[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20794]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of Draft National Park Service (NPS) 
Management Policies Applicable to Commercial Visitor Services

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is updating its policies that 
guide the management of the national park system. The update is 
necessary to keep pace with changes in laws, regulations, socio-
economic factors and technology, as well as new understandings of the 
natural and cultural resources that the NPS is responsible for 
protecting within the national parks. A proposed revision of chapter 
10, on the subject of commercial visitor services, is now available for 
review and comment.

DATES: The NPS must receive comments on or before September 18, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The draft chapter 10 is available on the Internet at http://www.nps.gov/refdesk/ policies.html. Requests for paper copies, and 
written comments, should be sent to: NPS Office of Policy, Room 2414, 
Main Interior Building, Washington, D.C. 20240. Draft copies may also 
be obtained by calling (202) 208-7456, and comments may be telefaxed to 
(202) 219-8835.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chick Fagan at (202) 208-7456.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NPS policies are published in a 10-chapter 
volume titled ``Management Policies.'' A Notice of Availability 
inviting public comment on draft revisions to the 1988 edition of 
``Management Policies'' was published January 19, 2000 [65 FR 2984]. 
The comment period closed March 20, 2000. Chapter 10, which addresses 
commercial visitor services, was not ready for distribution during that 
review period because regulations implementing the 1998 Concessions 
Management Improvement Act had not yet been finalized. The NPS is now 
proposing to adopt a draft of chapter 10 that comports fully with the 
underlying legislative and regulatory basis for commercial visitor 
services in the national park system.
    Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home 
address from the administrative record, which we will honor to the 
extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we 
would withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable by 
law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must 
state this prominently at the beginning of your comment.

    Dated: August 10, 2000.
Loran Fraser,
Chief, Office of Policy.
[FR Doc. 00-20794 Filed 8-15-00; 8:45 am]
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