Katmai National Park & Preserve, King Salmon, AK - Katmai has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the environmental impacts associated with the issuance of a Right-of-Way Certificate of Access for a private inholding in the Olga Lake and Headwaters Creek area of the park, southwest of Brooks Lake. The area where this right-of-way would be issued is located within designated wilderness. The issuance of a right-of-way to access inholdings is required by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) and NPS regulation and policy. The right-of-way includes the following components:
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Construction of a 3.5 mile long off-road vehicle (ORV) trail connecting two privately owned inholdings within the park;
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The total right-of-way would be 7 feet wide and would result in impacts to approximately 3 acres of park lands; and,
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Six (6) pullouts would be required at roughly ½ mile intervals along the length of the trail to preserve the trail corridor and allow for passing vehicles.
Project information can be viewed and written comments submitted using the Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) system, retrieve “Olga Lake Right of Way Certificate of Access (83425)" to provide comments electronically. Comments may also be mailed or faxed to the address or fax number listed below. Comments will not be accepted by email or in any other way than those specified above. Comments must be received by 9:59 pm Alaska time, April 16, 2019.
Mail Comments to:
Brian Smith
National Park Service
240 West 5th Avenue
Fax Comments to:
907-644-3814
Attn: Brian Smith
National Park Service
Public Comment Considerations
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Bulk comments in any format (hard copy or electronic) submitted on behalf of others will not be accepted.
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Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable information, be aware that your entire comment - including your personally identifiable information - may be made public at any time. You may ask us to withhold your personally identifiable information from public review, but we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
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The proposed project is an undertaking as outlined under Section 106 of the National Historic
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Preservation Act (NHPA) (36 CRF § 800). As such, we welcome comments about historic properties or other cultural resources that fall within the project area.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
