[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36964-36965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15596]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Notice of New Recreation Fee; Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of new recreation fee.

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SUMMARY: The Tonto National Forest is giving notice of a new recreation 
fee for an onsite option to purchase the daily Tonto Pass and 
watercraft sticker. The new onsite fee is $12 for the daily Tonto Pass 
and $6 for watercraft sticker. The new fee provides an option for 
people to pay when they arrive at the site, which is not currently 
unavailable. The fee will be collected using electronic fee machines 
installed at key recreation sites.

DATES: Date of Implementation: This new fee will go into effect no 
earlier than December 28, 2015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This new fee is part of a larger fee 
modification proposal on the Tonto National Forest. The 2014 Recreation 
Fee Proposal can be found on the Tonto National Forest Web site at: 
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/tonto/home/?cid=STELPRDB5405154.
    The onsite pass purchase option is being implemented in response to 
an identified public request to provide a convenient method of 
purchasing recreation passes within recreation sites.
    Onsite fee machines in remote locations have high operations and 
maintenance costs. Lower priced Tonto passes and watercraft stickers 
can still

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be purchased off-site at over 200 retail vendors or online.
    The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (Title VII, Pub. L. 
108-447) directs the Secretary of Agriculture to publish a six month 
advance notice in the Federal Register whenever new recreation fee 
areas are established. This new fee, as well as the fee changes 
proposed in the larger fee proposal, were reviewed and recommended by 
the BLM Arizona Recreation Resource Advisory Council (R-RAC) on June 4, 
2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Schuster at 620-225-5200 or by 
email at [email protected]. Information about the 2014 
Recreation Fee Proposal can also be found on the Tonto National Forest 
Web site: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/tonto/home/?cid=STELPRDB5405154.

    Dated: June 17, 2015.
Kerwin Dewberry,
Deputy Forest Supervisor, Tonto National Forest.
[FR Doc. 2015-15596 Filed 6-26-15; 8:45 am]
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