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management issues associated with

public land management.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon

Pinner, Administrative Officer, Dakotas

District Office, 2933 3rd Avenue West,

Dickinson, ND 58601. Telephone (701)

225–9148.

Dated: January 8, 1997.

Douglas J. Burger,

District Manager.

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National Park Service

Notice of Availability of the Final

Development Concept Plan/

Abbreviated Final Environmental

Impact Statement for the Entrance

Area and Road Corridor, Denali

National Park and Preserve, Alaska

AGENCIES: National Park Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the

Final Development Concept Plan/

Abbreviated Final Environmental

Impact Statement for the entrance area

and road corridor, Denali National Park

and Preserve, Alaska.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service

announces the availability of a Final

Development Concept Plan/Abbreviated

Final Environmental Impact Statement

(DCP/EIS) for the Entrance Area and

Road Corridor (Front Country) of Denali

National Park and Preserve. The

document describes and analyzes the

environmental impacts of a proposed

action and three other action

alternatives for visitor facilities and

services. A no action alternative also is

evaluated.

DATES: A Record of Decision will be

made no sooner than 30 days after the

date of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the statement are

available on request from:

Superintendent, Denali National Park

and Preserve, P.O. Box 9, Denali Park,

Alaska 99755.

Public reading copies of the final DCP

and abbreviated final EIS will be

available for review in the following

locations:

Office of Public Affairs, National Park

Service, Department of the Interior,

1849 C Street, Room 3424,

Washington, DC 20240, telephone:

(202) 208–6843.

Alaska System Support Office, National

Park Service, 2525 Gambell Street,

Room 404, Anchorage, Alaska 99503–

2892, telephone: (907) 257–2647.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Tranel, Denali National Park and

Preserve. Telephone: (907) 683–9552

FAX: (907) 683–9612.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

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

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L.

91–190, as amended), the National Park

Service, has prepared a final DCP and

abbreviated final EIS for proposed

visitor facilities and services in the front

country of Denali National Park and

Preserve in Alaska. The final DCP/EIS

includes five alternatives for providing

for visitor use and resource protection

and related facility development in the

front country of Denali National Park

and Preserve. The front country

includes all non-wilderness areas along

the Parks Highway, the Riley Creek/

headquarters area, and the park road

corridor to the Kantishna airstrip. The

five alternatives include a no action

alternative and four action alternatives.

The proposed action as revised in the

final is based on the recommendations

of the Denali Task Force, a committee

formed at the request of the Secretary of

the Interior in 1994, on proposals

received during public scoping, on

previous plans, on planning team work

and impact analysis, and on public

comments on the draft plan.

Facilities and services considered in

the proposed action and in each

alternative include visitor

accommodations, campgrounds, camper

conveniences, interpretive facilities,

transportation, parking, bus tours,

bicycle use, rest and picnic areas,

concessions, road maintenance, trails,

employee housing, administrative and

support facilities, airstrips, and utility

systems. The alternatives differ in

construction costs, extent and location

of visitor facilities, and corresponding

environmental, social, and economic

impacts.

The Proposed Action (Alternative D)

would provide visitor facilities and

services in the front country to meet a

wide range of visitor needs and

interests. Front country developments

would be limited to actions in which

the NPS has traditionally specialized,

such as interpretive centers,

environmental education opportunities,

trails, and campgrounds. The park hotel

would be closed, and the NPS would

encourage the private sector to develop

visitor service facilities

(accommodations, food service, and

other commercial services) outside the

park. The existing Visitor Access Center

would be remodeled and expanded to

serve as an interpretive and discovery

center, and a new visitor services

building and parking would be

constructed nearby. Camper

convenience services would be

provided in this same area and the

existing store and temporary shower

building would be removed. Some

buildings in the former hotel area would

be adaptively used to provide an

environmental education and science

facility. New permanent rest areas

would be constructed at Savage and

Toklat. Additional trails would be

constructed primarily in the Nenana

River and Savage River areas. New

campsites would be developed in the

entrance area, the Nenana River

corridor, and in the Kantishna area.

Road maintenance and repair would be

upgraded to address safety concerns and

major structural failures along the park

road. These actions would be phased in

over the 15 to 20-year life of the plan.

Alternative A (No Action—Continue

Current Management Direction)

represents no change from current

management direction. With the

exception of development concepts not

yet implemented, it continues the

present course of action set forth in

existing management plans and

guidance documents including the

Statement for Management (1995) and

the General Management Plan/Land

Protection Plan/Wilderness Suitability

Review (1986). This alternative

represents the existing situation in the

park, so existing facilities and services

would remain. For example, the

temporary park hotel would be

rehabilitated as funds allow, adaptive

use of historic structures and

overcrowding of administrative space

would continue, campgrounds would

not be expanded, and no new trail

construction or additional trail

maintenance would be done.

Alternative B (Implement

Development Concepts from Previous

Plans) would fully implement previous

planning decisions and development

concepts contained in approved plans

such as the 1986 General Management

Plan and the 1992 Amendment to the

1983 Development Concept Plan/

Environmental Assessment for the park

road corridor and 1987 addendum (1992

Riley Creek Amendment). These

documents not only propose additional

facilities throughout the park to support

NPS operations; they also propose

increased visitor services and facilities

within the park entrance area. Examples

of new facilities proposed include a new

hotel and camper convenience center to

replace existing temporary facilities, a

hostel in the entrance area, a new

interpretive center with additional

administrative space, a 50-site

expansion to Riley Creek campground,

and upgraded trail maintenance in the

entrance area.
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Alternative C (Reduce Facilities and

Services Inside Park) would reduce the

level of development and visitor

services inside the park and encourage

the private sector to provide necessary

new facilities such as overnight

accommodations, campgrounds, and

camper conveniences outside the park

boundary. Major new park facilities

such as an interpretive center and an

environmental education center would

be constructed outside the park as well.

