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Description of Respondents: 

Businesses, individuals, and nonprofit 

organizations. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency of Collection: On Occasion. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 20. 

Completion Time per Response: 80 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,600. 

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden 

Cost: $5,000—There are no costs 

associated with preparing and 

submitting an application, other than 

expenses for printing, which is 

estimated to be approximately $250 per 

application (with 20 applications [$250 

× 20 = $5,000]). 

III. Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: 

• Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

• The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents. 

Please note that the comments 

submitted in response to this notice are 

a matter of public record. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email 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. 

Dated: February 28, 2012. 

Madonna L. Baucum, 

Acting Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5158 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–NER–HPPC–1220–9136; 4780–NERI– 

409] 

Record of Decision for the General 

Management Plan/Abbreviated Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

New River Gorge National River, West 

Virginia 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

announces the availability of the Record 

of Decision for the Abbreviated Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

General Management Plan for New 

River Gorge National River, West 

Virginia. The Record of Decision selects 

the approved general management plan 

for New River Gorge National River for 

the next 15 to 20 years. 

ADDRESSES: A printed copy of the 

Record of Decision may be obtained by 

contacting Superintendent Don Striker, 

New River Gorge National River, P.O. 

Box 246, Glen Jean, West Virginia 

25846; (304) 465–0508; 

NERI_Superintendent@nps.gov. An 

electronic copy of the Record of 

Decision can be downloaded from the 

NPS Planning, Environment and Public 

Comment (PEPC) Web site (http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/neri). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 7, 2011, the Regional Director 

of the National Park Service (NPS) 

Northeast Region signed the Record of 

Decision selecting Alternative 5 as the 

approved General Management Plan for 

New River Gorge National River. 

Alternative 5 was identified as the NPS 

preferred alternative in the General 

Management Plan and Abbreviated 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(GMP/EIS) issued on October 7, 2011. 

The Record of Decision includes: 

• A statement of the decision made; 

• A synopsis of other alternatives 

considered; 

• The basis for the decision; 

• A description of the 

environmentally preferable alternative; 

• A listing of measures to minimize 

environmental harm; and 

• An overview of public involvement 

in the decision-making process. 

The approved General Management 

Plan will guide long-term management 

of the New River Gorge National River. 

As soon as feasible, we will begin to 

implement the selected alternative. 

The purpose of a General 

Management Plan is to provide a 

decision-making framework that ensures 

that management decisions effectively 

and efficiently carry out our mission for 

the next 15 to 20 years. The GMP/EIS 

planning process at New River Gorge 

National River allowed us to respond to 

new issues and changing conditions and 

revise the prior GMP approved in 1982. 

This planning process was initiated in 

2005 and conducted with extensive 

public and agency involvement. The 

planning team held meetings with and/ 

or contacted key stakeholders, agencies, 

tribes, resource experts, and members of 

the public throughout 2005 and 2006. 

Stakeholders, agencies, and the 

interested public were briefed with 

newsletters and press releases and 

provided the opportunities to provide 

input at fifteen public meetings held in 

2006 and 2007. 

Review Process for the Management 

Plan and Environmental Impact 

Statement 

Consistent with Federal laws and 

regulations, and with National Park 

Service policies, the Draft GMP/EIS was 

released for public review and comment 

from January 13, 2010, through April 16, 

2010. The Draft GMP/EIS described and 

analyzed the environmental impact of 

five alternatives to guide the 

development and future management of 

the National River: Alternative 1, the 

No-Action Alternative, and Action 

Alternatives 2–5. Action Alternative 5, 

the NPS Preferred Alternative, would: 

• Preserve areas for primitive 

recreational experiences from end to 

end of the park; 

• Intersperse cultural and interpretive 

resource focal areas; 

• Establish a north-south, throughpark connector of scenic roads and 

trails; 

• Develop partnerships with gateway 

communities; and 

• Improve rim-to-river experiences. 

Copies of the Draft GMP/EIS were 

sent to individuals, agencies, tribes, and 

organizations, and were made available 

to the public at the park office, by 

request, and on our Planning, 

Environment and Public Comment 

(PEPC) Web site (http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/neri). Public open 

houses were held on March 9, 10, and 

11, 2010 in Hinton, Beckley, and 

Fayetteville, WV, respectively. 

The comments received on the Draft 

GMP/EIS required only minor responses 

and editorial corrections; thus, an 

abbreviated format was used for the 

Final GMP/EIS. The Abbreviated Final 

GMP/EIS, issued on October 7, 2011, 

included an analysis of agency and 

public comments received on the Draft 

GMP/EIS with NPS responses, errata 

sheets detailing editorial corrections to 

the Draft GMP/EIS, and copies of agency 


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and substantive public comments. No 

changes were made to the alternatives or 

to the impact analysis presented in the 

Draft GMP/EIS. Therefore, Action 

Alternative 5 remained as the NPS 

Preferred Alternative and the 

environmentally preferred alternative. 

