6.1 Transmit Team Draft FEIS for DSC/Park Review

The planning team prepares the draft Final GMP/EIS for internal review by the planning team and park staff.

6.2 Transmit Draft Final GMP/EIS for Region Review (and WASO Review,
If Necessary)

Revise Draft Final GMP/EIS to Address DSC/Park Review Comments

The planning team revises the Final GMP/EIS to address comments from DSC and park review.

Submit Draft Final GMP/EIS for Regional Review (and WASO Review,
If Necessary)

The draft Final GMP/EIS is submitted for region review (Washington office review only occurs if there is a substantial change in the plan or such a review is specifically requested).

6.3 Clearance to Print

Revise Final GMP EIS

The planning team revises the Final GMP/EIS to address comments from region (WASO) staff.

Obtain Regional Director’s Clearance to Print Final GMP/EIS

The regional director gives directive approving the printing and release of Final GMP/EIS.

6.4 Printed Final GMP/EIS

The project manager arranges for the printing of the final general management plan/environmental impact statement. (Some final general management plans, usually for recently authorized areas, are required by law to be transferred to certain Congressional committees. For such plans, the region office prepares a transmittal letter explaining why the plan was done and identifying the preferred alternative. The letter is sent electronically to WASO Park Planning and Special Studies. The Program Manager-WASO Park Planning and Special Studies, in conjunction with the NPS Legislative Affairs office, forwards the letter and plan to the appropriate Congressional committee(s).

6.5 Published NOA in Federal Register (EPA Filing)

NPS Publishes NOA for FINAL GMP/EIS in Federal Register

The Denver Service Center and/or region office staff prepare and publish in the Federal Register a notice of availability for the final GMP/EIS (this NOA is published by the National Park Service and it is separate from the NOA that the Environmental Protection Agency will also publish for the document, see 6.5.2).

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Publishes NOA for Final GMP/EIS in Federal Register

The project manager mails copies of the final GMP/EIS to the EPA. The EPA publishes a notice of availability (NOA) in the Federal Register. A waiting period of at least 30 days must pass from the date the EPA’s NOA is published in the Federal Register before a record of decision is signed.