83_FR_46878 83 FR 46699 - Notice of New Fee Site; Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act

83 FR 46699 - Notice of New Fee Site; Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 179 (September 14, 2018)

Page Range46699-46700
FR Document2018-19966

The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest will be implementing new fees at four cabin/lookout rentals, six campgrounds, two group campsites, and nine day use sites. Fees are assessed based on the level of amenities and services provided, cost of operation and maintenance, market assessment, and public comment. Fee receipts will be used to improve customer services, operate and maintain facilities and to make needed improvements. A complete list of the site fees can be found at: https:// www.fs.usda.gov/detail/rogue-siskiyou/home/?cid=FSEPRD571220.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 179 (Friday, September 14, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 179 (Friday, September 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46699-46700]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19966]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Notice of New Fee Site; Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act

AGENCY: Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of new recreation fees.

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SUMMARY: The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest will be implementing 
new fees at four cabin/lookout rentals, six campgrounds, two group 
campsites, and nine day use sites. Fees are assessed based on the level 
of amenities and services provided, cost of operation and maintenance, 
market assessment, and public comment. Fee receipts will be used to 
improve customer services, operate and maintain facilities and to make 
needed improvements.
    A complete list of the site fees can be found at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/rogue-siskiyou/home/?cid=FSEPRD571220.

DATES: Implementation of the new fees will occur no sooner than 180 
days from date of publication in the Federal Register.
    Public comment for these new fee proposals was completed on 
February 16, 2018. The Rogue-Umpqua Resource Advisory Committee and/or 
the Siskiyou Resource Advisory Board reviewed and offered 
recommendations on these new fees on April 4, 2018 and April 25, 2018 
respectively. The Region 6 Regional Forester decided to move forward 
with these new fees on May 22, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian White, Recreation, Engineering, 
Lands, Heritage, and Minerals Staff

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Officer at 541-618-2061 or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    New fees will be implemented at the following sites:
    Campgrounds:
    Butler Bar, Eden Valley, Laird Lake, Little Redwood, Oak Flat/
Gravel Bar, Sunshine Bar.
    Depending on the site, the new recreation fee will be $8 or $10 per 
night.
    Group Campsites:
    Six Mile and Winchuck. Group camping fees will be $50 per night.
    Cabins/lookouts:
    Ferris Ford Cabin, Store Gulch Guard Station, and Squaw Peak 
Lookout. Depending on the facility, the overnight fee will be $65 to 
$125. The pricing difference reflects variables such as the number of 
people who can use the sites, and whether electricity, running water 
and other amenities are provided.
    Day use areas/interpretive/picnic sites:
    Diver's Hole, Foster Bar, Lobster Creek, Quosatana, River Bench, 
Six Mile, Store Gulch, Union Wayside, Natural Bridge, and Rogue Gorge. 
These day use sites will be $5 per day. The Northwest Forest Pass and 
all America the Beautiful--the National Parks and Federal Recreational 
Lands passes will be honored at these sites.
    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.

    Dated: September 6, 2018.
Chris French,
Acting Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2018-19966 Filed 9-13-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3411-15-P