Why NPS Selected Alternative 5 

We selected Alternative 5 because it 

best fulfills the purposes of the park and 

conveys the greatest number of 

beneficial results in comparison with 

the other alternatives. The selected 

alternative: 

• Results in major beneficial impacts 

to natural and scenic resources, 

primarily as a result of managing large 

areas of the park as unfragmented 

backcountry forest. 

• Addresses the long-term 

preservation needs of the park’s cultural 

resources and, through the park’s 

leasing program, provides an income 

stream for their long-term maintenance. 

• Emphasizes primitive recreational 

experiences throughout the park and 

along the new through-park connector 

by linking portions of scenic roads and 

trails along the length of the park. In the 

long term, we will develop additional 

segments of trail limited to hiking/ 

biking only to create a through park 

trail. New facilities will expand visitor 

opportunities in the vicinity of river 

gateway communities and in focal areas. 

• Addresses the majority of visitor 

use issues and provides the greatest 

direct and indirect economic impact in 

terms of jobs, earnings, NPS spending, 

and visitor spending. More aggressive 

partnering with gateway communities 

will better enhance relevance of the 

park to local visitors and better enable 

us to respond to concerns of local 

residents about how the park is 

managed. 

The Abbreviated Final GMP/EIS and 

the Draft GMP/EIS constitute the 

principal documentation upon which 

this Record of Decision is based. 

Dated: February 10, 2012. 

Dennis R. Reidenbach, 

Regional Director, Northeast Region, National 

Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5096 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–YP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–AKR–DENA; 9831–SZP] 

Denali National Park and Preserve 

Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council; 

Meeting 

ACTION: Notice of meeting for the Denali 

National Park and Preserve Aircraft 

Overflights Advisory Council within the 

Alaska Region. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) announces a meeting of the 

Denali National Park and Preserve 

Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council. 

The purpose of this meeting is to 

discuss mitigation of impacts from 

aircraft overflights at Denali National 

Park and Preserve. The Aircraft 

Overflights Advisory Council is 

authorized to operate in accordance 

with the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. 

Public Availability of Comments: 

These meetings are open to the public 

and will have time allocated for public 

testimony. The public is welcome to 

present written or oral comments to the 

Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council. 

Each meeting will be recorded and 

meeting minutes will be available upon 

request from the park superintendent for 

public inspection approximately six 

weeks after each meeting. Before 

including your address, telephone 

number, email 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. 

DATES: The Denali National Park and 

Preserve Aircraft Overflights Advisory 

Council meeting will be held on 

Monday, February 27th and Tuesday, 

February 28th, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m., Alaska Standard Time. The 

meeting may end early if all business is 

completed. 

Location: Residence Inn Anchorage 

Midtown, 1025 35th Avenue, 

Anchorage, AK 99508. Telephone (907) 

563–9844. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Miriam Valentine, Denali Planning. 

Email: Miriam_Valentine@nps.gov. 

Telephone: (907) 733–9102 at Denali 

National Park, Talkeetna Ranger Station, 

P.O. Box 588, Talkeetna, AK 99676. For 

accessibility requirements please call 

Miriam Valentine at (907) 733–9102. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting 

location and dates may need to be 

changed based on weather or local 

circumstances. If the meeting dates and 

location are changed, notice of the new 

meeting will be announced on local 

radio stations and published in local 

newspapers. 

The agenda for the meetings will 

include the following, subject to minor 

adjustments: 

Monday, February 27th, 2012 

1. All day work session with the public. 

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 

1. Call to order. 

2. Roll Call and Confirmation of 

Quorum. 

3. Chair’s Welcome and Introductions. 

4. Review and Approve Agenda. 

5. Member Reports. 

6. Agency and Public Comments. 

7. Superintendent and NPS Staff 

Reports. 

8. Agency and Public Comments. 

9. Other New Business. 

10. Agency and Public Comments. 

11. Set time and place of next Advisory 

Council meeting. 

12. Adjournment. 

Sue E. Masica, 

Regional Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–PF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–0212–9551; 2200– 

3200–665] 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

Nominations for the following 

properties being considered for listing 

or related actions in the National 

Register were received by the National 

Park Service before February 11, 2012. 

Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 

60, written comments are being 

accepted concerning the significance of 

the nominated properties under the 

National Register criteria for evaluation. 

Comments may be forwarded by United 

States Postal Service, to the National 

Register of Historic Places, National 

Park Service, 1849 C St. NW., MS 2280, 

Washington, DC 20240; by all other 

carriers, National Register of Historic 

Places, National Park Service,1201 Eye 

St. NW., 8th Floor, Washington DC 

20005; or by fax, 202–371–6447. Written 

or faxed comments should be submitted 

by March 19, 2012. Before including 

your address, phone number, email 


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