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telephone number 303–987–2000 or 1–

800–325–3535. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina 

Dan, Minerals Revenue Management, 

Minerals Management Service; PO Box 

25165, MS 300B2, Denver, Colorado 

80225–0165; telephone number (303) 

231–3392, fax number (303) 231–3780; 

e-mail gina.dan@mms.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RPC 

provides advice to the Secretary and top 

Department officials on minerals policy, 

operational issues, and the performance 

of discretionary functions under the 

laws governing the Department’s 

management of Federal and Indian 

mineral leases and revenues. The RPC 

reviews and comments on revenue 

management and other mineral-related 

policies and provides a forum to convey 

views representative of mineral lessees, 

operators, revenue payors, revenue 

recipients, governmental agencies, and 

the interested public. The location and 

dates of future meetings will be 

published in the Federal Register and 

posted on our Internet site at http:// 

www.mms.gov/mmab/ 

RoyaltyPolicyCommittee/ 

rpc_homepage.htm. 

Meetings are open to the public 

without advanced registration on a 

space-available basis. The public may 

make statements during the meetings, to 

the extent time permits, and file written 

statements with the RPC for its 

consideration. Please submit copies of 

these written statements to Ms. Dan by 

September 9, 2008. Transcripts of this 

meeting will be available for public 

inspection and copying at our offices in 

Building 85 on the Denver Federal 

Center in Lakewood, Colorado. The 

MMS will post the minutes on our 

Internet site. 

These meetings are conducted under 

the authority of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5 

U.S.C., Appendix 1) and the Office of 

Management and Budget (Circular No. 

A–63, revised). 

Dated: August 20, 2008. 

Richard J. Adamski, 

Acting Associate Director, Minerals Revenue 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Winter Use Plans, Final Environmental 

Impact Statement, Record of Decision 

Amendment-Sylvan Pass Management, 

Yellowstone and Grand Teton National 

Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 

Memorial Parkway, Wyoming 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a 

Record of Decision Amendment—

Sylvan Pass Management on the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Winter Use Plans, Final Environmental 

Impact Statement, Yellowstone and 

Grand Teton National Parks and the 

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial 

Parkway. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park 

Service announces the availability of the 

Record of Decision Amendment—

Sylvan Pass Management for the Winter 

Use Plans, Final Environmental Impact 

Statement, Yellowstone and Grand 

Teton National Parks and the John D. 

Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, 

Wyoming. On July 16, 2008, the 

Director, Intermountain Region, 

approved the Record of Decision 

Amendment—Sylvan Pass Management 

for the project. 

On November 20, 2007, a Record of 

Decision was signed on the Winter Use 

Plans/Final Environmental Impact 

Statement for Yellowstone and Grand 

Teton National Parks and the John D. 

Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. The 

November 20, 2007, Record of Decision 

(on page 6) addressed management of 

Sylvan Pass in Yellowstone National 

Park, stating: 

‘‘This decision addresses Sylvan Pass in 

Yellowstone. For the winter season of 2007–

2008 the pass will be managed continuing 

the combined program outlined in the 2004 

Temporary Plan. After the winter of 2007–

2008, in order to maximize risk reduction, 

the pass would be open and managed using 

full avalanche forecasting (as defined in the 

Sylvan Pass Operational Risk Management 

Assessment). When full forecasting indicates 

the pass is safe, the pass would be open to 

oversnow travel (both motorized and nonmotorized access). 

‘‘The National Park Service will, in good 

faith, work cooperatively with the State of 

Wyoming, Park County, Wyoming and the 

town of Cody to determine how to provide 

continued snowmobile and snowcoach 

motorized oversnow access to Yellowstone 

National Park through the East Gate via 

Sylvan Pass in the winter use seasons beyond 

2007–2008. 

‘‘The National Park Service will meet with 

representatives of the State of Wyoming, Park 

County, Wyoming and the town of Cody to 

further explore reasonable avalanche and 

access mitigation safety measures and costs. 

