[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 197 (Friday, October 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 58122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5045]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Denali National Park and Preserve Aircraft Overflights Advisory
Council
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent of Establish an Aircraft Overflights Advisory
Council.
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SUMMARY: This notice is published in accordance with section 9(a) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix).
Following consultation with the General Services Administration, notice
is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior has formally
established the Denali National Park and Preserve Aircraft Overflights
Advisory Council to provide advice and recommendations on mitigation of
impacts from aircraft overflights at Denali National Park and Preserve.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Tranel, Denali National
Park and Preserve, 240 W. 5th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, 99501, (907)
644-3611, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Denali National Park and Preserve
Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council has been established in
accordance with the Denali National Park and Preserve's 2006
Backcountry Management Plan and EIS. The plan concluded that air travel
is an important means of access for backcountry users, and that scenic
air tours are an important means for other park visitors to access and
enjoy Mount McKinley and adjoining scenic peaks and glaciers. However,
the cumulative impact of these tours, plus the additional aircraft
traffic, must be mitigated to protect park resource values and the
quality of the visitor experience. The plan calls for an aircraft
overflights advisory group that will develop voluntary measures for
assuring the safety of passengers, pilots, and mountaineers, and for
achieving standards that represent desired future resource conditions
at Denali. The National Park Service needs the advice of this group to
develop effective mitigation measures that will be acceptable to
stakeholders. The Council will be composed of individuals that
represent a broad range of interests, including air taxi operators,
commercial aviation, local landowners, the State of Alaska, the Federal
Aviation Administration, climbers and other parks users, and the
environmental community.
Certification: I hearby certify that the administrative
establishment of the Denali National Park and Preserve Aircraft
Overflights Advisory Council is necessary and in the public interest in
connection with performance of duties imposed on the Department of the
Interior by the Act of August 25, 1916, 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq., and other
statutes relating to the administration of the National Park System.
Dated: September 4, 2007.
Dirk Kempthorne,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 07-5045 Filed 10-11-07; 8:45 am]
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