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 179 / Friday, September 14, 2018 / Notices 46699 and focus groups in order to identify the instruments and supporting Estimated Number of Respondents: questionnaire and procedural problems, materials describing the research project 2,200. suggest solutions, and measure the and specific pre-testing activities. Estimated Number of Responses per relative effectiveness of alternative Affected Public: The respondents will Respondent: 1. solutions. be identified at the time that each Estimated Total Annual Responses: Following standard OMB requirements, FNS will submit a change change request is submitted to OMB. 2,200. request to OMB for each data collection Respondents will include State, Local Estimated Time per Response: 0.682. activity undertaken under this generic and Tribal Government; Individual/ Estimated Total Annual Burden on clearance. FNS will provide OMB with Households; and/or Businesses. Respondents: 2,200. Estimated Estimated Responses Total annual average num- Estimated Respondent number of annually per responses ber total hours respondents respondent (col. bxc) of hours per (col. dxe) response Reporting Burden: Pretesting Respondents (State, Local and Tribal Gov- ernment; Individual/Households; and/or Businesses) 2,200.00 1.00 2,200.00 0.682 1,500.00 Grand Total Burden Estimates for 3 years ........... ........................ ........................ 6,600.00 ........................ 4,500.00 Dated: September 6, 2018. Secretary of Agriculture to publish a six DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Brandon Lipps, month advance notice in the Federal Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. Register whenever new recreation fee Forest Service [FR Doc. 2018–19910 Filed 9–13–18; 8:45 am] areas are established. Currently, about Notice of New Fee Site; Federal Lands BILLING CODE 3410–30–P one-third of Coronado National Forest’s Recreation Enhancement Act developed recreation sites collect fees. This notice is part of a comprehensive AGENCY: Rogue River-Siskiyou National DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE fee proposal to restructure developed Forest, Forest Service, USDA. recreation on the Coronado National ACTION: Notice of new recreation fees. Forest Service Forest. More information can be found Notice of New Fee Sites; Federal Lands at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ SUMMARY: The Rogue River-Siskiyou Recreation Enhancement Act coronado/feereview. National Forest will be implementing The new proposed fee sites are: new fees at four cabin/lookout rentals, AGENCY: Coronado National Forest, six campgrounds, two group campsites, USDA Forest Service, Tucson, Arizona. Day Use Sites: Bigelow Trailhead, and nine day use sites. Fees are assessed ACTION: Notice of new fee sites. Brown Canyon Ranch and Trailhead, based on the level of amenities and Butterfly Trailhead, Carr Canyon Picnic services provided, cost of operation and SUMMARY: The Coronado National Forest Area, Gordon Hirabayashi Interpretive maintenance, market assessment, and is proposing new recreation fees at 13 Site and trailhead, Herb Martyr public comment. Fee receipts will be day use sites at $8 a day or $40 for an Trailhead, Parker Canyon Lake Fishing used to improve customer services, annual pass, four campgrounds at $15 a and Boating Site (and nature trail), Pena operate and maintain facilities and to day, and six group camping sites and Blanca Lake Fishing and Boating Site, make needed improvements. one group picnic site at $50 a day, plus Red Rock Picnic Area, Riggs Lake $10 per vehicle per day. Fees are A complete list of the site fees can be Fishing and Boating Site, Rucker Forest found at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/ assessed based on the level of amenities Camp Trailhead, Upper and Lower and services provided, cost of detail/rogue-siskiyou/home/ Thumb Rock Picnic Area, Whipple ?cid=FSEPRD571220. operations and maintenance, and Picnic Area and Trailhead. market assessment. Fee revenue would DATES: Implementation of the new fees be used for the continued operation and Campgrounds: Herb Martyr, Noon will occur no sooner than 180 days from maintenance as well as improvements to Creek, Stockton Pass, Sycamore. date of publication in the Federal the facilities within the recreation sites. Group Sites: Columbine Visitor Center Register. DATES: New fees would be implemented Ramada, Gordon Hirabayashi Horse Public comment for these new fee no sooner than six months from Camp, Stockton Pass, Twilight, Upper proposals was completed on February publication of this notice. Arcadia, Treasure Park. 16, 2018. The Rogue-Umpqua Resource FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe This new fee proposal will be Advisory Committee and/or the Winfield at (520) 388–8422 or by email reviewed by the Bureau of Land Siskiyou Resource Advisory Board at CoronadoRecreation@fs.fed.us. Management—Arizona Recreation reviewed and offered recommendations Information about the fee proposal Resource Advisory Council prior to final on these new fees on April 4, 2018 and daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES can also be found on the Coronado decision and implementation. April 25, 2018 respectively. The Region National Forest website at: http:// 6 Regional Forester decided to move www.fs.usda.gov/goto/coronado/ Dated: August 27, 2018. forward with these new fees on May 22, feereview. Chris French, 2018. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Acting Deputy Chief, National Forest System. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement [FR Doc. 2018–19965 Filed 9–13–18; 8:45 am] Brian White, Recreation, Engineering, Act (Title VII, P.L. 108–447) directs the BILLING CODE 3411–15–P Lands, Heritage, and Minerals Staff VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:06 Sep 13, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1

