[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 10877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5859]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Notice of Intent To Issue a Prospectus for the Operation of Pack 
Station Services and Facilities Within Sequoia National Park

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is seeking a concessioner to 
operate, under a 4-year permit, a pack station providing pack and 
saddle animal services and facilities within the Mineral King area of 
Sequoia National Park. These facilities would be operated for the 
public under the provisions of a Concession Permit. This notice is the 
formal announcement of the availability of this business opportunity 
and the initiation of the contracting process.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The pack station is located at an elevation 
of 7,800 feet in the Southern Sierra Nevada. It is a summer seasonal 
operation serving visitors to Sequoia National Park. The existing 
operator does not have a preference in the renewal of this concession 
permit. The award will be fully competitive based upon the requirements 
of this Prospectus.
    If you are interested in this business opportunity, please ask to 
be placed on the mailing list by writing or calling: National Park 
Service, Concession Management Office, Sequoia National Park, Three 
Rivers, CA 93271, or call: (209) 565-3103--Peggy Williams.
    When the Prospectus is issued, submittals will be accepted for a 
Sixty (60) day period under terms that will be described in the 
Prospectus. The release of the Prospectus is expected to occur shortly 
after the publication of this notice.

    Dated: February 11, 1997.
Michael J. Tollefson,
Superintendent, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
[FR Doc. 97-5859 Filed 3-7-97; 8:45 am]
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