[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65231-65232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31449]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Extend Existing Concession Contracts and 
Permits

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Act of October 9, 1965, (79 Stat. 969; 16 
U.S.C. 20 et esq.), notice is hereby given that the National Park 
Service intends to extend the following concession contracts and 
permits. These extensions are necessary to allow the continuation of 
public services during the completion of the planning for the parks. 
The current concessioners have performed their obligations to the 
satisfaction of the Secretary and retain their rights of preference 
under this administrative action of extending the existing contracts 
and permits.
    The following concession contracts and permits will be extended for 
a period of one year through December 31, 1997: BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL 
PARK, CC-BRCA002-87, Bryce-Zion Trail Rides, Inc.; CANYONLANDS NATIONAL 
PARK, CP-CANY001-87, Adventure Bound, Inc.; CP-CANY002-87, Sheri 
Griffith River Expeditions; CP-CANY003-87, Navtec Expeditions, Inc.; 
CP-CANY004-87, Colorado Outward

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Bound School, Inc.; CP-CANY005-87, Colorado River & Trail Expeditions; 
CP-CANY006-87, Don Hatch River Expeditions; CP-CANY007-87, Holiday 
River Expeditions; CP-CANY009-87, Moki Mac River Expeditions, Inc.; CP-
CANY010-87, North American River Expeditions, Inc.; CP-CANY011-88, 
Adventure River Expeditions; CP-CANY012-87, Niskanen and Jones, Inc. 
dba San Juan Expeditions; CP-CANY014-87, Niskanen & Jones dba Tag-A-
Long Expeditions; CP-CANY015-88, Holiday River Expeditions; CP-CANY016-
87, Tour West, Inc.; CP-CANY017-87, Western River Expeditions; CP-
CANY018-87, American Wilderness Expeditions dba Adrift Adventures; CP-
CANY019-87, Niskanen & Jones dba Tag-A-Long Expeditions; CP-CANY020-87, 
World Wide River Expeditions; GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, CC-GRCA003-
67, Babbitt Brothers Trading Company; GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, CC-
GRTE004-78, Triangle X Ranch; LP-GRTE024-90, Jackson Hole Ski 
Corporation; LP-GRTE025-90, Rendezvous Ski Tours; LP-GRTE032-90, Spring 
Creek Ranch; LP-GRTE044-91, Greater Yellowstone Expeditions; LP-
GRTE047-90, The National Outdoor Leadership School; LP-GRTE049-91, Fox 
Creek Pack Station, Inc.; and CP-GRTE051-91, Triangle X Float Trips.
    The following concession contracts and permits will be extended for 
a period of two years through December 31, 1998: AMISTAD NATIONAL 
RECREATION AREA, CC-AMIS003-87, Rough Canyon Marina; CANYONLANDS 
NATIONAL PARK, CP-CANY022-89, North American River Expeditions dba 
Canyonlands Tours; CP-CANY024-89, Niskanen and Jones, Inc. dba Tag-A-
Long Tours; CP-CANY025-89, Lin Ottinger Tours; CP-CANY026-91, Niskanen 
and Jones, Inc. dba Tag-A-Long Tours; CP-CANY027-91, 3-D River Visions, 
Inc. dba Tex's Riverways; CP-CANY031-92, Holiday River Expeditions, 
Inc.; CP-CANY032-92, Kaibab Mountain Bike Tours; CP-CANY033-92, Nichols 
Expeditions, Inc.; CP-CANY034-92, Rim Tours; CP-CANY035-92, Western 
Spirit Cycling, Inc.; CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, CC-CACA001-70, 
The Cavern Supply Company, Inc.; CURECANTI NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, 
CC-CURE001-89, Elk Creek Marina, Inc.; DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT, CP-
DINO010-87, Faron and Wayne Wilkins dba Wilkin's Firewood and Beverage; 
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, CC-GLAC001-89, Glacier Park Boat Company, Inc.; 
CP-GLAC006-89, Glacier Wilderness Guides, Inc.; CP-GLAC008-92, Rocky 
Mountain Transportation, Inc.; GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, CC-GRCA030-
84, Samaritan Health Service; GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, CC-GRTE002-90, 
Leek's Marina; CP-GRTE005-89, American Alpine Club, Inc.; CP-GRTE006-
89, Barker-Ewing Scenic Tours; CP-GRTE008-89, Jack Dennis Fishing 
Trips; CP-GRTE010-89, Fort Jackson Float Trips; LP-GRTE011-89, Heart 6 
Float Trips; LP-GRTE014-89, Rivermeadows Associates; CP-GRTE015-89, 
National Park Float Trips; CP-GRTE017-89, O.A.R.S, Inc; CP-GRTE020-89, 
Solitude Float Trips; CP-GRTE022-87, Teton Boating Company, Inc.; 
PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, CC-PEFO001-84, AmFac Parks and Resorts, 
Inc.; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, CC-ROMO002-87, Hi Country Stables, 
Inc.; SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, CP-SAAN001-89, Los 
Compadres de San Antonio National Historical Park, Inc.
    The following concession contracts and permits will be extended for 
a period of three years through December 31, 1999: AMISTAD NATIONAL 
RECREATION AREA, CC-AMIS002-89, Lake Amistad Resort and Marina; GRAND 
TETON NATIONAL PARK, CC-GRTE009-89, Exum Mountain Guide Service; CP-
GRTE012-89, Jackson Hole Mountain Guides, Inc.; LP-GRTE034-90, 
Wilderness Ventures; LP-GRTE038-90, Teton Valley Ranch; LP-GRTE041-91, 
Jackson Hole Trail Rides; LAKE MEREDITH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CC-
LAMR002-87, Marina at Lake Meredith; PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, 
CC-PAIS001-85, Padre Island Park Company; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, 
CP-ROMO003-90, Colorado Mountain School; ZION NATIONAL PARK, CC-
ZION001-87, Bryce-Zion Trail Rides, Inc.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These concession contracts and permits will 
expire on December 31, 1996, unless extended. The National Park Service 
will not renew these contracts and permits for an extended period until 
planning can be conducted to determine the future direction for 
concession services at these parks. The necessary planning processes 
are expected to begin shortly and will affect the future of these 
concessions. The planning processes are expected to take one, two, or 
three years to complete. Until the planning processes are completed, it 
will not be in the best interest of the National Park Service to enter 
into long term concession contracts and permits. For these reasons, it 
is the intention of the National Park Service to extend the current 
contracts and permits for a period of one, two, or three years 
beginning January 1, 1997.
    Information about this notice can be sought from: Program Leader, 
Intermountain Office of Concessions Management Support Attention: Judy 
Jennings, National Park Service, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, P.O. Box 
25287, Denver, Colorado 80225-0287, or call: (303) 969-2661.

    Dated: November 26, 1996.
Robert Reynolds,
Acting Field Director, Intermountain Field Area.
[FR Doc. 96-31449 Filed 12-10-96; 8:45 am]
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