[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 28468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13047]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Notice of Proposed New Recreation Fee; Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act, (Title VIII, Pub. L. 108-447)

AGENCY: Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Forest Service, 
USDA.

ACTION: Notice of proposed new recreation fee.

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SUMMARY: The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, located in Hood 
River, Oregon, is proposing to charge a new standard amenity fee of $5 
per vehicle per day for use of services and facilities at the Sandy 
River Delta site. The 1,400-acre Sandy River Delta site, acquired by 
the Forest Service in 1991, offers five diverse-use trails (5.25 miles 
total) including a 1.2-mile accessible gravel trail to the Sandy River 
Delta confluence and bird blind. The Forest Service provides vault 
toilets, trash service, picnic tables, parking for vehicles (and 
vehicles with horse trailers), interpretive signage, and regular 
patrols of the area. The proposed fee would help cover the costs of 
operations and maintenance of the vault toilets, trash service, septic 
pumping, ranger patrols, and hazard tree abatement as well as future 
improvements and replacement of facilities. This fee is only proposed 
and will be determined upon further analysis and public comment.

DATES: Send any comments about these fee proposals by August 21, 2017 
so they can be compiled, analyzed and shared with the Mt Hood-
Willamette Resource Advisory Committee. If approved, the new recreation 
use fee will go into effect no sooner than December 19, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Area Manager, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, 902 
Wasco Ave., Suite 200, Hood River, OR 97031.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorelei Haukness, Recreation Fee 
Coordinator, 541-308-1700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement Act 
(Title VII, Pub. L. 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. This new fee will be reviewed by 
a Recreation Resource Advisory Committee prior to a final decision and 
implementation. Additional information about this fee proposal is 
provided on the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Web site at: 
https://www.fs.usda.gov/crgnsa/.

    Dated: June 14, 2017.
Jeanne M. Higgins,
Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2017-13047 Filed 6-21-17; 8:45 am]
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