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Next Steps 

After this comment period ends, we 

will analyze the comments and address 

them in the form of a final CCP. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

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. 

Dated: June 2, 2009. 

Margaret T. Kolar, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest 

Region, Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. E9–13303 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

General Management Plan; Devils 

Postpile National Monument; Mono 

County, CA; Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, the National Park Service— 

in cooperation with Inyo National 

Forest—is undertaking a conservation 

planning and environmental impact 

analysis process for creating a new 

General Management Plan (GMP) for 

Devils Postpile National Monument 

(monument), California. The GMP is 

intended to set forth the basic 

management philosophy for this unit of 

the National Park System and provide 

the strategies for addressing issues and 

achieving identified management 

objectives for that unit. The GMP will 

serve as a ‘‘blueprint’’ to guide 

management of natural and cultural 

resources and visitor use during the 

next 15–20 years. 

In addition to identifying an 

‘‘environmentally preferred’’ alternative, 

one or more development concept 

plans, which guide more detailed, sitespecific preservation and development, 

may also be included with the GMP. 

The GMP will also include an eligibility 

assessment for wild and scenic river 

designation for the upper Middle Fork 

San Joaquin River, as required by NPS 

Management Policies 2006 for rivers 

and river segments in the National Park 

System. 

The National Park Service (NPS) will 

serve as lead agency and the U.S. Forest 

Service shall assume the role of 

cooperating agency in preparing the 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

Devils Postpile National Monument is 

working in cooperation with the Inyo 

National Forest on this GMP so as to 

seamlessly address visitor opportunities 

within the valley (such as facilities, 

transit, and overall visitor experience) 

and resource management issues in the 

upper Middle Fork San Joaquin River 

watershed (such as watershed 

management, biodiversity, and response 

to climate change). For any actions that 

the Forest Service determines would be 

necessary to be undertaken on Forest 

Service lands, the Forest Service would 

approve appropriate compliance 

separately. 

Background Information: Devils 

Postpile National Monument was 

established in 1911 by presidential 

proclamation. The 798-acre monument 

rests along the Middle Fork San Joaquin 

River on the Sierra Nevada’s western 

slope and was established to preserve 

the columnar formation, Devils Postpile, 

and 101-foot Rainbow Falls. The 

formation Devils Postpile ranks as one 

of the world’s finest examples of 

columnar jointing. Its columns tower 60 

feet high and display an unusual 

symmetry. The monument also 

preserves natural mountain scenery and 

serves as a portal to the High Sierra 

backcountry. Both the John Muir Trail 

and Pacific Crest Trail pass through the 

monument. 

Originally administered by the U.S. 

Forest Service, the monument was 

transferred to the national park system 

in 1934. After the transfer, the 

monument was managed as a satellite 

unit first by Yosemite and then by 

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National 

Parks before becoming an independent 

unit of the national park system. 

Congress also included 747 acres of the 

monument in the Ansel Adams 

Wilderness in 1984, consequently over 

90% of the monument is designated as 

Wilderness. 

The National Park Service oversees 

the 798-acre Devils Postpile National 

Monument, while the U.S. Forest 

Service manages the lands surrounding 

the monument. These two Federal 

agencies work as partners to manage 

public lands in this area. Access to 

Devils Postpile is primarily via a 

mandatory bus system managed by the 

Forest Service. Hiking trails wind 

seamlessly in and out of the monument 

and onto the adjacent national forest. 

Both agencies are also responsible for 

wilderness areas. The Devils Postpile 

trailhead provides one of three main 

access points to the Pacific Crest and 

John Muir trails as well as portals to the 

Ansel Adams and John Muir 

Wildernesses. Wilderness permits for 

the national forest may be obtained 

through the monument. 

Preliminary Issues: A comprehensive 

management plan that provides a broad, 

long-term vision for management of 

Devils Postpile National Monument has 

never been developed. Management 

direction was previously provided 

through Yosemite and Sequoia and 

Kings Canyon National Parks. 

Programmatic strategies to protect, 

maintain or restore resources and 

address visitor access, services, and 

development specific to the monument 

are needed. 

Consistent with NPS Planning 

Program Standards, this GMP will: (1) 

Describe the monument’s purpose, 

significance, and primary interpretive 

themes; (2) identify the fundamental 

resources and values of the monument, 

its other important resources and 

values, and describe the condition of 

these resources; (3) describe desired 

conditions for cultural and natural 

resources and visitor experiences 

throughout the monument; (4) develop 

management zoning to support these 

desired conditions; (5) develop 

alternative applications of these 

management zones to the monument’s 

landscape (i.e. zoning alternatives); (6) 

address user capacity; (7) analyze 

potential boundary modifications; (8) 

ensure that management 

recommendations are developed in 

consultation with interested 

stakeholders and the public and 

adopted by NPS leadership after an 

adequate analysis of the benefits, 

environmental impacts, and economic 

costs of alternative courses of action; (9) 

develop cost estimates for implementing 

each of the alternatives; and (10) 

identify and prioritize subsequent 

detailed studies, plans and actions that 

may be needed to implement the GMP, 

including further wild and scenic river 

planning or Wilderness management 

planning that may be required. 

