[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 233 (Monday, December 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87585-87586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29103]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Intent To Collect Fees on Public Land in Douglas 
County, Oregon, Roseburg District, Scaredman Recreation Site

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to applicable provisions of the Federal Lands 
Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA), the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), Roseburg District Office, is proposing to begin collecting fees 
for overnight camping at Scaredman Recreation Site, located in Douglas 
County, Oregon.

DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive 
written comments on the proposal to collect fees by February 3, 2017. 
Comments received in person or by electronic mail after this date may 
not be considered by the BLM. Effective no less than six months after 
publication of this notice, the BLM Roseburg District will initiate fee 
collection at Scaredman Recreation Site, unless the BLM publishes a 
Federal Register notice to the contrary.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail, hand delivery, or 
electronic mail.
    Mail or hand-delivery: BLM Roseburg District Office, 777 NW Garden 
Valley Boulevard, Roseburg, OR 97471.
    Electronic mail: [email protected]. If you submit comments by 
electronic mail, please indicate ``Attn: Scaredman Fee Proposal'' in 
your subject line, and include your name and return address.
    Copies of the fee proposal are available at the BLM Roseburg 
District Office at the above address and online at http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/index.php.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik Taylor, Supervisory Outdoor 
Recreation Planner, Roseburg District Office, 777 NW Garden Valley 
Blvd., Roseburg, OR, 97471, by phone at (541) 440-4930, or by email at 
[email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service at 1(800) 877-8339 to 
contact the above individual(s) during normal business hours. The 
Service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 
or question with the above individuals. You will receive a reply during 
normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scaredman Recreation Site (T. 25S., R. 1W., 
Sec. 24) is located north of the Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway on Canton 
Creek Road (BLM Road 24-1-31). Under Section 3(g) of the Federal Lands 
Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA), the Scaredman Recreation Site area 
will qualify, as is, as a site wherein visitors can be charged an 
``Expanded Amenity Recreation Fee.'' Visitors wishing to use the 
expanded amenities that exist at the site would purchase a recreation 
use permit as described at 43 CFR part 2930. Pursuant to FLREA and 
implementing regulations at 43 CFR Subpart 2933, fees may be charged 
for overnight camping where specific amenities and services are 
provided. Specific visitor fees will be identified and posted at the 
site. Fees must be paid at the self-service pay station located at the 
camping areas. People holding the America the Beautiful--Senior Pass 
and/or Access Pass will be entitled to a 50 percent fee reduction on 
overnight fees.
    The Scaredman Recreation site is a semi-primitive campground on 
Canton Creek in a semi-remote area. Canton Creek Road is 40 miles east 
of Roseburg off of the Rogue-Umpqua National Scenic Byway (Highway 
138). Scaredman provides 10 individual tent campsites, drinking water, 
vault toilets, refuse containers, fire rings, a campground host and 
reasonable visitor protection. There are several undeveloped water play 
areas to enjoy along Canton Creek and Steamboat Creek. Fly fishing is 
available 3 miles south on the North Umpqua River. This recreation site 
is the only one in the Roseburg District that provides such amenities 
and recreation opportunities and that does not currently charge a fee. 
In the past years, prior to 2013, it has been used heavily because it 
is the only ``free'' campground in the area. The likely recreation 
season for Scaredman will be from mid-May through mid-October.
    Camping fees will be $10.00/per site, per night, which would be 
consistent with other established fee sites in the area including other 
BLM-administered sites in the area and those overnight sites managed by 
the Umpqua National Forest and Douglas County Parks Department. Future 
adjustments in the fees charged could be made in accordance with the 
Roseburg District Business Plan for recreation sites and with 
concurrence from the Southwest Oregon Resource Advisory Council (SWOR 
RAC). The Bureau of Land Management, Roseburg District has notified and 
involved the public about the proposal to collect fees and the

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SWOR RAC approved the fee proposal in March of 2016, following FLREA 
guidelines. Copies of the business plan are available at the BLM 
Roseburg Office and Oregon State Office.
    The BLM has found that recreation fee proposals are of a procedural 
nature and are not identified as major Federal actions, and are 
therefore excluded from environmental review under Section 102(2)(C) of 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 
4332(C), pursuant to 43 CFR 46.210(i). In addition, the fee proposals 
do not present any of the 12 extraordinary circumstances listed at 43 
CFR 46.215.
    The Bureau of Land Management, Roseburg District welcomes public 
comments on this proposal. Before including your address, phone number, 
email address, or other personally identifiable information in your 
comment, be advised that your entire comment--including your personally 
identifiable information--may be made publicly available at any time. 
While you can ask us in your comment to withhold from public review 
your personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6803(b) and 43 CFR 2932.13.

Abbie Jossie,
BLM Roseburg District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2016-29103 Filed 12-2-16; 8:45 am]
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