[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 196 (Friday, October 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 54489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27225]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Canyonlands National Park; Concession permit rounds.

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Public notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes 
to award five (5) concession permits authorizing continued operation of 
multiple day guided interpretive backcountry mountain bike tours and 
vehicle support services in Canyonlands National Park, and guided 
interpretive backcountry mountain bike tours lasting for one day or 
less in the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park for 
the public for a period of four (4) years from January 1, 1999, through 
December 31, 2002.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Offers will be accepted for sixty (60) days under the 
terms described in the Prospectus. The sixty (60) day application 
period will begin with the release of the Prospectus, which will occur 
within thirty (30) days after date of publication in the Federal 
Register. The actual release date of the Prospectus shall be the date 
of publication in the ``Commerce Business Daily.''
ADDRESSES: Interested parties should contact the Superintendent, 
Canyonlands National Park, 2282 South West Resource Blvd., Moab, Utah 
84532, to obtain a copy of the Prospectus describing the requirements 
of the proposed permits.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These permit renewals have been determined 
to be categorically excluded from the procedural provisions of the 
National Environmental Policy Act and no environmental document will be 
prepared.
    Each existing concessioner has performed its obligations to the 
satisfaction of the Secretary under the existing permits that expire 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 
with a responsive offer 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 
concessioners, must be received by the Superintendent, Canyonlands 
National Park, 2282 South West Resource Blvd., Moab, Utah 84532, no 
later than sixty (60) days following release of the Prospectus to be 
considered and evaluated.

    Dated: October 2, 1998.
Michael D. Snyder,
Deputy Regional Director, Rocky Mountain Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. 98-27225 Filed 10-8-98; 8:45 am]
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