[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 179 (Friday, September 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 46699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19965]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of New Fee Sites; Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
AGENCY: Coronado National Forest, USDA Forest Service, Tucson, Arizona.
ACTION: Notice of new fee sites.
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SUMMARY: The Coronado National Forest is proposing new recreation fees
at 13 day use sites at $8 a day or $40 for an annual pass, four
campgrounds at $15 a day, and six group camping sites and one group
picnic site at $50 a day, plus $10 per vehicle per day. Fees are
assessed based on the level of amenities and services provided, cost of
operations and maintenance, and market assessment. Fee revenue would be
used for the continued operation and maintenance as well as
improvements to the facilities within the recreation sites.
DATES: New fees would be implemented no sooner than six months from
publication of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Winfield at (520) 388-8422 or by
email at [email protected].
Information about the fee proposal can also be found on the
Coronado National Forest website at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/coronado/feereview.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
(Title VII, P.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. Currently, about one-third of
Coronado National Forest's developed recreation sites collect fees.
This notice is part of a comprehensive fee proposal to restructure
developed recreation on the Coronado National Forest. More information
can be found at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/coronado/feereview.
The new proposed fee sites are:
Day Use Sites: Bigelow Trailhead, Brown Canyon Ranch and Trailhead,
Butterfly Trailhead, Carr Canyon Picnic Area, Gordon Hirabayashi
Interpretive Site and trailhead, Herb Martyr Trailhead, Parker Canyon
Lake Fishing and Boating Site (and nature trail), Pena Blanca Lake
Fishing and Boating Site, Red Rock Picnic Area, Riggs Lake Fishing and
Boating Site, Rucker Forest Camp Trailhead, Upper and Lower Thumb Rock
Picnic Area, Whipple Picnic Area and Trailhead.
Campgrounds: Herb Martyr, Noon Creek, Stockton Pass, Sycamore.
Group Sites: Columbine Visitor Center Ramada, Gordon Hirabayashi
Horse Camp, Stockton Pass, Twilight, Upper Arcadia, Treasure Park.
This new fee proposal will be reviewed by the Bureau of Land
Management--Arizona Recreation Resource Advisory Council prior to final
decision and implementation.
Dated: August 27, 2018.
Chris French,
Acting Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2018-19965 Filed 9-13-18; 8:45 am]
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