General Management Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Wind Cave National Park, SD

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

General Management Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement,

Wind Cave National Park, SD

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement/General

Management Plan for Wind Cave National Park.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the

availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement/General

Management Plan (FEIS/GMP) for Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.

DATES: A 30-day no-action period will follow the Environmental

Protection Agency's notice of availability of the FEIS/GMP.

ADDRESSES: Public reading copies of the FEIS/GMP will be available for

review at the following locations:

Office of the Superintendent, Wind Cave National Park, Telephone: (605)

745-4600.

Division of Planning Design and Maintenance, Rocky Mountain Regional

Office, National Park Service, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO

80225, Telephone: (303) 969-2620.

Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of the

Interior, 18th and C Streets NW., Washington, DC 20240, Telephone:

(202) 208-6843.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS/GMP analyzes three alternatives to

ensure the long-term preservation of the significant resources and

provide for public use and enjoyment of the park's many features. The

no-action alternative (Alternative A) would continue current management

and operations in existing facilities. The proposed plan (Alternative

B) would increase visitor services, improve administrative and

maintenance facilities, address health and safety issues, and improve

employee housing, while mitigating effects of surface facilities and

activities on the cave and providing for additional visitor use. There

would be no significant change in the current level, type and location

of development. Alternative C is similar to the proposed plan, but

would also remove the campground, eliminate the concession, remove the

sewage lagoons and install a discharging tertiary wastewater treatment

plant and remove the bison fence.

The FEIS/GMP in particular evaluates the environmental consequences

of the proposed action and the other alternatives on cave geology,

soils, and vegetation; wildlife; water resources; air quality; cultural

resources; visitor use; socioeconomic effects; and management and

operations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Wind Cave National

Park, at the above address and telephone number.

Dated: August 23, 1994.

Robert M. Baker,

Regional Director, Rocky Mountain Region, National Park Service.

[FR Doc. 94-21872 Filed 9-2-94; 8:45 am]

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