60264 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 216 / Friday, November 7, 1997 / Notices

[FR Doc. 97–29402 Filed 11–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–C

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–050–1220–00]

Front Range Resource Advisory

Council (Colorado); Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act of

1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix, notice

is hereby given that the next meeting of

the Front Range Resource Advisory

Council (Colorado) will be held on

November 20, 1997 in Canon City,

Colorado.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at

9:15 a.m. at the Holycross Abbey

Community Center, 2951 E. Highway

50, Canon City, Colorado. The meeting

will include the election of Officers for

the Council, presentation of a Hammer

Award to Council members by Colorado

State Director Ann Morgan and an

update on current issues. The Council

will also continue working on the

development of recreation guidelines.

The Guidelines are intended to help

achieve the statewide standards for

public land health which were

approved earlier this year.

All Resource Advisory Council

meetings are open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements to the Council at 9:30 a.m. or

written statements may be submitted for

the Council’s consideration. The District

Manager may limit the length of oral

presentations depending on the number

of people wishing to speak.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

Thursday, November 20, 1997, from

9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Canon City District

Office, 3170 East Main Street, Canon

City, Colorado 81212; Telephone (719)

269–8500; TDD (719) 269–8597.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken

Smith at (719) 269–8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summary

minutes for the Council meeting will be

maintained in the Canon City District

Office and will be available for public

inspection and reproduction during

regular business hours within thirty (30)

days following the meeting.

Donnie R. Sparks,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–29477 Filed 11–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation

Area

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior

Department.

ACTION: Notice of temporary closure of

park.

SUMMARY: For further information

contact: Superintendent John P. Debo,

Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation

Area, 15610 Vaughn Road, Brecksville,

Ohio 44141 or call (440) 546–5903.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cuyahoga

Valley National Recreation Area will

temporarily close its lands to all public

entry and use, for a portion of each

week, between November 1, 1997 and

March 15, 1998. The closure will apply

to all Federal lands held in fee, and all

less-than-fee lands where the park has

easements for visitor use. The closure

days and times each week will be

Sunday night through Friday morning,

from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. only. Park lands

will remain open during daylight hours

seven days a week, plus Friday and

Saturday nights. The reason for the

closure is for public safety during a

necessary wildlife reduction of some of

the park’s white-tailed deer. Public

notice of the closure will be in a variety

of ways: news releases, this notice, signs

at points of entry, signs on bulletin

boards/kiosks, signs on gates, personal

contact and other methods as well.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the closure Determination by writing to:

Superintendent, Cuyahoga Valley

National Recreation Area, 15610

Vaughn Road, Brecksville, Ohio 44141.

Dated: October 30, 1997.

John P. Debo,

Superintendent, Cuyahoga Valley National

Recreation Area.

[FR Doc. 97–29454 Filed 11–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Draft Yosemite Valley Implementation

Plan and Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement;

Yosemite National Park, California;

Notice of Availability

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

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (P.L. 91–190 as amended), the

National Park Service, Department of

the Interior, has prepared a Draft

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement (DSEIS) assessing the

potential impacts of a proposed

Yosemite Valley Implementation Plan

for Yosemite National Park, California.

The DSEIS identifies and analyzes a

proposed action and three alternatives

for carrying out certain provisions of the

1980 General Management Plan (GMP).

Those provisions call for removing

unnecessary structures, restoring and

protecting recovered land, relocating

facilities out of sensitive or hazardous

areas, and reducing traffic congestion in

Yosemite Valley. This DSEIS also

incorporates the 1992 Concession

Services Plan and pertinent information

from the 1996 Draft Yosemite Valley

Housing Plan with the GMP into a

comprehensive implementation plan.

Each alternative describes a proposal for

the management and use of Yosemite

Valley and discusses changes in the

valley’s developed areas, cultural and

natural resource management,

interpretation and visitor services, and

park operations. The environmental

consequences of the proposed action

and the three alternatives are fully

documented in the DSEIS, and

appropriate mitigation measures to

reduce or eliminate impacts are

identified. Once approved, the plan will

provide implementation guidance for

carrying out provisions of the GMP.

Proposal

Under Alternative 2 (the proposed

action), the National Park Service (NPS)

would emphasize a comprehensive

approach to carrying out the provisions

of the GMP and subsequent plans.

Implementation of the proposed action

would allow for approximately 147

acres in the east end of the valley to be

restored to natural conditions, 82 acres

redesigned, and 38 acres developed to

accommodate relocated facilities or

functions. An orientation/transfer

facility would be located in the west

end of the valley at Taft Toe. Day use

visitors and out-of-park transit bus

riders would be intercepted there and

would use the valley shuttle bus system