57620 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 186 / Monday, September 25, 2000 / Notices

Service finalizes and issues a Prospectus

soliciting offers to provide these

services under a new longer-term

contract. This short-term extension will

be for a one-year period beginning

November 1, 2000. This notice is in

pursuant to 36 CFR part 51, section

51.23.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

concession contract at Crater Lake

National Park will expire on October 31,

2000. The National Park Service is in

the process of completing the necessary

documents to competitively award a

new longer-term concession contract.

This 1-year extension is necessary to

allow for completion and issuance of

the Prospectus, leading to the selection

of a concessioner for a new longer-term

concession contract.

Information about this notice can be

sought from: National Park Service,

Chief, Concession Program Management

Office, Pacific West Region, Attn: Mr.

Tony Sisto, 600 Harrison Street, Suite

600, San Francisco, California 94107–

1372 or call (415) 427–1366.

Dated: September 14, 2000.

Cynthia Ip,

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.

[FR Doc. 00–24501 Filed 9–22–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Pipestone National Monument;

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a

general management plan and

environmental impact statement for

Pipestone National Monument,

Minnesota.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service

(NPS) will prepare a general

management plan (GMP) and an

associated environmental impact

statement (EIS) for Pipestone National

Monument, Minnesota, in accordance

with section 102(2)(C) of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969

(NEPA). This notice is being furnished

as required by NEPA Regulations 40

CFR 1501.7.

To facilitate sound planning and

environmental assessment, the NPS

intends to gather information necessary

for the preparation of the EIS, and to

obtain suggestions and information from

other agencies and the public on the

scope of issues to be addressed in the

EIS. Comments and participation in this

scoping process are invited.

Participation in the planning process

will be encouraged and facilitated by

various means, including newsletters

and open houses or meetings. The NPS

will conduct public scoping meetings to

explain the planning process and to

solicit opinion about issues to address

in the GMP/EIS. Notification of all such

meetings will be announced in the local

press and in NPS newsletters.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

information concerning the scope of the

EIS, requests to be added to the project

mailing list, and other matters should be

directed to: Mr. Jim LaRock,

Superintendent, Pipestone National

Monument, 36 Reservation Avenue,

Pipestone, Minnesota 56164. Telephone:

507–825–5464. E-mail:

jim_larock@nps.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

LaRock, Superintendent, Pipestone

National Monument, at the address and

telephone number listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pipestone

National Monument is located near the

Minnesota-South Dakota border. Within

the 283-acres monument are pipestone

(catlinite) quarries, native tallgrass

prairie, and quartzite bluffs. The

monument was established for two

purposes: (1) To manage the pipestone

quarries to provide American Indians

the opportunity to quarry the pipestone,

and (2) to preserve and manage the

ethnological, historical, archeological,

and geological resources of the area for

the betterment and enjoyment of all.

In accordance with NPS Park

Planning policy, the GMP will ensure

the monument has a clearly defined

direction for resource preservation and

visitor use. The GMP will help define

what types of resource conditions,

visitor uses, and management actions

will best achieve the mission of the NPS

and Pipestone National Monument.

Additionally the GMP process will

address facility needs, staffing, park

interpretation and activities, and

maintenance. It will be developed in

consultation with servicewide program

managers, interested parties, and the

general public. It will be based on an

adequate analysis of existing and

potential resource conditions and visitor

experiences, environmental impacts,

and costs of alternative courses of

action.

The environmental review of the

GMP/EIS for the monument will be

conducted in accordance with

requirements of the NEPA (42 U.S.C.

4371 et seq.), NEPA regulations (40 CFR

1500–1508), other appropriate Federal

regulations, and NPS procedures and

policies for compliance with those

regulations.

Dated: September 13, 2000.

Linda C. Witkowski,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 00–24502 Filed 9–22–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Death Valley National Park Advisory

Commission; Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Commission

Act that a meeting of the Death Valley

National Park Advisory Commission

will be held October 11 and 12, 2000 at

the Furnace Creek Inn within Death

Valley National Park.

The main agenda will include:

• Death Valley National Park’s

Revised Draft General Management

Plan;

• Updates on Park Operational Plans;

• Appropriate field trips within Death

Valley National Park, if time allows.

The Advisory Commission was

established by PL #03–433 to provide

for the advice on development and

implementation of the General

Management Plan.

Members of the Commission are

Janice Allen, Kathy Davis, Michael

Dorame, Mark Ellis, Pauline Esteves,

Stanley Haye, Sue Hickman, Cal Jepson,

Joan Lolmaugh, Gary O’Connor, Alan

Peckham, Michael Prather, Wayne

Schulz, and Gilbert Zimmerman.

This meeting is open to the public.

Richard H. Martin,

Superintendent, Death Valley National Park.

[FR Doc. 00–24500 Filed 9–22–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing;

Mojave National Preserve.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to public comment

to Federal Register Notice of Realty

Action published April 18, 2000

(Volume 65, Number 75, pages 20831–

20832) on the exchange of federal

property for private property at Mojave

National Preserve, this notice

announces a public hearing to be held

regarding the proposed exchange, at the

date, time and place noted below. The

hearing is open to the public.

Date: October 11, 2000.

Time: 11 am–2 pm.

Place: Hole in the Wall Visitors

Center, Mojave National Preserve.