{"abstract":"The Valles Caldera Trust (the Trust) a wholly owned government corporation empowered to provide management and administrative services for the Valles Caldera National Preserve (the Preserve) intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze and disclose the potential impacts of a proposed stewardship action to develop facilities, infrastructure, and programs to provide public access to, and use of, the Preserve for recreation, education, scientific, commercial and other purposes; from this point forward referred to as public access and use. The proposal will address six elements associated with public access and use: 1. Access--How do you enter the Preserve? After entering, where can you go and how do you get there? 2. Capacity--How many visitors can be accommodated on the Preserve on an annual, seasonal, or daily basis? 3. Activities--What types of activities and programs will be available? 4. Development--What types of facilities and infrastructure should be developed? At what scale should development occur and where should it be located? 5. Financing--What are the capital investment requirements for various levels of development? What are the annual operating costs? How much of the annual operating costs can be recovered through revenues generated by programs and activities? 6. Values--What do we value most about the Preserve? How may those values be affected by development? All action alternatives will consider the location and construction of a visitor and interpretive center as the main point of access to the Preserve. The visitor and interpretive center would include connected ancillary facilities and infrastructure such as parking, interpretive trails and overlooks, and motorized access onto the Preserve. Programmatic direction to guide or prescribe the development of future programs facilities, and infrastructure facilities in support of public access and use will also be considered. The scale and location of development will vary between the alternatives. The construction of the visitor and interpretive center including the connected ancillary facilities and infrastructure would be scheduled following an implementing decision; approximately 12-18 months following the publication of this notice. Programmatic direction would describe capacities and types of future visitor programs, and criteria for determining scale and location of future ancillary facilities. The actual construction of ancillary facilities such as campgrounds, cabins, lodging, additional parking, trails, picnic areas, restroom facilities, or other amenities developed in the Preserve's interior may require additional site-specific analysis compliant with NEPA.","action":"Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"VALLES CALDERA TRUST","name":"Valles Caldera Trust","id":519,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/valles-caldera-trust","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/519","parent_id":null,"slug":"valles-caldera-trust"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2009/08/28/E9-20672.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"74 FR 44345","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2009-10-15","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This scoping process will culminate in the preparation of a draft EIS which will be made available for public comment. To ensure that the Trust has an opportunity to fully consider public comments in the development of the alternatives and determining the scope of the analysis and to facilitate the prompt preparation of the draft EIS, comments regarding the proposed stewardship action, Public Access and Use, are requested on or before October 15, 2009, 4:30 p.m. MDT.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"E9-20672","effective_on":null,"end_page":44346,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2009/08/28/E9-20672.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/08/28/E9-20672/notice-of-intent-to-prepare-an-environmental-impact-statement-for-a-public-use-and-access-plan","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/E9-20672?publication_date=2009-08-28","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2009-08-28/E9-20672/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":46,"last_updated":"2026-04-18 22:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2009-08-28/pdf/E9-20672.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2009-08-28","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2009/08/28/E9-20672.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2009-09-07T18:19:01Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":44345,"subtype":null,"title":"Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a Public Use and Access Plan","toc_doc":"Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a Public Use and Access Plan","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":74}