[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 46 (Friday, March 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 14960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05285]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Notice of New Fee Site

AGENCY: Kaibab National Forest, USDA Forest Service, Arizona.

ACTION: Notice of New Fee Sites.

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SUMMARY: The Kaibab National Forest is proposing to charge fees for the 
overnight rental of three historic facilities on the North Kaibab 
Ranger District. Jumpup cabin is the oldest Ranger Station on the North 
Kaibab Ranger District. The cabin was recently rehabilitated with 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and Forest Service funds 
and is a popular overnight stop for hikers in the Kanab Creek 
Wilderness Area. The new fee is proposed at $60.00 per night for Jumpup 
Cabin with a maximum capacity of eight people. Pleasant Valley Cabin is 
located on Highway 67, a few miles north of the Grand Canyon National 
Park. The cabin will require substantial rehabilitation work over the 
next two years to prepare it for public use. The new fee is proposed at 
$140.00 per night for Pleasant Valley Cabin with a maximum capacity of 
four people. Big Springs Administrative Center is on the National 
Register of Historic Places and has been used by homesteaders, and 
later the Forest Service, since the 1800's. The complex consists of a 
historic office, dining hall, shower house, group kitchen, seven 
residential units, and several administrative structures. The 
residential units were recently restored using ARRA funds. While Big 
Springs serves as an active administrative site for the U.S. Forest 
Service, rental cabins available to the public are in a discrete 
location separated from administrative structures. The proposed fee is 
$65.00 per night for an individual cabin at Big Springs. Individual 
cabins vary in occupancy from two to four people per cabin and includes 
use of the shower house, kitchen and dining hall.
    Other cabin rentals within the Arizona National Forests have shown 
that the public appreciates and enjoys the availability of historic 
rental facilities. Funds from the rentals will be used for the 
continued operation and maintenance of these facilities and other 
properties in the Arizona ``Rooms with a View'' Cabin Rental Program.

DATES: Send any comments about these fee proposals by June 1, 2013 so 
comments can be compiled, analyzed and shared with the BLM Arizona 
Resource Advisory Council (RAC). Jumpup Cabin will become available for 
rent in fall of 2013, Big Springs Administrative Center will become 
available for rent in spring of 2014, and Pleasant Valley Cabin will be 
available for rent in spring of 2015.

ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor, Kaibab National Forest, 800 S. 6th St., 
Williams, Arizona 86046-2899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Missy Spandl, Recreation Manager, 
Kaibab National Forest, at (928) 643-8120 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement Act 
(Title VII, Public Law 108-447) directed the Secretary of Agriculture 
to publish a six month advance notice in the Federal Register whenever 
new recreation fee areas are established. Once public involvement is 
complete, these new fees will be reviewed by a Recreation Resource 
Advisory Committee prior to a final decision and implementation.
    The Kaibab National Forest currently has two other cabin rentals 
available (Spring Valley Cabin and Hull Cabin) that rent for $100 to 
$150 per night. People wanting to rent any of these cabins will need to 
do so through the National Recreation Reservation Service, at 
www.recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777. The National 
Recreation Reservation Service charges a $9 reservation fee for 
internet reservations and $10 fee for phone reservations.

    Dated: February 28, 2013.
Angela Elam,
Acting Forest Supervisor, Kaibab National Forest.
[FR Doc. 2013-05285 Filed 3-7-13; 8:45 am]
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