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Environmental Compliance


In 1994 the National Park Service (NPS) prepared an environmental assessment (EA) that evaluated the proposed construction of employee housing and a maintenance facility on the NPS administrative site located in King Salmon, Alaska (see attachment). A Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was approved by the Alaska Regional Director on March 16, 1994 (see attachment).

Between 1994 and 2009, the NPS changed the location of the new maintenance facility from its proposed location to the area labeled as "Proposed Single-family housing" on Figure 4 of the EA for the following reasons:
(1) The NPS reached an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire several government-owned single-family residences located approximately 1.5 miles from park headquarters. The acquisition of this new housing eliminated the need to construct the proposed single-family housing.
(2) The proposed location does not currently meet the needed exterior storage capacity (approximately 32,400 square feet).
(3) The proposed exterior storage area would be immediately adjacent to existing housing units (duplex and new dorm facility) and the main road.

The location change for the proposed King Salmon maintenance building was categorically excluded from further National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance under Section 3.4A1 (changes or amendments to an approved action when such changes would cause no environmental impact) of NPS Directors Order 12 Handbook. The categorical exclusion (CE) was approved by the Katmai National Park and Preserve Superintendent on January 9, 2009 (see attachment).
 
Document Content:
2009 Categorical Exclusion   (71.6 KB, PDF file)
Environmental Assessment   (1.5 MB, PDF file)
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