[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 33656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12573]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Proposed New Fee Site; Federal Lands Recreation
Enhancement Act, (Title VIII, Pub. L. 108-447)
AGENCY: Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, USDA Forest Service.
ACTION: Notice of proposed new fee site.
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SUMMARY: The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Salt Lake Ranger
District, is proposing the following sites as standard-amenity fee
sites under the authority of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement
Act. The sites are all located in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons and
include Mill B South trailhead, Cardiff/Mill D South trailhead, Donut
Falls trailhead, Silver Laker recreation complex, Spruces winter
trailhead, Guardsman Pass trailhead, Temple Quarry trailhead and
interpretive site, White Pine trailhead, Catherine's Pass trailhead,
and Cecret Lake trailhead. The use site fee would be $6 for a 3-day
pass and $45 for a Cottonwood Canyons annual pass. The ``America the
Beautiful'' Interagency Passes would be honored at each site. Passes
sold would be valid for all sites listed above. Cottonwood Canyon
passes would be also be valid at the American Fork Canyon and Mirror
Lake Scenic Byway standard-amenity fee sites. The American Fork Canyon
and Mirror Lake Scenic Byway day and annual passes would be honored at
the proposed sites in the Cottonwood Canyons. Fees collected at the
proposed sites would be used to improved recreation site facilities,
maintenance, and operations in the Cottonwood Canyons. Fees are
assessed based on the level of amenities and services provided, cost of
operations and maintenance, and market assessment. The fee is proposed
and will be determined upon further analysis and public comment.
DATES: Comments will be accepted from May 27, 2016 through September 9,
2016. New fees would begin in June 2017.
ADDRESSES: David Whittekiend, Forest Supervisor, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache
National Forest, 857 West South Jordan Parkway, South Jordan, UT 84095.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Lane, Salt Lake Ranger District,
801-733-2662, [email protected]. Information about proposed fee changes
can also be found on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Web site:
http://www.fs.usda.gov/uwcnf.
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.
Once public involvement is complete, these new fees will be
reviewed by a Recreation Resource Advisory Committee prior to a final
decision and implementation.
Dated: May 20, 2016.
David Whittekiend,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2016-12573 Filed 5-26-16; 8:45 am]
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