[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8312-8313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4322]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent To Issue a Temporary Concession Contract for 
Raft Float Trips and Limited Visitor Services at Willow Beach Site 
Within Lake Mead National Recreation Area

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Park Service Concessions Management 
Improvement Act of 1998, notice is hereby given that the National Park 
Service intends to issue a temporary concession contract authorizing

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continued operation of raft float trips from below Hoover Dam to the 
public, and provide limited visitor service at Willow Beach Site within 
Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The temporary concession contract 
will be for a team of not more than three years. This short-term 
concession contract is necessary to avoid interruption of visitor 
services while the National Park Service finalizes the development of 
the Prospectus to be issued for a long-term concession contract. This 
short-term contract will be for a three-year period ending December 31, 
2004. This notice is pursuant to 36 CFR part 51, section 51.24(a).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The concession authorization at Lake Mead 
National Recreation Area for the raft float trips expired on November 
30, 2001. The operation is seasonal and operates primarily from 
February through November and provides visitors with an opportunity to 
take raft float trips from below Hoover Dam to a designated takeout 
point down lake from the dam on Lake Mohave. In addition, to the 
operation of the float trips limited visitor services will be conducted 
at Willow Beach Site. This service will be for those visitors who are 
disembarking from the float trips as well as those visitors who are 
recreating on the upper portion of Lake Mohave within Lake Mead 
National Recreation Area. Lake Mead National Recreation Area is in a 
process of reviewing its visitor services plan and developing a 
Prospectus for the solicitation of a long-term concession contract that 
meets the requirements of the park's General Management Plan regarding 
commercial services offered to the public. The short-term concession 
contract will allow for this action to take place without a long-term 
delay in service to the public.
    Information about this notice can be sought from:
    National Park Service, Chief, Concession Program Management Office, 
Pacific West Region, Attn: Mr. Tony Sisto, 1111 Jackson Street, Suite 
700, Oakland, California 94607, or call (510) 817-1366.

    Dated: January 30, 2002.
Patricia L. Neubacher,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 02-4322 Filed 2-21-02; 8:45 am]
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