[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 112 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 36715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14680]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for Combined 
Final Lower Sheenjek Wild and Scenic River Study and Legislative EIS

AGENCIES: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the record of decision for the 
combined final Lower Sheenjek Wild and Scenic River Study and 
Legislative EIS

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of 
the Record of Decision (ROD) for the combined final Lower Sheenjek Wild 
and Scenic River Study and Legislative EIS.
    The final study/LEIS was required by Section 5(a) of the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act as amended by Section 604 of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act. It evaluates the segment of 
the Lower Sheenjek River from the mouth to the northern Boundary of the 
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, a distance of about 99 river 
miles.
    The final study/LEIS and Record of Decision were done cooperatively 
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service, as the 
latter agency was delegated wild and scenic river study responsibility 
by the Secretary of the Interior.
    The Record of Decision (ROD) documents the decision of the 
Department of the Interior regarding the lower Sheenjek River. This ROD 
briefly discusses the background of the planning effort, states the 
decision and discusses the basis for it, describes other alternatives 
considered, specifies the environmentally preferable alternative, 
identifies measures adopted to minimize potential environmental harm, 
and summarizes the results of public involvement during the planning 
process.
    The Record of Decision recommends congressional designation of the 
segment as a wild river. The directors of the National Park Service and 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will continue coordination of the joint 
recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary will 
forward the final study/LEIS to the President, who will provide his 
recommendation and send it to Congress. Congress will make the final 
decision whether or not to designate the Lower Sheenjek River as a 
component of the National Wild and Scenic River System.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are available on request from: Jack Mosby, 
Program Manager--Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance, National 
Park Service, 2525 Gambell Street, Anchorage, AK 99503-2892. Telephone 
(907) 257-2650 or email: [email protected]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack Mosby, Program Manager--Rivers, 
Trails, and Conservation Assistance, National Park Service, 2525 
Gambell Street, Anchorage, AK 99503-2892. Telephone (907) 257-2650 or 
email: [email protected]

    Dated: May 26, 2000.
Robert D. Barbee,
Regional Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 00-14680 Filed 6-8-00; 8:45 am]
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