Yosemite Valley Plan, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California; Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Résumé

Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190) and Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 1502.9(c)), and in order to foster coordinated valley planning and operations, the National Park Service intends to supplement the 1980 Final General Management Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement (1980 GMP/EIS) with a single, comprehensive Yosemite Valley Plan for Yosemite National Park. The Yosemite Valley Plan (YVP) will integrate alternatives (or elements thereof) and environmental analysis formerly part of four distinct initiatives: (a) the 1992 and 1996 Draft Yosemite Valley Housing Plan/ EIS intended to supplement the 1980 GMP/EIS; (b) the 1997 Draft Yosemite Valley Implementation Plan/EIS intended to supplement the 1980 GMP/EIS; (c) the Yosemite Lodge Development Concept Plan/Environmental Assessment; and (d) a Yosemite Falls facilities design project. In addition, the YVP will implement previously approved actions set forth in the 1992 Concessions Management Plan. Notice is hereby given that the National Park Service (NPS) will prepare a new Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to update the 1980 GMP/EIS. This