Cruise ship increase approved.The number of cruise ship entries into Glacier Bay Glacier Bay Narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean, southeastern Alaska coast, U.S. About 60 mi (97 km) long, it contains 16 active glaciers that descend from the St. Elias Mountains to the east and Fairweather Range to the west. will increase by 10 percent beginning in 2007, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent decision by the director of the National Park Service. NPS NPS National Park Service NPS Naval Postgraduate School NPS Net Promoter Score (customer management) NPS Non-Point Source pollution NPS Native Plant Society NPS Norfolk Public Schools (Virginia) Deputy Director Steve Martin signed the decision document, agreeing to a recommendation proposed by the superintendent of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, SE Alaska, near Juneau. The park (3,224,840 acres/1,305,603 hectares) and the preserve (58,406 acres/23,646 hectares) were established in 1925 as a national monument and in 1980 designated a national park and preserve. . The proposed increase was announced last fall, and public comment on the proposal was taken earlier this winter. The level of seasonal cruise ship entries into Glacier Bay is controlled by special regulations found at 36 CFR CFR See: Cost and Freight and by a vessel plan completed in 2003. The superintendent is required to determine, with the director's approval, the number of cruise ship entries for the following season. The decision increases the June-July-August total to 153, up from 139. No more than two ships will be in the bay on any single day. The number of entries for summer 2006 remains at 139. The decision to increase cruise ship use days is a result of guidance provided by an exhaustive public planning effort, reviews of available scientific information collected both by National Park Service and by scientists independent of the agency, recommendations from the Glacier Bay National Park Science Advisory Board, and an assessment of that report provided by the NPS Alaska Regional Science Advisor. |
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