Draft Yosemite Valley Implementation Plan Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; Yosemite National Park, California; Extension of Public Comment Period

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Draft Yosemite Valley Implementation Plan Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement; Yosemite National Park, California;

Extension of Public Comment Period

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190 as amended), the National Park

Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement assessing alternatives for, and

potential impacts of, a proposed Yosemite Valley Implementation Plan

for Yosemite National Park, California. In deference to public interest

expressed to date from local governmental agencies, organizations, and

other interested parties, the original 75 day public comment period has

been extended an additional 31 calendar days to February 23, 1998.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments on the draft document must

now be received or post-marked not later than February 23, 1998, and

should be directed to the Superintendent, Attn: VIP Planning, Yosemite

National Park, P.O. Box 577, Yosemite, CA 95389, (209) 372-0202.

Comments may also be submitted through the National Park Service

planning page: Yosemite Valley Implementation Plan/Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement. Also, open houses and public workshops

have previously been conducted in several California cities; during the

extended

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comment period, additional workshops are to be held in Yosemite gateway

communities. Complete details may be obtained as noted above.

Dated: January 9, 1998.

John J. Reynolds,

Regional Director, Pacific West.

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