General Management Plan Point Reyes National Seashore Marin County, CA; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

General Management Plan Point Reyes National Seashore Marin

County, CA; 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 Point Reyes National

Seashore (PORE) 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.

This notice supersedes a previous Notice of Intent which was

published on October 14, 1997. Subsequent to issuance of that notice it

became necessary to delay preparation of the GMP/EIS. Scoping comments

received in response to that notice will be considered in preparation

of the GMP and need not be resubmitted.

Background

The purpose of the GMP/EIS will be to state the management

philosophy for the Seashore and provide strategies for addressing major

issues. 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. The GMP will guide management of PORE over the

subsequent 10-15 years.

Persons wishing to comment or express concerns on the management

issues and future management direction of Point Reyes National Seashore

should address these to the Superintendent, Point Reyes National

Seashore, Point Reyes, California 94956. Comments on the scoping of the

proposed GMP/EIS should be postmarked no later than November 30, 1999.

Public scoping sessions to receive comments and suggestions will be

conducted during the scoping period at the park and in the vicinity.

The times and locations of these sessions will be announced in the

local media. Questions regarding the plan or scoping sessions should be

addressed to the Superintendent either by mail to the above address, or

by telephone at (415) 663-8522.

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 the summer of 2001, and

the final GMP/EIS and Record of Decision completed in the spring of

2002.

Dated: May 7, 1999.

John. J. Reynolds,

Regional Director, Pacific West Region.

[FR Doc. 99-13062 Filed 5-21-99; 8:45 am]

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