[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 125 (Thursday, June 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33843-33844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16018]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CO-034-95-1220-00]


Designation Order; Moratorium on Commercial Outfitting Permits 
for the San Miguel River Special Recreation Management Area and Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Montrose District, Uncompahgre Basin 
Resource Area, Montrose Colorado.

ACTION: Establishment of a moratorium on the number of commercial 
outfitting permits for the San Miguel River Special Recreation 
Management Area (SRMA) and Area of Critical Environmental Concern 
(ACEC) administered by the Bureau of Land Management Montrose District.

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SUMMARY: The BLM Montrose District, the Telluride Institute, San Miguel 
County, and the Town of Telluride are jointly sponsoring the writing of 
a Multi-Objective Plan for the San Miguel River Basin. Partners in the 
planning effort include over 50 representatives of local, state, and 
federal agencies, interest groups, and interested individuals. The plan 
will address 

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numerous issues concerning the protection of the San Miguel River's 
natural resources and the management of users, including commercial 
recreation users that operate under Special Recreation Permits issued 
by the BLM. The final plan will provide strategies for determining 
thresholds for commercial use and the means for rationing use should 
those thresholds be exceeded.

    The BLM has determined that a moratorium on the number of 
commercial outfitting permits is needed to hold the commercial use at 
1994 levels while the multi-objective plan is being prepared. The 
moratorium will allow BLM to direct full management attention to the 
planning process instead of spending significant amounts of time, 
personnel, and budget reacting to higher and higher levels of 
uncontrolled use and resources damage.
    The moratorium will go into effect immediately and remain in effect 
until the final plan is approved. Only those commercial outfitters that 
had a valid permit in 1994, and properly met the requirements of that 
permit, will be eligible to obtain permits in 1995 and any future year 
until the plan is approved.
    When the plan is approved, the moratorium will be lifted and 
constraints on the number of outfitting permits and/or the total number 
of user days associated with those permit, if any, will be implemented.
    Sales of outfitting businesses and any transfer of permits that may 
apply during the period of the moratorium will be dealt with through 
BLM Manual H8372-1.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information concerning this 
moratorium on commercial outfitting permits in the San Miguel River 
Special Recreation Management Area and Area of Critical Environmental 
Concern may be obtained from Karen Tucker, Recreation Planner, 
Uncompahgre Basin Resource Area, Montrose District, 2505 South Townsend 
Ave., Montrose, Colorado 80401, (970) 249-6047.

    Authority for implementing this action is contained in 43 CFR 
8372.3.

    Dated: June 20, 1995.
Jamie Connell,
Associate District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-16018 Filed 6-28-95; 8:45 am]
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