A rule implementing a plan to provide for limited, regulated snowmobile and snow coach access in Yellowstone National Park for the next two winters will be published in the Federal Register on Friday.
The interim rule allows up to 318 commercially guided, best-available-technology snowmobiles, and up to 78 commercially guided snow coaches per day in Yellowstone for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 winter seasons. It also continues to provide for motorized oversnow travel over Sylvan Pass and the East Entrance road.
The park opens for guided snowmobile and snow coach interpretive tours on Dec. 15.
The interim rule will be posted on Friday at www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/browse.html. The rule implements a finding of no significant impact signed last month. Both the finding and the environmental assessment are available online at parkplanning.nps.gov.
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During the next two years, the National Park Service will prepare a new environmental impact statement and a new long-term plan for winter use in the park.