[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 102 (Thursday, May 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 33827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13143]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of Draft Director's Order Concerning 
National Park Service Policies and Procedures Governing Its Structural 
Fire Management Program

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared a Director's 
Order setting forth its policies and procedures governing structural 
fire prevention, protection, and suppression. When adopted, the 
policies and procedures will apply to all units of the national park 
system, and will supersede and replace the policies and procedures 
issued in June 1987.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted until June 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Draft Director's Order #58 is available on the Internet at 
http://www.nps.gov/refdesk/DOrders/index.htm. Requests for copies and 
written comments should be sent to Bill Oswald, NPS Structural Fire 
Program Manager, Fire Management Program Center, 3833 S. Development 
Avenue, Boise, Idaho 83705, or to his Internet address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS is updating its current system of 
internal written instructions. When these documents contain new policy 
or procedural requirements that may affect parties outside the NPS, 
they are first made available for public review and comment before 
being adopted. The policies and procedures governing structural fire 
management have previously been published in the form of guideline NPS-
58. That guideline will be superseded by the new Director's Order 58 
(and a reference manual that will be issued subsequent to the 
Director's Order). The draft Director's Order covers topics such as 
fire management planning, safety and health, cultural resources, 
concessions, reporting, investigation, training, coordination, program 
review, preparedness, and funding. Director's Order #58 addresses only 
structural fire management; wildland fire management is addressed in 
Director's Order #18, approved November 17, 1998 (and is also available 
on the Internet site listed above).

    Dated: May 19, 2000.
Loran Fraser,
Chief, Office of Policy.
[FR Doc. 00-13143 Filed 5-24-00; 8:45 am]
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