Scoping Process: The purpose of this 

scoping outreach effort is to elicit early 

public feedback regarding potential 

issues and concerns, the nature and 

extent of potential environmental 

impacts (and as appropriate, mitigation 

measures), and alternative concepts 

which should be addressed in 

developing the monument’s first plan. 

Through the outreach activities planned 

in the scoping phase, the NPS welcomes 

information and suggestions from the 


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public regarding resource protection, 

visitor use, and land management. All 

scoping comments must be postmarked 

or transmitted by September 25, 2009. 

Comments may be provided online 

through the NPS Planning, Environment 

and Public Comment Web site http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/depo. If it is more 

convenient, or if you do not have access 

to a computer, written comments may 

also be addressed to: General 

Management Plan, Devils Postpile 

National Monument, Attn: Deanna 

Dulen, Superintendent, P.O. Box 3999, 

Mammoth Lakes, California 93546. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be 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. 

During the summer of 2009, the NPS, 

in cooperation with the Inyo National 

Forest, will host two rounds of public 

open houses in Mammoth Lakes, 

California. These open houses are 

planned for July 8 and July 9, 2009 and 

for September 9 and September 10, 

2009. Detailed information including 

times, specific locations and directions 

for these meetings will be posted on the 

GMP project Web site at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/depo. All 

attendees will be given the opportunity 

to ask questions and provide comments 

to the planning team. The GMP Web site 

will provide the most up-to-date 

information regarding the project, 

including project description, planning 

updates, meeting notices, reports and 

documents, and useful links associated 

with the planning process. 

Decision Process: Following the 

scoping phase and consideration of 

public concerns and other agency 

comments, a Draft EIS/GMP will be 

prepared and released for public review 

(at this time anticipated to occur in 

summer 2011). Availability of the 

forthcoming Draft EIS/GMP will be 

formally announced through the 

publication of a Notice of Availability in 

the Federal Register, as well as through 

local and regional news media, direct 

mailing to the project mailing list, and 

via the Internet at http://www.nps.gov/ 

depo/parkmgmt/plan.htm. 

Following due consideration of all 

agency and public comment, a Final EIS 

will be prepared (at this time the final 

plan is expected to be available in 

2012). As a delegated EIS, the official 

responsible for the final decision on the 

proposed plan is the Regional Director, 

Pacific West Region, National Park 

Service. Subsequently, the official 

responsible for implementation of the 

approved plan is the Superintendent, 

Devils Postpile National Monument. 

Dated: May 13, 2009. 

Jonathan B. Jarvis, 

Regional Director, Pacific West. 

[FR Doc. E9–13883 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

in United States v. Waste Management 

of Wisconsin, Inc., et al. Under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) 

Notice is hereby given that on June 5, 

2009, a proposed Consent Decree was 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of 

Wisconsin in United States v. Waste 

Management of Wisconsin, Inc., et al., 

Case No. 09–cv–0135. The Consent 

Decree between the United States, on 

behalf of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (‘‘U.S. EPA’’), and 

the settling defendants relates to certain 

liabilities under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

9601 et seq., in connection with the 

Watertown Tire Fire Site in Watertown, 

Wisconsin (the ‘‘Site’’). 

Under the proposed Consent Decree, 

the settling defendants will reimburse 

the United States for $340,898 of the 

approximately $1,131,828 in 

unreimbursed response costs incurred 

by U.S. EPA in connection with the Site. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

comments relating to the Consent 

Decree for a period of thirty (30) days 

from the date of this publication. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and either e-mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Waste Management of 

Wisconsin, Inc., et al., DJ Ref. No. 90– 

11–3–09429. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney for the Eastern District of 

Wisconsin, 517 E. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 

530, Milwaukee, WI 53202–4580 by 

request to Assistant U.S. Attorney 

Matthew Richmond, and at the U.S. 

EPA Region V, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 

Chicago, IL 60604. During the public 

comment period, the Consent Decree 

may also be examined on the following 

Department of Justice Web site: http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

Consent Decree may also be obtained by 

mail from the Consent Decree Library, 

P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 

Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611 or 

by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy from the Consent 

Decree Library, please enclose a check 

in the amount of $10.25 (25 cents per 

page reproduction cost) payable to the 

U.S. Treasury. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–13953 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Drug Enforcement Administration 

[OMB Number 1117–0014] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comments Requested: Application for 

Registration (DEA Form 224); 

Application for Registration Renewal 

(DEA Form 224a); Affidavit for Chain 

Renewal DEA Retail Pharmacy 

Registration (DEA Form 224b); 

Application for Modification of 

Registration for Online Pharmacies 

(DEA–224c) 

ACTION: 60-day notice of information 

collection under review. 

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug 

Enforcement Administration (DEA), will 

be submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. Comments 

are encouraged and will be accepted 

until August 14, 2009. This process is 

conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 

1320.10. 

If you have comments, especially on 

the estimated public burden or 

associated response time, suggestions, 

or need a copy of the proposed 

information collection instrument with 

instructions or additional information, 

please contact Mark W. Caverly, Chief, 

Liaison and Policy Section, Office of 


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