[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 41589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20751]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Correction; Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area; Concession 
Permit for Operation of the Ok-A-Beh Marina at Bighorn Canyon National 
Recreation Area (North Unit)

CORRECTION: In notice document 98-15129, appearing on page 31228, in 
the issue of June 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 109), the EFFECTIVE DATE 
and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION is corrected to read as follows:

EFFECTIVE DATE: The application period is extended thirty (30) days. 
Offers will be accepted for ninety (90) days under the terms described 
in the Prospectus. Any offer, including that of the existing 
concessioner, must be received by the Superintendent, Bighorn Canyon 
National Recreation Area, P.O. Box 485, Fort Smith, Montana 59035, by 
September 17, 1998, to be considered and evaluated.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This permit renewal has been determined to 
be categorically excluded from the procedural provisions of the 
National Environmental Policy Act and no environmental document will be 
prepared.
    The existing concessioner, LuCon Corporation, has performed their 
obligations to the satisfaction of the Secretary under the existing 
permit which expires by limitation of time on December 31, 1998. 
Therefore, pursuant to the provisions of the Concessions Policy Act (79 
Stat. 969; 16 U.S.C. 20d), the concessioner is entitled to be given 
preference in the renewal of the permit and in the award of a new 
permit, providing that the existing concessioner submits a responsive 
offer (a timely offer which meets the terms and conditions of the 
Prospectus). This means that the 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 permit 
will be awarded to the existing concessioner.
    If the existing concessioner does not submit a responsive offer, 
the right of preference in renewal shall be considered to have been 
waived, and the permit will then be awarded to the party that has 
submitted the best responsive offer.
    The Secretary will consider and evaluate all offers received as a 
result of this notice. Any offer, including that of the existing 
concessioner, must be received by the Superintendent, Bighorn Canyon 
National Recreation Area, P.O. Box 485, Fort Smith, Montana 59035, not 
later than ninety (90) days following release of the Prospectus to be 
considered and evaluated.

    Dated: July 24, 1998.
John H. King,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. 98-20751 Filed 8-3-98; 8:45 am]
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