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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. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of this project should be received on or 

before September 30, 2008. The draft 

EIS is projected to be available in early 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

mailed to the address below. Electronic 

comments may be submitted to the NPS 

Planning, Environment, and Public 

Comment (PEPC) Web site: http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/DENA. To 

comment using PEPC, select the ‘‘Denali 

Park Road Vehicle Management Plan’’, 

then select ‘‘Open for Public Comment’’. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adrienne Lindholm, Outdoor 

Recreation Planner, Denali Planning, 

240 West 5th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 

99501, (907) 644–3613. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Denali 

National Park contains one of the most 

intact predator-prey ecosystems in the 

world as well as one of the best 

opportunities in North America to view 

wildlife in its natural setting. Denali 

National Park was established in 1917 

as a game refuge and conserving wildlife 

and protecting opportunities to view 

wildlife remain its most important 

values. Key resources and values 

include: Wildlife populations, wildlife 

habitat, and the processes and 

components of the park’s natural 

ecosystem; wilderness character, 

wilderness resource values, and 

wilderness recreational opportunities; 

scenic and geologic values of Mount 

McKinley and surrounding mountain 

landscape; and visitor enjoyment and 

inspiration from observing wildlife in 

its natural habitat and other natural 

features. Denali is now one of the most 

visited subarctic national parks in the 

world, with the vast majority of 

visitation focused along the 90-mile 

park road. Park managers must ensure 

that Denali’s vehicle management plan 

protects these critical resource values. 

Before 1972, Denali visitation was low 

because travelers arrived either by train 

or by an arduous overland route on the 

unimproved Denali Highway. In 1972 

park visitation increased 100% in direct 

response to the opening of the George 

Parks Highway which created a direct 

corridor from Anchorage to the park. 

Anticipating this increase, park 

managers implemented a mandatory 

visitor transportation system that same 

year to minimize disturbances to 

wildlife and scenery. This was one of 

the first visitor transportation systems in 

the national park system and it set the 

standard for transportation systems in 

other park units. 

With the sustained growth in Alaska’s 

tourism industry, Denali continues to be 

a featured part of travelers’ itineraries. 

To better manage the park experience in 

light of increased pressures, the 1986 

General Management Plan (GMP) for the 

park established a limit of 10,512 motor 

vehicle trips annually on the park road. 

This limit, which affects the existing 

allocation of vehicle trips (among tour 

buses, shuttle buses, private vehicles, 

administrative vehicles, and private 

inholders and their guests) will be 

comprehensively evaluated in this EIS. 

The transportation system enabled 

Denali to maintain vehicle use levels 

below this figure while providing 

visitors the opportunity to travel the 

park road. However, visitation 

continues to increase and demand 

exceeds capacity in some cases. Trends 

indicate that visitation will continue to 

increase and that there will continue to 

be a demand for access to Denali. There 

is also a need to accommodate the 

changing demographics, interests, and 

needs of visitors. This will require a 

comprehensive review of the current 

system and evaluation of alternatives for 

developing a system to better serve the 

needs of visitors while protecting park 

resources. 

Dated: June 20, 2008. 

Victor Knox, 

Acting Regional Director, Alaska. 

[FR Doc. E8–18571 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–PF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a General 

Management Plan and Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Ice Age 

National Scenic Trail Interpretive Site 

and Cross Plains Unit of the Ice Age 

National Scientific Reserve, WI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a 

General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Ice Age National Scenic Trail 

Interpretive Site and Cross Plains Unit 

of the Ice Age National Scientific 

Reserve, Wisconsin. 

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

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the 

National Park Service (NPS) with the 

Wisconsin Department of Natural 

Resources (DNR), is preparing a General 

Management Plan/Environmental 

Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for the Ice 

Age National Scenic Trail (NST) 

Interpretive Site and Cross Plains Unit 

of the Ice Age National Scientific 

Reserve in Wisconsin. The GMP/EIS 

will prescribe the resource conditions 

and visitor experiences that are to be 

achieved and maintained in these areas 

over the next 15 to 20 years. 

To facilitate sound planning and 

environmental assessment, the NPS 

intends to gather information necessary 

for the preparation of the GMP/EIS and 

obtain suggestions and information from 

other Agencies and the public on the 

scope of issues to be addressed in the 

GMP/EIS. Because the planning area 

involves a complex of public lands with 

different State and Federal designations, 

the NPS is partnering with the 

Wisconsin DNR in developing this plan. 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will 

participate in the planning team. 

Comments and participation in this 

scoping process are invited. 

Participation in the planning process 

will be encouraged and facilitated by 

various means, including newsletters 

and open house meetings. The NPS will 

conduct public scoping meetings to 

explain the planning process and to 

solicit opinions about issues to address 

in the GMP/EIS. Notification of all such 

meetings will be announced in the local 

press and in the NPS newsletters. 

ADDRESSES: Additionally, if you wish to 

comment on any issues associated with 

the GMP/EIS, you may submit your 

comments by any one of several 

methods. You may mail or hand-deliver 

comments to Superintendent, Ice Age 

and North Country National Scenic 

Trails, 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, 

Madison, Wisconsin 53711. You may 

provide comments electronically by 

entering them into the NPS’s Planning, 

Environment and Public Comment Web 

site http://parkplanning.nps.gov. 

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 to Manager, 

Ice Age NST, 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite 

100, Madison, Wisconsin 53711; 

telephone 608–441–5610. 

