[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 37 (Monday, February 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8396-8397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-818]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-910-0777-XP-241A]


State of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Arizona Resource 
Advisory Council (RAC).
    The business meeting will be held on March 8, 2007, in Phoenix, 
Arizona, at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona State Office 
located at One North Central Avenue, 8th floor. It will begin at 8 a.m. 
and conclude at 4:30 p.m. The morning agenda items to be covered 
include: Review of the December 7, 2006, Meeting Minutes, BLM State 
Director's Update on Statewide Issues; Presentations on the Rails to 
Trails Project and the Arizona Strip Cooperative Rangeland Monitoring 
Program; RAC Questions on written reports from BLM Field Managers; 
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Office Rangeland Resource Team Proposals; and, Reports by the Standards 
and Guidelines, Recreation, Off-Highway Vehicle Use, Land Use Planning 
and Tenure, and Wild Horse and Burro Working Groups. A public comment 
period will be provided at 11:30 a.m. on March 8, 2007, for any 
interested publics who wish to address the Council on BLM programs and 
business. Under the Federal Recreation Enhancement Act, the BLM Arizona 
RAC has been designated the Recreation Resource Advisory Council 
(RRAC), and has the authority to review all BLM and Forest Service (FS) 
recreation fee proposals in Arizona. The afternoon meeting agenda on 
March 8 will be devoted to presenting the Recreation Enhancement Act 
(REA) Working Group Report, and reviewing one FS, and three BLM fee 
proposals in Arizona:
    (1) Sycamore Cabin (Prescott National Forest) Less than a 20-minute 
drive from Phoenix, Flagstaff and Prescott, this historic Prescott 
National Ranger house is currently available for nightly rental. The 
fee proposal will consider an increase from $100 to $125 per night 
(excluding $9 reservation fee). An additional $25 per night will be 
charged if a Recreational Vehicle is brought to the site.
    (2) Coyote Buttes Special Management Area (BLM Arizona Strip 
District) Just south of the Utah-Arizona border, with access located 
midway between Page, Arizona and Kanab, Utah on U.S. Highway 89. 
Visitors may hike in scenic Coyote Buttes by obtaining an online permit 
on a first-come, first-served basis. The existing permit fee is $5 per 
person, per day. The fee proposal will consider the inclusion of an 
online lottery for hiking permits and a $5 per application lottery fee.
    (3) Amenity Fee Site Proposals, Annual Recreation Pass, and Long-
Term Visitor Areas (BLM Yuma Field Office). Changes to the recreation 
fee schedules are proposed, including an increase from $140 to $180 for 
a 7-month permit, and from $30 to $40 for a 14-day permit at the Field 
Office's two Long-Term Visitor Areas. In addition, BLM also maintains 
seven other developed recreation fee sites, six of which are located on 
the lower Colorado River. The annual pass honored at all seven of these 
recreation sites is proposed to increase from $50 to $75. At the six 
Colorado River recreation sites, BLM is proposing to establish a $10 
day-use fee and a $15 overnight fee. At the seventh site, the Ehrenberg 
Sandbowl Off-Highway Vehicle Area, BLM is proposing to establish a $5 
day-use fee and a $10 overnight fee.
    (4) Amenity Fee Site Proposals and Annual Recreation Pass (BLM Lake 
Havasu Field Office). The Annual Recreation Pass fee is proposed to 
increase from $50 to $100 per year, the first increase since the 
program began in 2002. The Annual Pass is used in lieu of paying daily 
permit fees (typically $4 to $20 each) for an unlimited number of 
overnight and day-use visits at Lake Havasu shoreline campsites and 
Parker Strip recreation sites. An increase in Daily Permit Fees is also 
proposed for the Parker Strip, from $3 to $4 to $5 for day use, and 
from $4 to $10 to $5 to $10 for overnight. In addition, fees proposed 
for the Empire Landing Campground (upon its reopening in 2008) would be 
$25 to $30 per day.
    Following the FS and BLM proposals, the RRAC will open the meeting 
to public comments on the fee proposals. After completing their RRAC 
business, the BLM RAC will reconvene to provide recommendations to the 
RAC Designated Federal Official on the fee proposals and discuss future 
RAC meetings and locations.

DATES: Effective Date: February 21, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Stevens, Bureau of Land 
Management, Arizona State Office, One North Central Avenue, Suite 800, 
Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4427; 602-417-9215.

Elaine Y. Zielinski,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 07-818 Filed 2-23-07; 8:45 am]
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