[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1599-1600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00365]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500173007]


Notice of New Recreation Fees on Public Lands in the Central 
Yukon Field Office, Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of new recreation fees.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to applicable provisions of the Federal Lands 
Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA), the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), Central Yukon Field Office, intends to

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establish recreation fees for expanded amenities at Coldfoot, Alaska.

DATES: All new fees will take effect on July 8, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The business plan and information concerning the proposed 
fees may be reviewed at the Fairbanks District Office Public Room, 222 
University Avenue, Fairbanks, AK 99709; or online at www.blm.gov/programs/recreation/permits-and-fees/business-plans.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Hedman, Acting Field Manager, 
Central Yukon Field Office, telephone: (907) 474-2375, email: 
[email protected].
    Individuals in the United States who are deaf, blind, hard of 
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting 
Mr. La Marr. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay 
services offered within their country to make international calls to 
the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FLREA directs the Secretary of the 
Interior to publish a six-month advance notice in the Federal Register 
whenever new recreation fee areas are established.
    The BLM intends to establish recreation fees for expanded amenities 
at the Coldfoot Cabin at milepost (MP) 175 along the Dalton Highway. 
The Central Yukon Field Office administers the BLM utility corridor and 
adjacent lands along the Dalton Highway from MP 56 to just south of MP 
300 for recreation under the Dalton Highway Special Recreation 
Management Area. The Coldfoot Cabin is currently used administratively 
during the summer months and will be made available for rent as a 
public use cabin during the winter months.
    The Coldfoot Cabin qualifies as a site where visitors can be 
charged an ``Expanded Amenity Recreation Fee'' under FLREA (16 U.S.C. 
6802(g)). The cabin provides toilet facilities, refuse containers, 
picnic tables, access roads and parking, visitor protection, and fee 
collection by management personnel.
    Effective July 8, 2024, the Central Yukon Field Office will 
initiate new fee collection at the facility unless the BLM publishes a 
Federal Register notice to the contrary. The BLM will begin collecting 
fees of $42 per night for cabin site rentals.
    In accordance with BLM recreation fee program policy, the Central 
Yukon Field Office has developed a recreational fee business plan that 
is available as listed in the ADDRESSES section. The business plan 
explains the fee collection process and outlines how fees will be used 
at the fee site. Any future adjustments in the fee amounts would be 
handled in accordance with the business plan, with public notice before 
any fee increase.
    The BLM notified and involved the public at each stage of the 
planning process for the new fees. The BLM posted written notices of 
the proposed fees at the fee site on April 20, 2023. It announced a 30-
day public comment period on the draft business plan on April 20, 2023, 
through a BLM news release, BLM social media, and the BLM website. The 
draft business plan was publicly available for review and comment at 
the BLM Fairbanks District Office and on the BLM Alaska business plan 
website from April 20, 2023, to May 20, 2023.

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6803(b) and 43 CFR 2933)

Erika Reed,
BLM Alaska Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-00365 Filed 1-9-24; 8:45 am]
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