Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 19, 2005 / Notices 60851 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo 

A. Pendry, Concession Program 

Manager, National Park Service, 

Washington, DC 20240, Telephone 202/ 

513–7156. 

Dated: September 7, 2005. 

Jo A. Pendry 

Acting Assistant Director, Business Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Public Notice 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the terms of 

existing concession contracts, public 

notice is hereby given that the National 

Park Service intends to request a 

continuation of visitor services for a 

period not-to-exceed 1 year from the 

date of contract expiration. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

contracts listed below have been 

extended to maximum allowable under 

36 CFR 51.23. Under the provisions of 

current concession contracts and 

pending the completion of the public 

solicitation of a prospectus for a new 

concession contract, the National Park 

Service authorizes continuation of 

visitor services for a period not-toexceed 1 year under the terms and 

conditions of the current contract as 

amended. The continuation of 

operations does not affect any rights 

with respect to selection for award of a 

new concession contract. 

Concid# Concessioner name Park 

BIBE002–82 ................................................................ Forever Resorts, LLC ................................................ Big Bend National Park. 

BLR1007–82 ............................................................... Forever Resorts, LLC ................................................ Blue Ridge Parkway. 

ISRO002–82 ............................................................... Forever Resorts, LLC ................................................ Isle Royale National Park. 

MACA002–82 ............................................................. Forever Resorts, LLC ................................................ Mammoth Cave Nationall Park. 

OLYM003–82 .............................................................. Forever Resorts, LLC ................................................ Olympic National Park. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo. 

A. Pendry, Concession Program 

Manager, National Park Service, 

Washington, DC 20240, Telephone, 

(202) 512–7156. 

Dated: September 7, 2005. 

Jo A. Pendry, 

Acting Assistant Director, Business Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Environmental Statements; 

Availability, etc.; Badlands National 

Park, SD 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Draft General Management Plan and 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the North Unit of Badlands National 

Park, South Dakota. 

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

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, the National Park Service 

(NPS) announces the availability of the 

draft General management plan and 

environmental impact statement (GMP/ 

EIS) for the North Unit of Badlands 

National Park (BADL). 

DATES: The GMP/EIS will remain 

available for public review for 60 days 

following the publishing of the notice of 

availability in the Federal Register by 

the Environmental Protection Agency. 

Public meetings will be held in the 

cities of Rapid City, Wall, and Pierre, 

South Dakota. Meeting places and times 

will be announced through the local 

media and on the park Web site at: 

http://www.nps.gov.gov/badl. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the GMP/EIS are 

available by request by writing to the 

Superintendent at Badlands National 

Park, P.O. Box 6, Interior, SD 57750. 

The document is also available to be 

reviewed in person at park headquarters 

with an appointment, which can be 

scheduled at 605/433–5281. Finally, the 

document can be found on the Internet 

at: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/. This 

Web site allows the public to review 

and comment directly on this 

document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent, Badlands National 

Park, P.O. Box 6, Interior, SD 57750. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BADL 

is a unit of the national park system. 

The BADL was established due to the 

area’s outstanding scenic values, its 

importance to the science of 

paleontology, and its mixed grass prairie 

and associated natural resources, 

including wildlife. Over half of the 

North Unit is designated wilderness. 

The draft GMP/EIS describes and 

analyzes the environmental impacts of 

the proposed management action 

(preferred alternative) and two other 

action alternatives for the future 

management direction of the park, 

including the impacts of the boundary 

modifications. A no-action management 

alternative also is evaluated. 

Persons wishing to comment may do 

so by any one of several methods. They 

may attend the public hearing or open 

houses noted above. They may mail 

comments to Badlands Planning Team, 

National Park Service, Denver Service 

Center, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, CO 

80225. They also may comment via the 

Internet at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/ 

. Finally, they may hand-deliver 

comments to the Badlands National 

Park headquarters at Cedar Pass in 

Interior, South Dakota. 

Our practice is to make comments, 

including names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public 

review. Individual respondents may 

request that we withhold their home 

address from the record, which we will 

honor to the extent allowable by law. 

There may also be circumstances where 

we would withhold from the record a 

respondent’s identity, as allowable by 

law. If you wish us to withhold your 

name and/or address, you must state 

this prominently at the beginning of 

your comment. However, we will not 

consider anonymous comments. We 

will make all submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials or 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

The responsible official is Mr. Ernest 

Quintana, Regional Director, Midwest 

Region. 

Dated: August 26, 2005. 

David N. Given, 

Acting Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

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