In order to provide adequate time to amend 

this Record of Decision reflecting a potential 

consensus of the parties and to promulgate a 

new regulation reflecting the amended 

decision for the 2008–2009 winter use season 

and beyond, consensus should be reached by 

June 1, 2008.’’

Since the Record of Decision, the NPS 

has met with representatives of the City 

of Cody, Wyoming, Park County, 

Wyoming, the State of Wyoming, and 

Wyoming state elected officials 

(collectively known as the Sylvan Pass 

Study Group) and explored reasonable 

avalanche and access mitigation safety 

measures and costs. 

The outcome of the meetings was that 

the Sylvan Pass Study Group 

recommended to the Intermountain 

Regional Director of the National Park 

Service that the November 2007 Record 

of Decision on Winter Use in 

Yellowstone National Park be amended 

to keep Sylvan Pass open in future 

winter use seasons to motorized and 

non-motorized oversnow travel for a 

limited core season, between December 

22 and March 1. The group 

recommended continued use of a 

combination of avalanche mitigation 

techniques, including forecasting and 

helicopter and howitzer dispensed 

explosives. 

This recommendation was taken into 

account in preparing the Record of 

Decision Amendment—Sylvan Pass 

Management (Amendment). The 

Amendment only addresses Sylvan Pass 

in Yellowstone National Park. Unless 

specifically modified by the 

Amendment, all other elements of the 

November 20, 2007, Record of Decision 

remain in place. 

The Amendment is primarily based 

upon alternative 5 in the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(alternative 5 calls for the same overall 

number of snowmobiles in Yellowstone 

as the November 20, 2007, decision, and 

for Sylvan Pass to be kept open). 

The amended decision is that Sylvan 

Pass will be open for oversnow travel 

(both motorized and non-motorized) for 

a limited core season, from December 22 

through March 1 each winter, subject to 

weather-related constraints and NPS 

fiscal, staff, infrastructural, equipment, 

and other safety-related capacities. A 

combination of avalanche mitigation 

techniques may be used, including 

forecasting and helicopter and howitzer 

dispensed explosives. The results of 

previous safety evaluations of Sylvan 

Pass by the Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration and an 

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Assessment will be reviewed and 

updated, and the NPS will evaluate 

additional avalanche mitigation 

techniques and risk assessment tools in 

order to further improve safety and 

visitor access. 

From March 2 to March 15, the NPS 

will maintain the road segment from the 

East Entrance to a point approximately 

four miles west of the entrance station 

to provide for opportunities for crosscountry skiing and snowshoeing. 

Limited snowmobile and snowcoach 

use will be allowed in order to provide 

drop-offs for such purposes. 

This course of action and seven 

alternatives were analyzed in the Draft 

and Final Environmental Impact 

Statements. The full range of foreseeable 

environmental consequences was 

assessed, and appropriate mitigation 

measures were identified. 

The Amendment includes a statement 

of the decision made, synopses of other 

alternatives considered, the basis for the 

decision, a description of the 

environmentally preferred alternative, a 

finding on impairment of park resources 

and values, and an overview of the 

public and agency involvement in 

reaching this Record of Decision 

Amendment. 

On December 13, 2007, a final 

regulation was published in the Federal 

Register (72 FR 70781), which 

implemented certain provisions of the 

November 20, 2007 Record of Decision. 

The National Park Service has reviewed 

the regulation (36 CFR 7.13) and 

determined that promulgating a new 

regulation to implement this 

Amendment is not necessary. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Sacklin, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone 

National Park, WY 82190, (307) 344–

2019, yell_winter_use@nps.gov . 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of 

the Record of Decision AmendmentSylvan Pass Management may be 

obtained from the contact listed above 

or online at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/yell. 

Dated: July 21, 2008. 

Michael D. Snyder, 

Regional Director, Intermountain Region, 

National Park Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

Nominations for the following 

properties being considered for listing 

or related actions in the National 

Register were received by the National 

Park Service before August 9, 2008. 

Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 

60 written comments concerning the 

significance of these properties under 

the National Register criteria for 

evaluation may be forwarded by United 

States Postal Service, to the National 

Register of Historic Places, National 

Park Service, 1849 C St., NW., 2280, 

Washington, DC 20240; by all other 

carriers, National Register of Historic 

Places, National Park Service, 1201 Eye 

St., NW., 8th floor, Washington, DC 

20005; or by fax, 202–371–6447. Written 

or faxed comments should be submitted 

by September 9, 2008. 

J. Paul Loether, 

Chief, National Register of Historic Places/ 

National Historic Landmarks Program. 

ALASKA 

Kenai Peninsula Borough-Census Area 

Soldotna Post Office, Corner of E. Corral St. 

and Kenai Spur Hwy, Soldotna, 08000904 

GEORGIA 

De Kalb County 

Bond Family House, 1226 Rock Chapel Rd., 

Lithonia, 08000909 

IDAHO 

Ada County 

Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph 

Company Building, 815 N. Main St., 

Meridian, 08000905 

INDIANA 

Adams County 

Adams County Courthouse, 112 S. Second 

St., Decatur, 08000914 

Daviess County 

Daviess County Courthouse, 200 E. Walnut 

St., Washington, 08000916 

Delaware County 

Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, 

1701 West Eaton-Wheeling Pike, Eaton, 

08000915 

Greene County 

Greene County Courthouse, Main and 

Washington Sts., Bloomfield, 08000912 

Hamilton County 

Wilson, Robert L., House, 273 S. 8th St., 

Noblesville, 08000918 

Howard County 

Lake Erie and Western Depot Historic 

District, Generally bounded by W. Jefferson 

St. on the N., N. Main St. on the E., W. 

Jackson St. on the S., N. Washington on W., 

Kokomo, 08000917 

Pike County 

Pike County Courthouse, 801 Main St., 

Petersburg, 08000913 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Essex County 

Joseph Fenno House—Woman’s Friend 

Society, 12–14 Hawthorne Blvd., Salem, 

08000906 

NEW YORK 

Clinton County 

Strand Theater, 25 Brinkerhoff St., 

Plattsburgh, 08000922 

Columbia County 

Hudson Almshouse, 400 State St., at the head 

of 4th St., Hudson, 08000921 

Lewis County 

Lowville Masonic Temple, 7552 S. State St., 

Lowville, 08000919 

Wayne County 

Roe Cobblestone Schoolhouse, (Cobblestone 

Architecture of New York State MPS) 

12397 Van Vleck Rd., Butler, 08000920 

NORTH DAKOTA 

Hettinger County 

Stern, John and Fredricka (Roth), Homestead, 

2 mi. E. of Mott on ND 21, Mott, 08000902 

Pembina County 

Gunlogson Farmstead Historic Site, Icelandic 

State Park, 13571 Hwy 5, Cavalier, 

08000900 

OHIO 

Lucas County 

S.S. COL. JAMES M. SCHOONMAKER (bulk 

freighter), International Park, 26 Main St., 

Toledo, 08000908 

OKLAHOMA 

Jackson County 

Jackson County Courthouse and Jail 

(Boundary Increase), (County Courthouses 

of Oklahoma TR) 101 N. Main, Altus, 

08000901 

RHODE ISLAND 

Bristol County 

Jackson, Benjamin Aborn, House, 115 Nayatt 

Rd., Barrington, 08000903 

VIRGINIA 

Arlington County 

Glencarlyn Historic District, (Historic 

Residential Suburbs in the United States, 

1830–1960 MPS) Bounded by S. Carlin 

Springs Rd., Arlington Blvd., 5th Rd. S., 

Glencarlyn Park, Arlington, 08000910 

Culpeper County 

Clifton, 7091 Monumental Mills Rd., 

Rixeyville, 08000911 


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