The National Park Service (NPS) has announced that it will allow up to 720 snowmobiles per day in Yellowstone, beginning this coming winter, while it works on a final rule on that matter. Despite a January federal court ruling rebuking the administration's efforts to reinstate the use of snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park, NPS announced August 19 a plan that would allow snowmobile access to Yellowstone for up to three years while it drafts a new rule setting standards for snowmobile use. Just six days before snowmobile season started last year, the Bush administration issued a rule reinstating the use of snowmobiles, which was scheduled for phase-out under a Clinton-era regulation. The judge shot down Bush's plan and ordered a new plan by November of this year. However, a U.S. District judge in Wyoming issued a temporary injunction banning the Clinton regulation, citing the economic impact on local businesses. NPS has released an environmental assessment of the snowmobile use in Yellowstone and other national parks. After a thirty-day comment period, NPS will issue a proposed rule implementing the temporary rule.