Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 6.10.1998

Spruce Creek Access Proposal and Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate an application for access to a private inholding on Spruce Creek in the Kantishna Hills of Denali National Park and Preserve, as announced in the Federal Register/Vol. 63, No. 53/ Thursday, March 19, 1998. The owner of the inholding submitted an application for the right-of-way pursuant to the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (ANILCA), Title XI, Section 1110(b) and the implementing regulations at 43 CFR Part 36. The application states that the right-of-way would provide access in the form of a road and airstrip for the inholder to construct and operate a remote backcountry lodge. On January 7, 1998, the NPS accepted the application for access to a 20-acre parcel on Spruce Creek. The applicant amended the request for access on January 26, 1998, and is still submitting information required to process the right-of-way request. Regulations at 43 CFR Sec. 36.6(a)(2) require the lead agency to publish notification of an extension with reasons for the extension of a nine-month period to complete the draft EIS. The NPS conducted field surveys from June 1 to September 10,