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alternatives). The selected alternative 

was deemed to be the ‘‘environmentally 

preferred’’ course of action. 

Copies: Interested parties desiring to 

review the Record of Decision may 

obtain a copy by contacting the 

Superintendent, Golden Gate National 

Recreation Area, Building 201, Fort 

Mason, San Francisco, CA 94123 or via 

telephone request at (415) 561–2841. 

Dated: November 25, 2008. 

Jonathan B. Jarvis, 

Regional Director, Pacific West Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–5150 Filed 3–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a General 

Management Plan and Environmental 

Impact Statement for Buffalo National 

River, Arkansas 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a 

General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Buffalo National River, Arkansas. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the 

National Park Service (NPS) is preparing 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS) for the General Management Plan 

(GMP) for Buffalo National River, 

Arkansas. The GMP/EIS will establish 

the overall direction for Buffalo 

National River by setting broad 

management goals for managing the area 

over the next 15 to 20 years. 

DATES: Participation in the planning 

process will be encouraged and 

facilitated by various means, including 

newsletters and public 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 the specific dates, times, 

and locations of all such meetings will 

be announced in the local media, in 

NPS newsletters, on the park’s Web site 

at http://www.nps.gov/buff, and on the 

NPS’s Planning, Environment and 

Public Comment (PEPC) Web site at 

http://parkplanning.nps.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Additionally, anyone who 

wishes to comment on any issues 

associated with the GMP may submit 

comments by any one of several 

methods. One may mail or hand-deliver 

comments to Superintendent, Buffalo 

National River, 402 North Walnut, 

Harrison, Arkansas, 72601–1173. 

Comments also may be provided 

electronically on the PEPC Web site at 

the address above. Additionally, 

information will be available for public 

review and comment from the Office of 

the Superintendent at the above 

address. Requests to be added to the 

project mailing list should be sent by 

mail to Superintendent—GMP, Buffalo 

National River, 402 North Walnut, 

Harrison, Arkansas, 72601–1173 or by email to BUFF_Superintendent@nps.gov 

(please put ‘‘GMP’’ in the subject line). 

Before including an address, 

telephone number, e-mail address, or 

other personal identifying information 

in the comments, 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. We will make all 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, or from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent Kevin Cheri, Buffalo 

National River, 402 North Walnut, 

Harrison, Arkansas, 72601–1173, 

telephone 870–365–2700. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Buffalo 

National River, located in northwestern 

Arkansas, was established as America’s 

first National River in 1972 to conserve 

and interpret an area containing unique 

scenic and scientific features, and to 

preserve as a free-flowing stream an 

important segment of the Buffalo River 

in Arkansas. Buffalo National River is 

currently operating under a 1977 Master 

Plan, which is seriously outdated, not 

only because of additions to the 

infrastructure, but because of current 

issues that were not addressed 

previously and that require new 

management direction. Buffalo National 

River also needs to identify major 

program areas and provide a context for 

activities and program planning. 

The GMP/EIS will prescribe the 

resource conditions and visitor 

experiences that are to be achieved and 

maintained, based on such factors as 

Buffalo National River’s purpose, 

significance, special mandates, the body 

of laws and policies directing its 

management, resource analysis, and the 

range of public expectations and 

concerns. The GMP/EIS will outline the 

kinds of resource management 

activities, visitor activities, and 

development that would be appropriate 

at Buffalo National River in the future. 

A range of reasonable management 

alternatives will be developed through 

this planning process and will include, 

at minimum, a No-Action Alternative 

and a Preferred Alternative. Major 

issues the document will address 

include protection and management of 

cultural and natural resources, 

management of expired use and 

occupancy tracts, effects of adjacent 

land uses on Buffalo National River’s 

resources, increased visitation and 

changing use patterns, commercial 

services, and future recreational 

opportunities. 

To facilitate sound planning and 

environmental analysis, the NPS 

intends to gather information necessary 

for the preparation of the EIS and 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. All 

interested persons, organizations, 

agencies, and Tribes are encouraged to 

submit comments and suggestions on 

issues and concerns that should be 

addressed in the GMP/EIS and the range 

of appropriate alternatives that should 

be examined. 

Dated: February 4, 2009. 

David N. Given, 

Acting Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–5144 Filed 3–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural 

Item: San Diego Museum of Man, San 

Diego, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate a cultural item in the 

possession of the San Diego Museum of 

Man, San Diego, CA, that meets the 

definition of ‘‘object of cultural 

patrimony’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations 

in this notice are the sole responsibility 

of the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the cultural 

item. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 


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