[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31229-31230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15130]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intention To Issue Concession Contracts and Concession
Permits; Southeast Region
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Act of October 9, 1965, (79 Stat. 969; 16
U.S.C. 20 et seq.), notice is hereby given that the National Park
Service intends to issue new concession contracts and permits within
various areas of the Southeast Region for a period of approximately 2
years. This short contracting term is necessary to allow the
continuation of public services during completion of planning
activities for the various park areas covered by this notice. The
proposed term for the individual authorizations may be lessened should
planning issues be resolved, and the renewal processes result in the
award of new authorizations. The current concessioners have performed
their obligations to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior
and retain their right of preference under this administrative action.
This preferential right of renewal means that a short term contract or
permit will be awarded to the party submitting the best offer, provided
that if the best offer was not submitted by the existing concessioner,
then the existing concessioner will be afforded the opportunity to
match the best offer. If the existing concessioner agrees to match the
best offer, then the short-term contract or permit will be awarded to
the existing concessioner.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The concession contracts and permits
involved in this action would have expired by limitation of time but
were extended by the National Park Service to provide time for planning
of the concession activities. Until the planning processes are
completed, and the future direction for concession services in the park
areas is determined, it is not in the best interest of the National
Park Service to enter into long term authorizations. For this reason,
it is the intention of the National Park Service to issue short term
contracts and permits, complete the planning processes, and then
conduct public contracting processes for selection of concessioner for
a more extended period.
Due to the limited term of the proposed contracts and permits, the
requirement for any successor to purchase possessory interest in those
concessions which have that right via contract, and the preferential
right of renewal under law, the National Park Service is not
encouraging the submission of offers by anyone other than the existing
concessioners; however, as required by law, the National Park Service
will consider and evaluate any offer received in response to this
notice.
The following are to be issued new concession authorizations
pursuant to this notice:
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
CP-BISO001-87 LeConte Lodge Limited Partnership (lodging)
CP-BISO003-88 Sandra L. Storey (horse stables)
Biscayne National Park
CP-BISC002-87 Biscayne National Underwater Park, Inc. (excursion boat)
Buck Island Reef National Monument
CC-BUIS001-89 Southern Seas, Inc. (excursion boat)
CC-BUIS006-89 Teroro, Inc. (excursion boat)
CP-BUIS008-89 Llewellyn Westerman (excursion boat)
CP-BUIS014-89 Francis J. Waters (excursion boat)
CC-BUIS015-89 Milemark, Inc. (excursion boat)
CP-BUIS019-89 Clyde, Inc. (excursion boat)
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
CC-CAHA001-85 Avon Thornton Limited Partnership (fishing pier)
CC-CAHA002-88 Cape Hatteras Fishing Pier, Inc. (fishing pier)
CC-CAHA004-87 Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, Inc. (charter fishing)
Cape Lookout National Seashore
CC-CALO003-87 Morris Marina, Kabin Kamps and Ferry Services, Inc. (fish
camp)
CP-CALO005-88 Alger G. Willis Fishing Camps, Inc. (fish camp)
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
CC-CHAT001-87 Chattahoochee Outdoor Center, Inc. (bus service)
Fort Frederica National Monument
CP-FOFR001-92 Fort Frederica Association (convenience items)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
CC-GRSM001-89 Cades Cove Campground Store, Inc. (campstore)
CC-GRSM003-88 Robert N. Shular (firewood)
CP-GRSM004-89 Cades Cove Riding Stables, Inc. (horse rides)
CP-GRSM005-88 Cherokee Boys Club, Inc. (firewood)
CP-GRSM006-87 McCarter's Riding Stables, Inc. (horse rides)
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CP-GRSM010-90 Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association
(convenience items)
Gulf Islands National Seashore
CC-GUIS001-82 Dudley Food & Beverage, Inc. (campstore)
Natchez Trace Parkway
CC-NATR001-88 Little Mountain Services Center, Inc. (automotive fuel)
CP-NATR015-89 Craftsmens Guild of Mississippi (handcrafts)
Virgin Islands National Park
CC-VIIS001-71 Caneel Bay, Inc. (campground)
CP-VIIS007-86 Maho Bay, Inc. (watersports)
CP-VIIS008-86 Caneel Bay, Inc. (watersports)
Wright Brothers National Memorial
CP-WRBR001-89 Kitty Hawk Aero Tours, Inc. (air tours)
Information regarding this notice can be sought from Mr. E. Lee
Davis, Acting Senior Concessions Analyst, Southeast Region, National
Park Service, 100 Alabama Street, S. W., Atlanta, GA 30303, or by
calling (404) 562-3112.
W. Thomas Brown,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 98-15130 Filed 6-5-98; 8:45 am]
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