GLIN==> Apostle Islands Management Plan

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To: "Federal Register IMPACT documents" <epa-impact at lists.epa.gov>
Subject: [epa-impact] Draft General Management Plan/Wilderness Management

http://www.epa.gov/EPA-IMPACT/2009/September/Day-02/
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[Federal Register: September 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 169)]
[Notices] 
[Page 45467-45468]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr02se09-75] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Draft General Management Plan/Wilderness Management Plan/Draft
Environmental Impact Statement, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, WI

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft General Management Plan/
Wilderness Management Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement,
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, WI.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of the Draft General Management Plan
(GMP)/Wilderness Management Plan (WMP)/Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin.
 This document provides a framework for management of Apostle
Islands National Lakeshore and the Gaylord Nelson Wilderness, including
its resources, visitors, and facilities, for the next 15-20 years. The
document describes four alternatives for management of the park,
including a no-action alternative, and analyzes the environmental
impacts of those alternatives.
 The NPS preferred alternative would focus on providing
opportunities for more people to have an island experience. Additional
transportation opportunities would be sought to encourage visitors to
come to Sand, Basswood, and Oak Islands. Some additional visitor
facilities would be developed on these islands. There would be no
change in the number of public docks in the park, but some docks would
be relocated, improved, or expanded. The Bayfield Visitor Center would
be moved closer to the water to improve contact with visitors and to be
located with an operations center. The Little Sand Bay Visitor Center
would be replaced with a visitor contact station. A new ranger station
and accessible beach ramp would be developed at Meyers Beach. Two light
stations would be restored or rehabilitated, similar to the Raspberry
Island light station. The wilderness area would continue to be managed
as it is now, with the exception of the Oak Island group campsite being
removed and the site restored.

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DATES: There will be a 60-day public review period for comments on this
document. Comments on the GMP/WMP/EIS must be received no later than 60
days after the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its notice of
availability in the Federal Register. Public open houses will be held
at Bayfield and Madison, Wisconsin, and in Duluth and the Twin Cities,
Minnesota. Specific dates, times, and locations will be announced in
the local media, on the Internet at <A HREF="http://www.nps.gov/apis">http://www.nps.gov/apis</A>, and will
also be available by contacting the park's headquarters at 715-779-
3398, extension 102.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the GMP/WMP/EIS will be available for public
inspection online at <A HREF="http://parkplanning.nps.gov/apis">http://parkplanning.nps.gov/apis</A>, by e-mail
message at <A HREF="mailto:apis_comments at nps.gov">apis_comments at nps.gov</A>, or by request by writing to Mr. Jim
Nepstad, Chief of Planning and Resource Management, Apostle Islands
National Lakeshore, Route 1, Box 4, Bayfield, WI 54814; telephone: 715-
779-3398, extension 102. The document can be picked up in person at the
park's headquarters at 415 Washington Avenue, Bayfield, WI.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Persons wishing to comment may do so by any
one of several methods. They may attend the open houses noted above.
They may comment via the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment
Web site at <A HREF="http://parkplanning.nps.gov/apis">http://parkplanning.nps.gov/apis</A>. They may mail comments to
Mr. Jim Nepstad, Chief of Planning and Resource Management, Apostle
Islands National Lakeshore, Route 1, Box 4, Bayfield, WI 54814.
Finally, they may hand-deliver comments to the park headquarters at 415
Washington Avenue, Bayfield, WI.
 Before including your address, telephone number, electronic mail
address, or other personal identifying information in your comments,
you should be aware that your entire comment (including your personal
identifying information) may be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comments to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Nepstad, Chief of Planning and
Resource Management Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Route 1, Box 4,
Bayfield, WI 54814; telephone 715-779-3198, extension 102; or e-mail at
<A HREF="mailto:apis_comments at nps.gov">apis_comments at nps.gov</A>.

 Dated: July 2, 2009.
David N. Given,
Acting Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. E9-21192 Filed 9-1-09; 8:45 am]

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