Yosemite National Park News Release

December 20, 2005
For Immediate Release

Yosemite National Park Announces an Extension on the Public Review Period for the Rehabilitation of the Yosemite Valley Loop Road Environmental Assessment


The National Park Service (NPS) has received a request, from the public, to extend the public review and comment period for the Rehabilitation of the Yosemite Valley Loop Road Environmental Assessment. In response to this public request, the NPS has extended the public review and comment period by 14 days.

The public review and comment period was initially scheduled for December 5, 2005 through January 6, 2006. Comments will now be accepted through January 20, 2006.

To request a hard copy or CD ROM version of the Environmental Assessment, or a hard copy of the Public Comment and Response Report, and to submit comments:

Mail: Superintendent, Yosemite National Park
Attn: Rehabilitation of the Yosemite Valley Loop Road Environmental Assessment
PO Box 577
Yosemite, CA 95389

Fax: 209/379-1294

Email: YOSE_planning@nps.gov

Written comments should be postmarked no later than January 20, 2006. For information on this and other planning efforts in Yosemite National Park, or to review the Public Comment and Response Report go to http://www.nps.gov/yose/planning .

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