Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska; Commercial Fishing Regulations and Environmental Assessment

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

36 CFR Part 13

Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska; Commercial Fishing Regulations

and Environmental Assessment

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Public comment period extension for Proposed Rule and

Environmental Assessment.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces that the public

comment period for the proposed rule concerning Glacier Bay National

Park commercial fishing published on April 16, 1997 (62 FR 18547) and

Environmental Assessment (EA) has been extended to February 1, 1999.

The public comment period for the proposed rule and EA will end

February 1, 1999.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule and EA will be accepted through

February 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed rule and EA should be submitted to

the: Superintendent, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, P. O. Box

140, Gustavus, Alaska 99826. Comments on the proposed rule and EA may

be made on the park's Web site at http://www.nps.gov/glba, or by

phoning the park at (907) 697-2230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the EA and the Executive

Summary are available by writing to Glen Yankus, National Park Service

Support Office, 2525 Gambell St., Anchorage, Alaska 99503, or calling

(907) 257-2645. The EA Executive Summary, Proposed Rule, and Section

123 of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental

Appropriations Act for FY 1999 are also available on the park's Web

site at http://www.nps.gov/glba.

Dated: December 28, 1998.

Judy Gottlieb,

Acting Regional Director, Alaska.

[FR Doc. 99-478 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]

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