Notice2025-00114
Assessment of Eligible and Ineligible Lands for Consideration as Wilderness Areas, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Everglades National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Virgin Islands National Park
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Published
January 7, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
Pursuant to the Wilderness Act of 1964, and in accordance with National Park Service (NPS) Management Policies 2006, the NPS intends to evaluate all previously unassessed lands within the following parks for their eligibility for inclusion in the national wilderness preservation system: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Everglades National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Little River Canyon National Preserve, and Virgin Islands National Park.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1190-1191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00114]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[PPSESEROC3, PPMPSAS1Y.YP0000; NPS-SERO-CHAT, EVER, GUIS, JELA, LIRI,
VIIS-DTS# NPS0035785]
Assessment of Eligible and Ineligible Lands for Consideration as
Wilderness Areas, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area,
Everglades National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jean Lafitte
National Historical Park and Preserve, Little River Canyon National
Preserve, Virgin Islands National Park
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Wilderness Act of 1964, and in accordance with
National Park Service (NPS) Management Policies 2006, the NPS intends
to evaluate all previously unassessed lands within the following parks
for their eligibility for inclusion in the national wilderness
preservation system: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area,
Everglades National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jean Lafitte
National Historical Park and Preserve, Little River Canyon National
Preserve, and Virgin Islands National Park.
DATES: Each of the listed parks will begin its wilderness eligibility
assessment on January 7, 2025. All assessments are expected to be
completed by January 7, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are
encouraged to provide written information that may assist the NPS in
identifying lands eligible or ineligible for designation as wilderness.
Suggestions and requests for further information should be directed to:
National Park Service, Department of the Interior Region 2--South
Atlantic Gulf, 100 Alabama St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30303.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PJ Walker, Regional Wilderness
Coordinator, by phone at 404-507-5709, via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a4a50454d7b76717f685a746a69347d756c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5e5ffeae2d4d9ded0c7f5dbc5c69bd2dac3">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In furtherance of the Wilderness Act of 1964
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), NPS Management Policies 2006 section 6.2.1
provides that all lands administered by the NPS, including new units
and additions to existing units since 1964, will be evaluated for their
eligibility for inclusion in the national wilderness preservation
system. Accordingly, the NPS intends to evaluate all previously
unassessed lands within the following parks for wilderness eligibility:
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (all lands), Everglades
National Park (three small, noncontiguous areas not previously
assessed), Gulf Islands National Seashore (Cat Island Unit), Jean
Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (Barataria Preserve
Unit), Little River Canyon National Preserve (all lands), and Virgin
Islands National Park.
For areas determined to be ineligible for wilderness designation,
the wilderness preservation provisions in the NPS Management Policies
2006 would not apply (NPS Management Policies 2006 section 6.2.1.3).
However, ineligible lands will continue to be managed in accordance
with the NPS Organic Act and all other laws, Executive orders,
regulations, and policies applicable to units of the national park
system.
Lands and waters found to possess the characteristics and values of
wilderness, as defined in the Wilderness Act and determined eligible
pursuant to the wilderness eligibility assessment, will be formally
studied to develop the recommendation to Congress for wilderness
designation (NPS Management Policies 2006 section 6.2.2). The
wilderness study will include the appropriate level of analyses under
the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historic
Preservation Act. Congress alone can designate wilderness areas.
Determinations of eligibility and subsequent future actions will be
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announced in the Federal Register upon completion of these assessments.
Mark A. Foust,
Regional Director, Interior Region 2--South Atlantic-Gulf.
[FR Doc. 2025-00114 Filed 1-6-25; 8:45 am]
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