[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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