Before including your address, 

telephone number, e-mail address, or 

other personal identifying information 

in your comments, you should be aware 

that your entire comment (including 

your personal identifying information) 


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may be made publicly available at any 

time. While you can ask us in your 

comments 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, from individuals identifying 

themselves as representatives or 

officials, or organizations or businesses 

available for public inspection in their 

entirety. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent, Ice Age and North 

Country National Scenic Trails, 700 

Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, Madison, 

Wisconsin 53711; telephone 608–441–

5610. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of the Ice Age NST is 

to create an outstanding 1,000-mile 

hiking trail that follows the terminal 

moraines and other landscape features 

left by the last glacial advance and 

retreat approximately 10,000 years ago. 

The Ice Age National Scientific Reserve 

(Reserve), a companion project to the Ice 

Age NST, is a network of nine units that 

contain clusters of the most significant 

examples of landscape features formed 

by continental glaciation. The Ice Age 

NST and Reserve are the only 

authorized areas in the National Park 

System that focus on interpreting the 

landscape formed by continental 

glaciation. The Ice Age NST Interpretive 

Site lies within the boundary of the 

Wisconsin DNR Cross Plains Unit of the 

Reserve. 

The NPS efforts to establish, develop, 

and manage the Ice Age NST are guided 

by the 1983 Comprehensive Plan for 

Management and Use of the Ice Age 

NST. The plan does not address or 

resolve the many detailed issues 

associated with owning, operating, and 

organizing a major interpretive site 

along the trail, although it cites the NPS 

authority to establish such a site. The 

development of a new GMP/EIS for the 

Ice Age NST Interpretive Site and Cross 

Plains Unit of the Reserve will result in 

a long-term (15–20 year) vision for the 

management and protection of this 

unique area. The outcome of the GMP/ 

EIS will achieve a consistent 

management over the entire project, 

identify necessary developments, and 

support facilities to achieve the desired 

outcomes for the Ice Age NST and 

Interpretive Site, provide direction for 

restoring and managing the significant 

geologic and biologic features on the 

site, and define appropriate visitor use 

activities. 

Dated: May 19, 2008. 

Ernest Quintana, 

Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

[FR Doc. E8–18572 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–KN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Quarterly Status Report of Water 

Service, Repayment, and Other WaterRelated Contract Negotiations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of 

contractual actions that have been 

proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation 

and are new, modified, discontinued, or 

completed since the last publication of 

this notice on May 9, 2008. This notice 

is one of a variety of means used to 

inform the public about proposed 

contractual actions for capital recovery 

and management of project resources 

and facilities consistent with section 9(f) 

of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. 

Additional announcements of 

individual contract actions may be 

published in the Federal Register and in 

newspapers of general circulation in the 

areas determined by Reclamation to be 

affected by the proposed action. 

ADDRESSES: The identity of the 

approving officer and other information 

pertaining to a specific contract 

proposal may be obtained by calling or 

writing the appropriate regional office at 

the address and telephone number given 

for each region in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Kelly, Water and 

Environmental Resources Office, Bureau 

of Reclamation, PO Box 25007, Denver, 

Colorado 80225–0007; telephone 303–

445–2888. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent 

with section 9(f) of the Reclamation 

Project Act of 1939 and the rules and 

regulations published in 52 FR 11954, 

April 13, 1987 (43 CFR 426.22), 

Reclamation will publish notice of 

proposed or amendatory contract 

actions for any contract for the delivery 

of project water for authorized uses in 

newspapers of general circulation in the 

affected area at least 60 days prior to 

contract execution. Announcements 

may be in the form of news releases, 

legal notices, official letters, 

memorandums, or other forms of 

written material. Meetings, workshops, 

and/or hearings may also be used, as 

appropriate, to provide local publicity. 

The public participation procedures do 

not apply to proposed contracts for the 

sale of surplus or interim irrigation 

water for a term of 1 year or less. Either 

of the contracting parties may invite the 

public to observe contract proceedings. 

All public participation procedures will 

be coordinated with those involved in 

complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act. Pursuant to 

the ‘‘Final Revised Public Participation 

Procedures’’ for water resource-related 

contract negotiations, published in 47 

FR 7763, February 22, 1982, a tabulation 

is provided of all proposed contractual 

actions in each of the five Reclamation 

regions. When contract negotiations are 

completed, and prior to execution, each 

proposed contract form must be 

approved by the Secretary of the 

Interior, or pursuant to delegated or 

redelegated authority, the Commissioner 

of Reclamation or one of the regional 

directors. In some instances, 

congressional review and approval of a 

report, water rate, or other terms and 

conditions of the contract may be 

involved. 

Public participation in and receipt of 

comments on contract proposals will be 

facilitated by adherence to the following 

procedures: 

1. Only persons authorized to act on 

behalf of the contracting entities may 

negotiate the terms and conditions of a 

specific contract proposal. 

2. Advance notice of meetings or 

hearings will be furnished to those 

parties that have made a timely written 

request for such notice to the 

appropriate regional or project office of 

Reclamation. 

3. Written correspondence regarding 

proposed contracts may be made 

available to the general public pursuant 

to the terms and procedures of the 

Freedom of Information Act, as 

amended. 

4. Written comments on a proposed 

contract or contract action must be 

submitted to the appropriate regional 

officials at the locations and within the 

time limits set forth in the advance 

public notices. 

5. All written comments received and 

testimony presented at any public 

hearings will be reviewed and 

summarized by the appropriate regional 

office for use by the contract approving 

authority. 

6. Copies of specific proposed 

contracts may be obtained from the 

appropriate regional director or his 

designated public contact as they 

become available for review and 

comment. 

7. In the event modifications are made 

in the form of a proposed contract, the 

appropriate regional director shall 


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