Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 46 / Wednesday, March 11, 2009 / Notices 10611 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such 

as sign language interpretation, or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

contact the BLM as provided below. The 

Council will hear updates to Sage 

Grouse Conservation studies, recreation 

fees and resource management planning 

issues and ongoing efforts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lonny Bagley, Field Manager, North 

Dakota Field Office, 99 23rd Avenue 

West, Dickinson, North Dakota, 

701.227.7700, or Marian Atkins, Field 

Manager, South Dakota Field Office, 310 

Roundup St., Belle Fourche, South 

Dakota, 605.892.7000. 

Dated: March 4, 2009. 

Lonny R. Bagley, 

Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E9–5151 Filed 3–10–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Final Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Comprehensive Management Plan: Ala 

Kahakai National Historic Trail, Hawaii 

County, HI; Notice of Approval of 

Record of Decision 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 102(2)(C) of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as amended) and 

the regulations promulgated by the 

Council on Environmental Quality (40 

CFR 1505.2), the Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service (NPS) 

has prepared and approved a Record of 

Decision for the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement for the 

Comprehensive Management Plan for 

the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail. 

The requisite no-action ‘‘wait period’’ 

was initiated November 7, 2008, with 

the Environmental Protection Agency’s 

Federal Register notification of the 

filing of the Final EIS. 

Decision: As soon as practical the NPS 

will begin to implement an Ahupua’a 

trail system (described and analyzed as 

the agency-preferred Alternative C in 

the Final EIS, and which includes no 

substantive changes from the course of 

action as presented in the Draft EIS). 

The full range of foreseeable 

environmental consequences was 

assessed, and appropriate mitigation 

measures are included in the approved 

plan. Both a No Action alternative and 

an additional ‘‘action’’ alternative were 

identified and analyzed. During an 

extended scoping period, strong 

community support was expressed for 

concepts which were developed as the 

agency-preferred alternative presented 

in the Draft EIS. Due to the minimal 

nature of public response to the Draft 

EIS, an abbreviated format was utilized 

in preparing the Final EIS. As 

documented in the Draft and Final EIS, 

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, Ala Kahakai National 

Historic Trail, 73–4786 Kanalani St., 

#14, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 or via 

telephone request at (808) 326–6012. 

Dated: January 29, 2009. 

Cynthia L. Ip, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–5145 Filed 3–10–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

General Management Plan; Kalaupapa 

National Historical Park, Kalawao 

County, Molokai, HI; Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement 

SUMMARY: In accord with section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, et 

seq.), the National Park Service is 

undertaking a conservation planning 

and environmental impact analysis 

process for developing a General 

Management Plan (GMP) for Kalaupapa 

National Historical Park, Hawaii. An 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared concurrently with the 

GMP. The GMP is intended to set forth 

the basic management philosophy for 

this unit of the National Park System 

and provide the strategies for addressing 

issues and achieving identified 

management objectives. Thus, the GMP 

serves as a ‘‘blueprint’’ to guide 

management of natural and cultural 

resources and visitor use during the 

next 15–20 years. 

Consistent with NPS Planning 

Program Standards, the updated GMP 

will: (1) Describe the National Historical 

Park’s purpose, significance, and 

primary interpretive themes; (2) identify 

the fundamental resources and values of 

the park, its other important resources 

and values, and describe the condition 

of these resources; (3) describe desired 

conditions for cultural and natural 

resources and visitor experiences 

throughout the park; (4) develop 

management zoning to support these 

desired conditions; (5) develop 

alternative applications of these 

management zones to the Park’s 

landscape (i.e., zoning alternatives); (6) 

address user capacity; (7) analyze 

potential boundary modifications; (8) 

ensure that management 

recommendations are developed in 

consultation with interested partners 

and the public and adopted by NPS 

leadership after an adequate analysis of 

the benefits, environmental impacts, 

and economic costs of alternative 

courses of action; (9) develop cost 

estimates implementing each of the 

alternatives; and (10) identify and 

prioritize subsequent detailed studies, 

plans and actions that may be needed to 

implement the updated GMP. 

Scoping Process: The park will 

undertake extensive scoping outreach 

efforts in order to elicit early public 

comment regarding issues and concerns, 

the nature and extent of potential 

environmental impacts (and as 

appropriate, mitigation measures), and 

alternatives which should be addressed 

in the GMP. Through the outreach 

activities planned in the scoping phase, 

the NPS welcomes information and 

suggestions from the public regarding 

resource protection, visitor use, and 

land management. This notice formally 

initiates the public scoping comment 

phase for the EIS process. All scoping 

comments must be postmarked or 

transmitted not later than July 15, 2009, 

and should be addressed to: General 

Management Plan, Attn: Steve Prokop, 

Superintendent, Kalaupapa National 

Historical Park, P.O. Box 2222, 

Kalaupapa, HI 96742 (or may also be 

transmitted electronically via http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/kala). Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail 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. 

At this time, it is expected that public 

workshops will take place on Molokai, 

Oahu, and Maui, and possibly Hawaii 

and Kauai in late April and early May 

2009. Detailed information regarding 

these meetings will be posted on the 

GMP Web site (noted above) and 

announced through local and regional 

press media. All attendees will be given 

the opportunity to ask questions and 

provide comments to the planning team. 

The GMP Web site will provide the 


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