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Rehabilitate and Reconstruct Crater Rim Drive EA
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May 24, 2010
Dear Interested Party:
I am pleased to inform you that the Crater Rim Drive Rehabilitation Environmental Assessment (EA) is available for public review and comment. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park proposes to rehabilitate 2.8 miles of Crater Rim Drive, beginning just after the junction with State Highway 11 (just before the park entrance station), and continuing to the gate just west of the Jaggar Museum parking area.
The EA describes one action alternative for rehabilitating the road and also describes the No Action Alternative, which would maintain the current road maintenance activities. It presents an analysis of the potential environmental impacts of each alternative and includes mitigation measures to avoid or minimize those impacts.
The EA has been distributed to Hawaii Island public libraries and the Hawaii State Library. The document is available electronically from the park's website (http://www.nps.gov/havo) and on the National Park Service's Planning, Environment, and Public Comment site (PEPC) at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/havo. When in PEPC and on the Reconstruct and Rehabilitate Crater Rim Drive EA page, click on the "Open for Public Comment" link in the left navigation.
The EA is available for a 30-day public review in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and National Park Service guidelines. The comment deadline for the EA is June 30, 2010; comments must be transmitted or postmarked no later than this date.
Comments are being accepted online through PEPC (http://parkplanning.nps.gov/havo) or through the mail at the following address:
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Superintendent
Attn: Crater Rim Drive Rehabilitation
P.O. Box 52
Hawaii National Park, HI 96718
We would consider all public comments in making a decision, which would be documented in a Finding of No Significant Impact, if appropriate. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, please be aware that our practice is to make comments including names and/or home addresses, home phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of respondents available for public review. Individuals may request that we withhold their names and/or home addresses etc. If you wish us to withhold this information, you must state it prominently at the beginning of your comment.
We would always make submissions from organizations or businesses and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations and businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
Sincerely,
Cynthia L. Orlando
Superintendent
Contact Information
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park SuperintendentAttn: Crater Rim Drive Rehabilitation
P.O. Box 52
Hawaii National Park, HI 96718
havo_superintendent@nps.gov
808-985-6026