[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76443-76444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7866]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Notice of New Recreation Fee Site; Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act (Title VIII, Pub. L. 108-447)

AGENCY: Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, USDA Forest Service.

ACTION: Notice of new recreation fee site.

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SUMMARY: The Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests will begin charging 
a $5.00 daily special recreation permit trail fee per tow vehicle at 
the newly constructed Dry Creek Equestrian Trailhead. This new 
trailhead will facilitate equestrian use of the Chattahoochee National 
Forest and is located on the Armuchee/Cohutta Ranger District. Fee 
revenue will support operations and maintenance of the trailhead, trail 
system, and future site improvements.

DATES: Dry Creek Equestrian Trailhead is scheduled to open for public 
use in January 2006. A Special Recreation Permit fee would be collected 
once authorization is approved.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Hoffmann, Recreation Fee

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Coordinator, 770-297-3030, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, 1755 
Cleveland Highway, Gainesville, Georgia 30005.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement Act 
(Title VII, Pub. L. 108-447) directed the Secretary of Agriculture to 
publish advance notice in the Federal Register whenever new recreation 
fee areas are established. The Chattahoochee National Forests' 
Armuchee/Cohutta Ranger District presently manages 63 miles of a multi-
use trail system called the Pinhoti Trail which traverses the states of 
Alabama and Georgia. The Dry Creek Equestrian Trailhead will offer 
access to the equestrian portion of the Pinhoti Trail system and also 
provide accessible facilities such as a vault toilet, picnic tables, 
trash cans, bulletin/interpretive board, an interpretive board adjacent 
to restroom facilities, and a secured parking area with 27 designated 
parking spaces.

    Dated: December 20, 2005.
Larry M. Luckett,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. E5-7866 Filed 12-23-05; 8:45 am]
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