[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8244]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Minnesota and Wisconsin

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Implementation of Saint Croix National Scenic River interim 
camping management program.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service, Saint Croix National Scenic 
Riverway, will, over the next 3 years, update its 1993 Camping 
Management Plan and program to bring it into compliance with National 
Park Service policy and regulations. This interim program will parallel 
the Lower Saint Croix Riverway Cooperative Management Plan and Upper 
Saint Croix Riverway General Management Plan planning processes. No 
action will be taken that is not in keeping with the general direction 
of the planning process or that cannot be changed.
    Current direction for implementing the riverway's camping 
management program is provided in the Riverway's Lower Riverway Master 
Plan (February 1976), Upper Riverway Master Plan (August 1976), River 
Use Management Plan (1992), National Park Service Management Policies 
(1988), and Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations. The National Park 
Service will continue to manage camping along the Upper Riverway 
consistent with current practices, including limiting camping on 
Federal lands to designated sites and landings north of Nevers Dam 
(mile 63). In addition to the above camping requirements, the National 
Park Service will immediately begin to actively manage camping along 
the Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway between Saint Croix 
Falls, Wisconsin/Taylors Falls, Minnesota (mile 53) to the north city 
limits of Stillwater (mile 25) and may begin action on that section of 
the Upper Saint Croix Riverway from Saint Croix Falls/Taylors Falls 
north to Nevers Dam (mile 63). Management actions will include the 
increased enforcement of existing rules and regulations and the 
development of a ``designated site'' camping program. This year's 
proposed actions will be published in final in the Saint Croix National 
Scenic Riverway Superintendent's Compendium later this spring.
    In addition, the National Park Service is seeking citizen 
volunteers to assist in revising, updating, and implementing its 
interim and long range Camping Management Plan and program. Assistance 
is sought in identifying, developing, and maintaining sites, as well as 
assistance in general river shoreline clean-up. Any interested 
individuals should contact the Superintendent at the address listed 
below.
    A copy of the proposed designation/zoning program for 1997 may be 
requested by contacting the Superintendent at the address provided 
below. Authority for the Superintendent to take action is found in 36 
CFR 2.10 Camping and Food Storage and 36 CFR 2.14 Sanitation and 
Refuse.

DATES: The Superintendent, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, will 
accept comments regarding camping and overnight use on the Saint Croix 
National Scenic Riverway until May 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Superintendent's Compendium will be available 
for public review on May 7, 1997 at the following locations: 
Superintendent's Office, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, 401 
Hamilton Street, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin; Lower Saint Croix National 
Scenic Riverway Stillwater Visitor Center, 117 Main Street, Stillwater, 
Minnesota; Upper Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway Marshland Visitor 
Center, Highway 70, Grantsburg, Wisconsin; and the Upper Saint Croix 
National Scenic Riverway Trego Visitor Center, Highway 63, Trego, 
Wisconsin.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Anthony L. Andersen, 
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, P.O. Box 708, St. Croix Falls, 
Wisconsin 54024; telephone 715-483-3284, fax 715-483-3288, or e:mail 
him SACN__ [email protected].

    Dated: March 20, 1997.
David N. Given,
Deputy Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 97-8244 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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