A comment period for this project closes May 15, 2025:
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The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to rehabilitate and reconstruct the Paradise wastewater collection system and waste water treatment plant (WWTP) at Mount Rainier National Park to support sustainable visitor services and accommodate growth in park visitation. The NPS is in the early stages of designing the necessary improvements to this critical park infrastructure. The current status of the design, planning, and compliance process is shown below.

* indicates the current step in the planning process
Step 1. Define purpose and need/develop preliminary alternatives
Step 2. Conduct civic engagement to gather public input and questions *
Step 3. Refine alternatives
Step 4. Identify environmental impacts and select preferred alternative
Step 5. Prepare draft plan/environmental document
Step 6. Public review of draft plan/environmental document
Step 7. Analysis of public comment
Step 8. Prepare final plan/decision document
Step 9. Release final plan/decision document to the public