[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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