National Park Service Extends Public Comment Period on Environmental Assessment for the Use of Quarantine for Yellowstone Bison

Date: February 12, 2016
Contact: Sandra Snell-Dobert, 307-344-2015

The National Park Service is extending the public comment period for the Environmental Assessment for the Use of Quarantine to Identify Brucellosis-free Yellowstone Bison for Relocation Elsewhere for an additional two weeks. The comment period will now close on February 29, 2016. The comment period was extended to allow for additional time for the public to review the EA and submit comments for consideration. There will be no additional public meetings held during the extension period.

The NPS is inviting public comment and engagement on the EA pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). The EA can be found online at www.parkplanning.nps.gov/BisonQuarantine.To request a hard copy of the EA, call 307-344-2015.

Respondents are encouraged to submit their comments online through the Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) website at www.parkplanning.nps.gov/BisonQuarantine. Comments may also be hand-delivered to the park administration building, or mailed to: Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 82190. Comments will not be accepted by fax, e-mail, or in any manner other than those specified above. Bulk comments submitted in any format on behalf of others will not be accepted. The deadline to submit comments is midnight MDT February 29, 2016.

Once comments are analyzed, a decision on whether to implement the plan will be made by the Regional Director of the Intermountain Region of the NPS. If approved in time, the NPS may implement a quarantine program during the 2016 bison management operations period.

For additional background on this public comment period see https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/16003.htm

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