The park entrance area would function

primarily as a staging area for trips

farther into the park rather than as a

destination in itself. This alternative

allows for minimizing resource impacts

and therefore maximizing resource

protection inside the park.

Alternative E (Emphasize Visitor

Services and Recreational Opportunities

Within the Park) would significantly

enhance the visitor experience by

concentrating new development inside

the park and providing a diversity of

visitor facilities and services in the front

country to meet a wide range of visitor

needs and interests. The NPS would

take the leading role in providing new

visitor services. A new hotel would

replace the existing temporary building,

and a hostel or similar low-cost

accommodations would be constructed

at a separate location. A new

interpretive center, a camper

conveniences center, and an

environmental education facility would

be constructed just north of Riley Creek

Campground. Additional campsites

would be developed throughout the

front country. New permanent rest areas

would be constructed at Toklat and

Savage, and trails would be upgraded

and expanded at several locations. Road

maintenance and repair along the park

road would be upgraded to address

documented structural problems as well

as safety concerns and actual structural

failures.

The responsible official for a Record

of Decision on the proposed action is

the NPS field director in Alaska.

Dated: December 24, 1996.

Paul R. Anderson,

Field Director, Alaska Field Office.

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National Park Service, National Capital

Region

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House

National Historic Site Advisory

Commission; Notice of Public Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act that a meeting of the Mary McLeod

Bethune Council House National

Historic Site Advisory Commission will

be held on January 24 and 25, 1997, at

the Madison Hotel at 10:00 a.m., the

hotel is located at 15th and M Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C.

The Commission was authorized on

December 11, 1991, by Public Law 102–

211, for the purpose of advising the

Secretary of the Interior in the

development of a General Management

Plan for the Mary McLeod Bethune

Council House National Historic Site.

The members of the commission are

as follow: Dr. Dorothy I. Height; Ms.

Barbara Van Blake; Ms. Brenda GirtonMitchell; Dr. Savanna C. Jones; Dr.

Bettye J. Gardner, Bettye CollierThomas; Mr. Eugene Morris; Dr. Rosalyn

Terborg-Penn; Mrs. Bertha S. Waters; Dr.

Frederick Stielow; Dr. Sheila Flemming;

Dr. Ramona Edelin; Mrs. Romaine B.

Thomas; Ms. Brandi L. Creighton; and

Dr. Janette Hoston Harris.

The purpose of this meeting will be to

discuss and develop a general

management plan for the Mary McLeod

Bethune Council House National

Historic Site. The meeting will be open

to the public. Any person may file with

the Commission a written statement

concerning the matters to be discussed.

Persons who wish further information

concerning this meeting or wish to file

a written statement or testify at the

meeting may contact Ms. Marta C. Kelly,

the Federal Liaison Officer for the

Commission, at (202) 332–1233.

Minutes of these meetings will be

available for public inspection 4 weeks

after the meeting at the Mary McLeod

Bethune Council House National

Historic Site, located at 1318 Vermont

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.

Dated: January 17, 1997.

Richard Powers,

Acting Field Director, National Capital Area.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Attorney Personnel

Management, Justice Management

Division Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection:

Reinstatement, Without Change of a

Previously Approved Collection for

Which Approval Has Expired;

Comments Requested

ACTION: Application Booklets—Attorney

General’s Honor Program, Summer Law

Intern Program, Law Student Program.

The Department of Justice, Justice

Management Division, Office of

Attorney Personnel Management, has

submitted the following information

collection request utilizing emergency

review procedures, to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and clearance in accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. Additionally, this notice will also

serve as the 60 day public notification

for comments as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Pursuant to 28 CFR 0.15(b)(2), the

Deputy Attorney General of the United

States Department of Justice has the

responsibility of administering the

‘‘Attorney General’s recruitment

program for honor law graduates and

judicial law clerks.’’ This includes the

hiring of third-year law students and

judicial law clerks for full-time

employment following graduation or

completion of a clerkship, and primarily

second-year law students for summer

and/or part-time employment. This

program has been in existence for 43

years, and is considered the Federal

Government’s premier legal recruitment

program. The Department of Justice

currently hires approximately 130–150

third-year law students/judicial law

clerks and 130 second-year law students

each year under these programs. The

Department of Justice is the largest legal

employer in the country. Approximately

5,700 applications are received for these

positions annually. The responsibility

for running these programs has been

delegated by the Deputy Attorney

General to the Director, Office of

Attorney Personnel Management

(OAPM) pursuant to 28 CFR 0.15(c).

OAPM together with other Department

of Justice representatives who make the

ultimate hiring determinations have

developed these application booklets to

distribute information on the programs

and in turn collect the information they

consider essential to make an informed

hiring decision on legal applicants. The

proposed information collection is

published to obtain comments from the

public and affected agencies. Emergency

review and approval of this collection

has been requested from OMB by

January 20, 1997. If granted, the

emergency approval is only valid for

180 days. Comments should be directed

to OMB, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Ms.

Victoria Wassmer, 202–395–5871,

Department of Justice Desk Officer,

Washington, D.C. 20530. The agency

requests written comments and

suggestions from the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information. Your

comments should address one or more

of the following four points: