[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 29912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4805]


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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: Cherokee National Forest, USDA Forest Service.

ACTION: Notice of new recreation fee site.

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SUMMARY: Cherokee National Forest will begin charging a fee for 
overnight use at three campgrounds presently under construction at 
dispersed campsites 6, 7 and 8 in the Tellico River Corridor. Birch 
Branch Campground and Holder Cove Campground will be $10.00 per 
campsite per day. Rough Ridge Campground, which will accommodate small 
groups, will be $20.00 campsite per day. These developed campgrounds 
will facilitate overnight use along the Tellico River on the Tellico 
Ranger District of Cherokee National Forest. Fee revenue will support 
maintenance and operation of the campgrounds and future site 
improvements.

DATES: Construction of the three campgrounds is scheduled to be 
completed and the facilities opened to the public at different times in 
2006. Overnight fees at all three sites will be initiated January 1, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor, Cherokee National Forest, 2800 Ocoee 
Street N, Cleveland, TN 37312.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Byerly, Recreation Fee 
Coordinator, 423-476-9748.

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. Cherokee National Forest presently manages 
ten overnight recreation fee sites on the Tellico Ranger District. 
Recreation fees for overnight use range from $5.00 to $20.00 per 
campsite per day based on the level of development. Birch Branch, 
Holder Cove and Rough Ridge campgrounds will each offer a vault toilet 
facility, visitor information board, self-service fee collection site, 
bear resistant trash containers, developed campsites with a picnic 
table, fire ring and lantern post. Campsites will be available on a 
first come, first served basis.

    Dated: May 17, 2006.
H. Thomas Speaks, Jr.,
Cherokee National Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 06-4805 Filed 5-23-06 8:45 am]
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