approximately 16 miles of pathways within the road 
corridor between North Jenny Lake Junction and Colter Bay; an 
approximately 3-mile pathway within the road corridor along the Moose-
Wilson Road from the Granite Canyon Entrance to the Laurance S. 
Rockefeller (LSR) Preserve; and realignment of the Moose-Wilson Road in 
two areas, with the existing alignments being restored to natural 
conditions. This course of action was analyzed in the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement and combines two alternatives presented 
in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Four other alternatives 
were analyzed in the Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements. 
The full range of foreseeable environmental consequences was assessed, 
and appropriate mitigating measures were identified.
    The Record of Decision 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, a listing of measures to 
minimize environmental harm, and an overview of public involvement in 
the decision-making process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Gibson Scott, Superintendent, 
Grand Teton National Park, P.O. Drawer 170, Moose, Wyoming 83012-0170, 
(307) 739-3410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the Record of Decision may be 
obtained from the contact listed above or online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/grte.


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    Dated: March 12, 2007.
Anthony J. Schetzsle,
Deputy Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
 [FR Doc. E7-7739 Filed 4-23-07; 8:45 am]
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