[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 129 (Thursday, July 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 31359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14405]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites; Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act

AGENCY: Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests, USDA Forest Service.

ACTION: Notice of proposed new fee sites.

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SUMMARY: The Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests in South Carolina 
are proposing to charge new fees at eight rifle range facilities: Cedar 
Creek, Indian Creek, Fairforest, Leeds, Philson Crossroads, Beaver Dam 
Creek, Candy Branch and Boggy Head Rifle Ranges. All sites have 
recently been reconstructed to improve services and experiences. The 
proposed new fees to help maintain these sites would be $5 per person 
per day or $40 per person per year. Fees are assessed based on the 
level of amenities and services provided, cost of operation and 
maintenance, market assessment, and public comment.

DATES: Send any comments about these fee proposals by August 6, 2018 so 
comments can be compiled, analyzed and shared with a Recreation 
Resource Advisory Committee. New fees would begin after July 2018.

ADDRESSES: John Richard Lint, Forest Supervisor, Francis Marion & 
Sumter National Forests, 4931 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Robles, Recreation Fee 
Coordinator, 803-561-4067. Information about proposed fee changes can 
also be found on the Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests website: 
http://www.fs.usda.gov/scnfs.

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. These eight shooting ranges are 
experiencing unprecedented use/demand with the associated impacts to 
the facilities themselves and surrounding natural resources. New fees 
would help with enforcing range rules to keep the facilities safe and 
clean; maintaining shooting range structures (e.g., berms, swales, 
settling ponds) and ground cover (grass) to mitigate runoff and 
pollution; and performing annual soil and water testing and lead 
abatement work. Fees would also help to improve the facilities with 
items such as better parking facilities, shelter roof modifications to 
incorporate baffles, and making enhancements like establishing 
designated pistol ranges.
    Once public involvement is complete, these new fees will be 
reviewed by the Southern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee 
prior to a final decision and implementation.

    Dated: May 17, 2018.
Glen Casamassa,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2018-14405 Filed 7-3-18; 8:45 am]
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