[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12663-12664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6555]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the General 
Management Plan/Development Concept Plan for the Klondike Gold Rush 
National Historical Park

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the record of decision for the 
General Management Plan/Development Concept Plan for the Klondike Gold 
Rush National Historical Park

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service announces the availability of the 
Record of Decision (ROD) for the General Management Plan/Development 
Concept Plan for the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
    The plan will provide a comprehensive plan for meeting the park's 
legislative mandate. The plan in Alaska includes development concept

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plans for Dyea and the Chilkoot Trail and will expand park management, 
development, resource (cultural and natural) protection, and 
maintenance components to meet most of the expected visitor-use 
increases and interests in the park. A Klondike History Research Center 
will be established, in cooperation with the city of Skagway and state 
of Alaska, to process, study, conserve, and store historical, 
ethnographic, and natural history artifacts. In Seattle, the plan will 
eventually lead to acquiring a permanent location for the park visitor 
center, park offices, and historic collections. The interpretive focus 
will shift with more emphasis toward the role of the Pacific Northwest 
in the gold rush.
    A Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
(EIS), published in the Federal Register in May 1992, formally 
initiated the National Park Service planning and EIS effort for the 
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. A draft and final plan and 
EIS were prepared. The final plan and EIS describes a proposed action 
for the three Alaska units and one Seattle unit of the park and three 
alternatives (two in Seattle) to provide additional opportunities for 
residents and visitors to enjoy the park units while protecting the 
park's cultural and natural resources. A no-action alternative also is 
evaluated.
    The ROD documents the decision of the National Park Service, 
regarding the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park plan. This 
ROD briefly states the decision and discusses the basis for it, 
describes other alternatives considered, specifies the environmentally 
preferable alternative, and defines a course of action for implementing 
the decision, including mitigating measures.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are available on request from: 
Superintendent Willie Russell, Klondike Gold Rush-Seattle, 117 South 
Main St, Seattle WA, 98104, telephone: (206) 553-7220, FAX: (206) 553-
0614 or Superintendent Clay Alderson, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, PO Box 
517, Skagway, AK 99840, telephone: (907) 983-2921, FAX: (907) 983-2046.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack Mosby, National Park Service, 
Alaska System Support Office. Telephone: (907) 257-2650 FAX: (907) 257-
2510.

    Dated: March 7, 1997.
Marcia Blaszna,
Acting Regional Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 97-6555 Filed 3-14-97; 8:45 am]
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