Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 75 / Tuesday, April 18, 2000 / Notices 20831

Center, and at the Office of the

Superintendent, Rocky Mountain

National Park.

Dated: February 2, 2000.

Karen P. Wade,

Director, Intermountain Region.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Approval of Record of

Decision; Final Environmental Impact

Statement and General Management

Plan for Redwood National and State

Parks, Humboldt and Del Norte

Counties, California

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (Pub.L. 91–190, as

amended), and the regulations

promulgated by the Council of

Environmental Quality at 40 CFR

1505.2, the Department of the Interior,

National Park Service has prepared and

approved a Record of Decision for the

Final Environmental Impact Statement

(FEIS) for the General Management Plan

(GMP) for Redwood National and State

Parks, California.

Redwood National and State Parks are

comprised of Redwood National Park

and three state parks included within

the national park boundary, Jedediah

Smith, Del Norte Coast, and Prairie

Creek Redwoods State Parks. The Final

GMP is a joint General Management

Plan/General Plan (GMP/GP) produced

in cooperation with the State of

California’s Department of Parks and

Recreation. This document incorporates

all the elements of an Environmental

Impact Report/General Plan (EIR/GP)

required under state law. The National

Park Service (NPS) and the California

Department of Parks and Recreation

(CDPR) will use the joint plan as a

comprehensive guide for managing the

105,516-acre area of contiguous federal

and state parklands cooperatively. The

California State Park and Recreation

Commission issued a resolution

following a public hearing on the FEIR/

GP on November 17, 1999 unanimously

approving the Proposed Action

(alternative 1) as it appeared in the

FEIS/R as the option under which the

three state parks will be managed. The

CDPR has completed its conservation

planning and environmental impact

analysis process required under the

California Environmental Quality Act.

The NPS will implement actions

identified as the Proposed Action

(alternative 1) in the Final General

Management Plan/General Plan, as

described in the Final EIS/R issued in

November 1999. The Draft EIS/R was

issued in August 1998 and analyzed

three alternatives in addition to the

Proposed Action. Under the no action

alternative (alternative 2), the parks

would be managed according to the

prescriptions in the 1980 Redwood

National Park General Management Plan

and the 1985 State Redwoods Parks

General Plan, and subsequent approved

planning documents based on those

general plans. Under the Preservation

Emphasis alternative (alternative 3), the

agencies would emphasize the

preservation and restoration of the

parks’ resources and values;

opportunities for public use and

enjoyment would be limited to

experiences that are consistent with this

high degree of resource stewardship.

This was the environmentally preferred

alternative but it was not selected

because it unnecessarily restricted

visitor use without a substantial

concomitant increase in benefits to the

resources when compared to the

selected action. Under the Visitor Use

Emphasis alternative (alternative 4), the

agencies would provide a wide

spectrum of appropriate visitor

experiences that relate to the parks’

resources, consistent with overarching

obligations to protect the parks’

resources and values.

The Record of Decision is a concise

statement of all alternatives considered,

what decisions were made, and the

rationale supporting the selection of the

final plan. It also contains a synopsis of

the conservation planning and

environmental impact analysis process,

identifies the environmentally preferred

alternative, notes the important public

collaboration undertaken and its part in

the decision, and summarizes the

critical mitigation measures.

Copies of the complete Record of

Decision may be obtained from the

Superintendent, Redwood National and

State Parks, 1111 Second Street,

Crescent City, CA, or via telephone at

(707) 464–6101.

Dated: April 6, 2000.

John J. Reynolds,

Regional Director, Pacific West Region.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Realty Action; Mojave

National Preserve

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

SUMMARY: Proposed Exchange of Federal

Property for Private Property at Mojave

National Preserve.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sondra S. Humphries, Chief, Pacific

Land Resources Program Center at (415)

427–1416.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public

comments will be accepted for a period

of 45 calendar days from the date of this

notice. In order to resolve the

encroachment of a private residence and

ranch headquarters on federal land, it is

necessary for the National Park Service

to effect a land exchange at Mojave

National Preserve, San Bernardino

County, California.

Authority for the land exchange is

contained in 16 U.S.C. 410aaa–56. The

land to be conveyed by the United

States of America is located

approximately 15 miles northwesterly

from Interstate Highway 15 off of Essex

Road and contains 40.00 acres, more or

less.

The land to be acquired by the United

States of America is located seven miles

northeast of the intersection of Essex

and Black Canyon Roads and also

contains 40.00 acres, more or less.

Both sites were surveyed for the

presence of hazardous materials and

none were found. In addition, natural

and cultural resource surveys were

conducted and impacts were found to

be minimal. The biological survey did

not disclose the presence of any rare,

endangered or threatened species.

Title to the lands being exchanged

will be subject to encumbrances of

record as well as existing rights-of-way.

The value of the lands to be

exchanged shall be determined by a

current fair market appraisal and if they

are not equal, the value shall be

equalized by payment of cash and/or

donation, as circumstances require.

The 40.00 acre parcel to be acquired

by the United States of America will

enable the National Park Service to

further protect critical Desert Tortoise

Habitat within the Preserve.

Detailed information concerning this

proposal, land descriptions, Land

Protection Plan and other information

are available at the National Park

Service, Pacific Land Resources Program

Center, 600 Harrison Street, Suite 600,

San Francisco, California, 94107–1372.

Comments will be accepted from

interested parties for a period of 45

calendar days from the date of this

notice, and may be submitted to the

above address. Comments will be

evaluated and this action may be

modified or vacated accordingly. In the

absence of any action to modify or

vacate, the realty action will become the