[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27318-27319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13159]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Concessions Management Policy and Concessions Management 
Directives and Standards

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902, as amended and 
supplemented; the Federal Water Projects Recreation Act of 1965, as 
amended; and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, the Bureau of 
Reclamation (Reclamation) has implemented internal Concessions 
Management Policy. In addition, Reclamation has implemented two sets of 
internal Concessions Management Directives and Standards which covers 
concessions managed by Reclamation and those managed by non-Federal 
partners. Copies of the policy and the directives and standards are 
available to the public upon request.

ADDRESSES: See Supplementary Information for addresses where copies of 
the Concessions Management Policy and Concessions Management Directives 
and Standards are available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Vernon Lovejoy at (303) 445-2913.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Concessions are commercial services that 
support public recreational uses of

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Reclamation lands and waters by providing facilities, goods, and 
services.
    The basic purpose of the concessions policy is to provide 
principles, objectives, and direction for the development and 
management of concessions on Reclamation lands. The policy is concerned 
with good business practices, protecting resources, providing an 
equitable return to the Government, and protecting the interest of the 
public while ensuring facilities are safe, sanitary, accessible, and 
the services are reasonably priced. The policy affects all new 
concessions contracts, renewals, and the sale or transfer of existing 
contracts.
    Since 1993, the policy has been developed with input from 
Department of the Interior offices, other Federal agencies, 
congressional representatives, State and local governments, the public 
concessionaires, and groups and organizations who expressed interest in 
proposed drafts of the concession management policy and directives and 
standards.

Availability of Policy and Directives and Standards

    Copies are available through any Reclamation office; listed below 
are the addresses of major offices:
    1. Bureau of Reclamation, Commissioner's Office, W-5000, 1849 C 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20240.
    2. Bureau of Reclamation, Commissioner's Office, D-5300, Denver 
Federal Center, PO Box 25007, Lakewood, CO 80225.
    3. Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific Northwest Region, 1150 N. Curtis 
Road, Suite 100, Boise, ID 83706.
    4. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, 2800 Cottage Way, 
Sacramento, CA 95825.
    5. Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region, PO Box 61470, 
Nevada
    Highway and Park Street, Boulder City, NV 89005.
    6. Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, 125 S. State 
Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City, UT 84138.
    7. Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Region, Federal Office 
Building, 316 N. 26th Street, Billings, MT 59101.
    Copies are also available from Reclamation web pages at http://
www.usbr.gov/recman.

    Dated: April 28, 1998.
Henry Sandhaus,
Acting Director, Program Analysis.
[FR Doc. 98-13159 Filed 5-15-98; 8:45 am]
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