General Management Plan; Pinnacles National Monument, California; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30960]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan; Pinnacles National Monument, California; 
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

SUMMARY: The National Park Service will prepare a General Management 
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for Pinnacles National 
Monument, California and initiate the scoping process for this 
document. This notice is in accordance with 40 CFR 1501.7 and 40 CFR 
1508.22, of the regulations of the President's Council on Environmental 
Quality for the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Public Law 
91-190.

Background: The purpose of the GMP/EIS will be to state the management 
philosophy for the park and provide strategies for addressing major 
issues facing the area. Two types of strategies will be presented in 
the GMP: (1) Those required to manage and preserve cultural and natural 
resources; and (2) those required to provide for safe, accessible and 
appropriate use of those resources by visitors. Based on these 
strategies, the GMP will identify the programs, actions and support 
facilities needed for their implementation.
    Persons wishing to comment or express concerns on the management 
issues and future management direction of Pinnacles National Monument 
should address these to the Superintendent, Pinnacles National 
Monument, 5000 Highway 146, Paicines, California 95043-9770. Questions 
regarding the plan should be addressed to the superintendent either by 
mail to the above address, or by telephone at (831) 389-4485. Comments 
on the scoping of the proposed GMP/EIS should be received no later than 
December 15, 1998.
    Public scoping meetings to receive comments and suggestions on the 
plan will be held in November and December in communities in the 
vicinity of the park. The time and location of these meetings will be 
announced in the local and regional media.
    The responsible official is John J. Reynolds, Regional Director, 
Pacific West Region, National Park Service. The draft GMP/EIS is 
expected to be available for public review in January, 2000, and the 
final GMP/EIS and Record of Decision completed in mid-summer 2000.

    Dated: November 4, 1998.
John Reynolds,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 98-30960 Filed 11-18-98; 8:45 am]
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