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particularly for privately-owned sites

where the landowners objected to the

boundaries as proposed. The proposed

action for overall park management

remains unchanged.

DATES: The no-action period on this

final environmental impact statement

will end 30 days after the

Environmental Protection Agency has

published a notice of availability of the

FEIS in the Federal Register. For further

information, contact: Frank Walker,

Superintendent, Nez Perce National

Historical Park and Big Hole National

Battlefield, Route 1 Box 100, Spalding,

Idaho 83540, (208) 843–2261.

ADDRESSES: Public reading copies of the

FEIS will be available for review at the

following locations:

Lewiston Public Library—Lewiston,

Idaho

Grangeville Centennial Library—

Grangeville, Idaho Prairie Community Library—

Cottonwood, Idaho

Craigmont City Library—Craigmont,

Idaho

Asotin County Library—Clarkston,

Washington Clearwater Memorial Library—Orofino,

Idaho

Culdesac City Library—Culdesac, Idaho

Kamiah Community Library—Kamiah,

Idaho

Nez Perce County Library—Lapwai,

Idaho

Nezperce City Library—Nezperce, Idaho

Enterprise City Library—Enterprise,

Oregon Wallowa County Library—Wallowa,

Oregon Joseph Public Library—Joseph, Oregon

Blaine County Library—Chinook,

Montana

NPS Office of Public Affairs—

Washington, D.C.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Final

Environmental Impact Statement for the

General Management Plan presents a

proposal and two alternative strategies

parkwide and site-specific, for guiding

future management of the national

historical park. The major subject areas

are natural and cultural resources,

public use, nonfederal lands, and park

management and operations. Many

overall actions would be designed to

unify park sites, upgrade interpretation,

and help visitors recognize the

connection between the park’s

individual sites. Nez Perce life ways

would be respected. Plans would be

developed to manage resources and

vegetation, eliminate exotic and noxious

plants, and reintroduce native species.

The park would continue to work with

local governments on issues that could

affect park resources. Nez Perce people

would be encouraged to participate in

decisions about park planning,

management, and operation. Alternative

1 is a continuation of current

management practices, often referred to

as a ‘‘no action’’ alternative. Alternative

2 is a minimum requirement in terms of

lower cost improvements and minimum

protection and safety actions.

Alternative 3 goes beyond the minimum

requirements alternative, building on

the initiatives of alternative 2. The

proposed actions for overall

management would retain the general

management direction of the park, but

appropriate individual management

techniques would be applied in certain

cases. Incremental steps would be taken

to improve visitor services and

operations. More cooperative

agreements and other partnership

mechanisms would be developed as

needed to protect resources, include

Nez Perce people in park management,

and improve interpretation. Some

facilities would be rehabilitated or

expanded, modest developments would

be added at some sites to meet

requirements, and some historic

structures would be adaptively used.

The site-by-site proposed action varies

with the site. The DEIS evaluated the

potential environmental impacts

associated with the strategies

comprising the three alternatives. The

official responsible for a decision on the

proposed action is the Regional

Director, Pacific West Region, National

Park Service.

Dated: August 11, 1997.

William C. Walters,

Deputy Regional Director, Pacific West

Region.

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BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory

Commission; Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, 5

U.S.C. App 1, section 10), that a meeting

of the Cape Cod National Seashore

Advisory Commission will be held on

Friday, September 19, 1997.

The Commission was reestablished

pursuant to Public Law 99–349,

Amendment 24. The purpose of the

Commission is to consult with the

Secretary of the Interior, or his designee,

with respect to matters relating to the

development of the Cape Cod National

Seashore, and with respect to carrying

out the provisions of sections 4 and 5

of the Act establishing the Seashore.

The Commission members will

convene at Headquarters, Marconi

Station at 1 p.m. for the regular business

meeting which will be held for the

following reasons:

1. Adoption of Agenda

2. Approval of Minutes of Previous

Meetings March 28, 1997 and May

9, 1997

3. Reports of Officers

4. Reports of Subcommittee

Nickerson Fellowship

5. Superintendent’s Report

Summer ’97

New Staff

GMP

ORV

Proposed burn at Fort Hill

News from Washington

6. Old Business

Dune Shack Report

Use and Occupancy Report

Advisory Commission Handbook

7. New Business

8. Agenda for next meeting

9. Date for next meeting

10. Public comment

11. Adjournment

The meeting is open to the public. It

is expected that 15 persons will be able

to attend the meeting in addition to the

Commission members.

Interested persons may make oral/

written presentations to the Commission

during the business meeting or file

written statements. Such requests

should be made to the park

superintendent at least seven days prior

to the meeting. Further information

concerning the meeting may be obtained

from the Superintendent, Cape Cod

National Seashore, 99 Marconi Site

Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667.

Maria Burks,

Superintendent.

[FR Doc. 97–22650 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Denali National Park Subsistence

Resource Commission

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Subsistence Resource

Commission meeting.

