[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46603-46604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18536]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-MWR-CUVA-13282; PPMWMWROW2/PPMPSAS1Y.YP0000]


Notice of Availability of a Draft White-Tailed Deer Management 
Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 
Ohio

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of 
the Draft White-tailed Deer Management Plan/Environmental Impact 
Statement (Plan/EIS), Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Park), Ohio.

DATES: The Draft Plan/EIS will remain available for public review and 
comment for 60 days following the publishing of the Notice of 
Availability in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Draft Plan/EIS may be picked up in-person or 
may be obtained by making a request in writing to Cuyahoga Valley 
National Park, 15610 Vaughn Road, Brecksville, Ohio 44141. A limited 
number of hard-copies will be available at the Park. The document is 
also available on the internet at the NPS Planning, Environment, and 
Public Comment Web site at: http://www.parkplanning.nps.gov/cuva.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chief of the Resource Management 
Division Lisa Petit at the address above, or by telephone at (440) 546-
5903.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft Plan/EIS considers four 
alternatives for the management of white-tailed deer at the Park. Under 
Alternative A (No Action), existing management actions would continue, 
including deer and vegetation monitoring, data management, and 
research. No new actions would occur to reduce the effects of deer 
overbrowsing. Alternative B (Combined Non-lethal Actions) would include 
all actions described under Alternative A, and would incorporate a

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combination of nonlethal actions, including the construction of large-
scale deer exclosures (fencing) for the purposes of forest 
regeneration. In addition, nonsurgical reproductive control of does 
would be used to restrict population growth when this technology meets 
certain criteria. Alternative C (Lethal Actions) would include all 
actions described under Alternative A, and would add lethal deer 
management actions (sharpshooting with firearms or capture and 
euthanasia of individual deer) to reduce the herd size.
    Alternative D (Combined Lethal and Non-lethal Actions) is the NPS 
preferred alternative. Alternative D would include all actions 
described under Alternative A, and would incorporate a combination of 
lethal and nonlethal actions from Alternatives B and C. These actions 
would include the reduction of the deer herd through sharpshooting with 
firearms or capture and euthanasia and nonsurgical reproductive control 
of does with an acceptable reproductive control agent to maintain the 
population.
    If you wish to comment on the Draft Plan/EIS, we encourage you to 
comment via the Internet at the address above, or mail comments 
directly to the Superintendent at the address above.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment (including your personal identifying 
information) may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so. We will make all submissions from organizations or 
businesses, from individuals identifying themselves as representatives 
or officials, of organizations or businesses, available for public 
inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: June 18, 2013.
Patricia S. Trap,
Deputy Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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