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philosophy and approach to the major

components of NPS planning, focusing

on results rather than procedures. The

revised guideline is expected to help

streamline internal procedures, and will

replace the current Planning Process

Guideline (NPS–2) that was adopted in

1982. The current guideline addresses

the basic framework for NPS planning:

Statements for Management, General

Management Plans, Development

Concept Plans, and studies of potential

new parks or other designations. More

detailed instructions for operational and

implementation plans addressing

natural and cultural resources,

concessions, interpretation and other

functions is provided in directives and

guidelines for those program areas. The

intended outcomes to be produced by

the revised Planning Process Guideline

are:

—shared understanding about the

purposes of planning in the National

Park Service, recognizing that

planning is an iterative process that

provides the rationale for effective

and accountable decisionmaking at all

levels of the organization

—comprehensive knowledge of the

basic elements of the NPS planning

process, including why each element

is important, and the kind and level

of information each element contains

—the relationships and linkages among

the various planning products and

services produced in parks or central

and field offices, and the appropriate

level of consistency for products

needed to comply with legal

mandates that apply Servicewide

—guidance regarding roles and

responsibilities for planning and

compliance with applicable laws,

regulations and management policies

—an agreed upon common

nomenclature of planning terms to

facilitate communications within the

agency and with Congress and the

public

The updated guideline will not be a

detailed prescription for how to plan. In

keeping with the governmentwide goals

of streamlining and reengineering work

processes, the guideline will focus on

the intended outcomes of planning and

on criteria for evaluating when those

outcomes have been achieved.

Practitioners will have flexibility to

adapt processes to their particular

circumstances.

Organizations and individuals with

an interest in NPS planning will have an

opportunity to review and comment on

a draft of the guideline in midsummer.

A review draft is scheduled to be

available by July 30, with comments due

within 30 days. Following the public

comment period the guideline will be

revised and is scheduled for completion

by September 30, 1996.

The draft guideline will be posted on

the Internet (www.nps.gov/planning). If

you are not able to access this

information by Internet and would like

to receive a copy through the mail,

please contact Warren Brown, Chief,

Division of Park Planning and Special

Studies, National Park Service, Room

3230, Department of the Interior, P.O.

Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013–

7127. For additional information about

the scope of the guideline, please

contact Gail Slemmer, (303) 969–2686

or Jan Harris, (303) 969–2435 in the

National Park Service’s Denver Service

Center.

Anyone having information that

should be considered during the initial

drafting of the policy and guideline is

urged to send concise statements of that

information to Warren Brown at the

address listed above. Please confine

your comments to general planning

theories and approaches, or to general

comments about the context for NPS

planning, since the guideline will not

address specific parks, issues or

situations. Questions or comments

about specific park plans should be

addressed to the park superintendent for

that unit.

This update of the planning process

guideline will be coordinated with other

ongoing efforts to revise NPS guidelines

for the National Environmental Policy

Act (NPS–12) and other related

planning processes including natural

and cultural resource management

plans.

Date: May 31, 1996.

Denis P. Galvin,

Associate Director, Professional Services,

Washington Office.

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By Notice dated April 1, 1996, and

published in the Federal Register on

April 8, 1996, (61 FR 15523), Stepan

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factors in Title 21, United States Code,

Section 823(a) and determined that the

registration of Stepan Company Natural

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this time. Therefore, pursuant to Section

1008(a) of the Controlled Substances

Import and Export Act and in

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Federal Regulations, Section 1311.42,

the above firm is granted registration as

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controlled substances listed above.

Dated: May 22, 1996.

Gene R. Haislip,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of

Diversion Control; Drug Enforcement

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National Institute of Justice

[OJP (NIJ) No. 1075]

RIN 1121–ZA30

National Institute of Justice Solicits

Proposals for Executive Seminar

Series on Sentencing and Corrections

1996

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Justice,

Office of Justice Programs, National

Institute of Justice.

ACTION: Announcement of the

availability of the National Institute of

Justice (NIJ) Solicitation ‘‘NIJ Solicits

Proposals for Executive Seminar Series

on Sentencing and Corrections.’’

ADDRESS: National Institute of Justice,

633 Indiana Avenue, NW., Washington,

D.C. 20531.

DATE: The deadline for receipt of

proposals is close of business on July

29, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Spevacek at (202) 307–0466, National

Institute of Justice, 633 Indiana Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20531.

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