SUMMARY: The Superintendent of Denali

National Park and the Chairperson of

the Denali Subsistence Resource

Commission announce a forthcoming

meeting of the Denali National Park

Subsistence Resource Commission.

The following agenda items will be

discussed:

(1) Call to order by the Chair.
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(2) Roll call and confirmation of

quorum.

(3) Superintendent’s welcome and

introductions.

(4) Approval of minutes of last meeting.

(5) Additions and corrections to the

agenda.

(6) New Business:

a. State subsistence proposal

b. Federal subsistence program

c. O’Connor appeal

d. Draft Denali subsistence

management plan

(7) Old Business:

a. Denali natural and cultural studies

b. NPS subsistence issue paper report

c. Park planning and north access

updates

d. Tanana Village resident zone

update

(8) Public and other agency comments.

(9) Set time and place of next SRC

meeting.

(10) Adjournment.

DATES: The meeting will be held Friday,

August 29, 1997. The meeting will begin

at 9:00 a.m. and end at 6 p.m.

LOCATION: The meeting will be held at

McKinley Village Community Center in

Denali Park, Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steve Martin, Superintendent or Hollis

Twitchell, Subsistence Coordinator,

Denali National Park, P.O. Box 9, Denali

Park, Alaska 99755. Phone (907) 683–

2294.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Subsistence Resource Commissions are

authorized under Title VIII, Section 808,

of the Alaska National Interest Lands

Conservation Act, Pub. L. 96–487, and

operate in accordance with the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committees Act.

Ralph H. Tingey,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 97–22648 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Petroglyph National Monument

Advisory Commission; Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act, Public Law 92–463, that a meeting

of the Petroglyph National Monument

Advisory Commission will be held at

9:00 a.m., Friday, October 3, 1997, at the

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401

12th Street NW., Albuquerque, New

Mexico.

The Petroglyph National Monument

Advisory Commission was established

pursuant to Public Law 101–313,

establishing Petroglyph National

Monument, to advise the Secretary of

the Interior on the management and

development of the monument and on

the preparation of the monument’s

general management plan.

Matters to be discussed at this

meeting include:

Introduction of Commission members

and guests

Superintendent’s Report

Old Business

New Business

Public Comment

The meeting will be open to the public.

Any member of the public may file a

written statement concerning the

matters to be discussed at the

Commission meeting with the

Superintendent.

Persons who wish further information

concerning the meeting, or who wish to

submit written comments may contact

Judith Cordova, Superintendent,

Petroglyph National Monument, 6001

Unser Boulevard NW., Albuquerque,

New Mexico 87120, telephone (505)

899-0205.

Minutes of the Commission meeting

will be available for public inspection

six weeks after the meeting, at

Petroglyph National Monument

headquarters.

Dated: August 8, 1997.

Judith Cordova,

Superintendent, Petroglyph National

Monument.

[FR Doc. 97–22643 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Revision of National Environmental

Policy Act Procedures; Request for

Comments

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Revision of National

Environmental Policy Act Procedures,

Request for Comments.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service

(NPS) is requesting comments from

agencies and the public concerning its

revisions to its procedures under the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA). Once final these policies would

apply to the activities of the National

Park Service in administering units of

the National Park System as well as

other activities. The policies available

for review consist of a draft Director’s

Order which broadly describes the

authorization of and responsibility for

the development of the policies and a

draft handbook that describes how the

NPS will carry out its responsibilities

under the National Environmental

Policy Act and related laws. A field

guide will be developed in the future

that will supply additional guidance for

writing documents and carrying out

analysis under NEPA.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by

October 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Documents can be

requested from and comments should be

sent to: National Park Service

Environmental Quality Division, Room

2749, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20240. Comments can also be sent

electronically to the following internet

address: jacoblhoogland@nps.gov.

Electronic copies of the draft documents

can be downloaded from the internet at

the NPS’s web page at http://

www.nps.gov.

For further information Contact: Jacob

J. Hoogland, Chief, Environmental

Quality Division, National Park Service,

Room 2749, 1849 C Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20240. Telephone

(202)208–5214. Internet address:

jacoblhoogland@nps.gov.

Dated: August 7, 1997.

Abigail Miller,

Deputy Associate Director, Natural Resource

Stewardship and Science.

[FR Doc. 97–22647 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

Consent Decree in United States v.

Consolidated Rail Corp., et al., Case No.

S90–56M, was lodged with the United

States District Court for the Northern

District of Indiana, on August 12, 1997.

The United States filed separate

Complaints, later consolidated, against

the Consolidated Rail Corp. and Penn

Central Corp. to recover response costs

incurred by the United States in

connection with releases or threatened

releases of hazardous substances at the

Conrail Superfund site in Elkhart,

Indiana, pursuant to Section 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. § 9607, and

for a declaratory judgment under

Section 113(g)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

§ 9613(g)(2). Under the Consent Decree,

the United States will receive more than

$7 million in reimbursement of the costs

it has expended in responding to