46700 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 179 / Friday, September 14, 2018 / Notices Officer at 541–618–2061 or email Programs in the Wildland-Urban A random sample of residents of brianwhite@fs.fed.us. Interface (OMB # 0596–0189), with a Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: revision for the removal of in-depth Texas will be contacted via random- New fees will be implemented at the phone interviews and minor changes in digit dialed telephone calls and asked to following sites: questionnaire. participate in the research study. If they Campgrounds: DATES: Comments must be received in are willing to participate in the study, Butler Bar, Eden Valley, Laird Lake, writing on or before November 13, 2018 they will elect to receive an online or Little Redwood, Oak Flat/Gravel Bar, to be assured of consideration. paper questionnaire and will provide Sunshine Bar. Comments received after that date will the appropriate address. Though Depending on the site, the new be considered to the extent practicable. different forms, these questionnaires recreation fee will be $8 or $10 per ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this have the same set of questions. In this night. notice should be addressed to José initial call, we will also ask those Group Campsites: Sánchez, USDA Forest Service, Pacific willing to participate a brief set of Six Mile and Winchuck. Group Southwest Research Station, 4955 questions to determine pre-existing camping fees will be $50 per night. Canyon Crest Drive, Riverside, knowledge of fuels reduction Cabins/lookouts: California 92507. Comments may also treatments. After completion of the mail Ferris Ford Cabin, Store Gulch Guard be submitted via facsimile to 951–680– or online questionnaire, no further Station, and Squaw Peak Lookout. 1501, or by email to jsanchez@fs.fed.us. contact with the participants will occur. Depending on the facility, the overnight The public may inspect comments The in-depth phone interviews fee will be $65 to $125. The pricing received at the Pacific Southwest approved in the prior version of this difference reflects variables such as the Research Station, during normal information collection will be removed number of people who can use the sites, business hours. Visitors are encouraged from the protocol in this renewal. and whether electricity, running water to call ahead to facilitate entry to the Additionally, we anticipate adding and other amenities are provided. building. several questions to the questionnaire Day use areas/interpretive/picnic on emerging issues, including how FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: José sites: scenic quality impacts resident support Diver’s Hole, Foster Bar, Lobster Sánchez, by phone at 951–680–1560. Individuals who use telecommunication for fire-hazard reduction programs. Creek, Quosatana, River Bench, Six A university research-survey center Mile, Store Gulch, Union Wayside, devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– will collect the information for the mail Natural Bridge, and Rogue Gorge. These and online questionnaires. A Forest day use sites will be $5 per day. The 877–8339 twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, including Service researcher and collaborators at a Northwest Forest Pass and all America cooperating university will analyze the the Beautiful—the National Parks and holidays. data collected. Researchers are Federal Recreational Lands passes will SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: experienced in applied economic non- be honored at these sites. Title: Understanding Value Trade-offs market valuation research and survey The Federal Recreation Lands Regarding Fire Hazard Reduction research methods. Enhancement Act (Title VII, Pub. L. Programs in the Wildland-Urban The Forest Service, Bureau of Land 108–447) directed the Secretary of Interface. Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Agriculture to publish a six month OMB Number: 0596–0189. National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife advance notice in the Federal Register Expiration Date of Approval: Service, as well as many state agencies whenever new recreation fee areas are November 30, 2018. with fire protection responsibilities will established. Type of Request: Renewal with benefit from this information collection. revision. Dated: September 6, 2018. Abstract: Forest Service and At present, many of these agencies with Chris French, university researchers will collect fire protection responsibilities continue Acting Deputy Chief, National Forest System. information from members of the public an ambitious and costly fuels reduction via a brief phone questionnaire followed program for fire risk reduction and will [FR Doc. 2018–19966 Filed 9–13–18; 8:45 am] by the respondent’s choice of a mail benefit from public opinion on which BILLING CODE 3411–15–P questionnaire or an online questionnaire treatments are most effective or to help forest and fire managers desirable. Estimate of Annual Burden per DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE understand value trade-offs regarding Respondent: 40 minutes. fire hazard reduction programs in the Type of Respondents: Members of the Forest Service wildland-urban interface. Researchers public. will evaluate the responses of Arizona, Estimated Annual Number of Information Collection; Understanding Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas Value Trade-Offs Regarding Fire Respondents: 1,675. residents to different scenarios related Estimated Annual Number of Hazard Reduction Programs in the to fire-hazard reduction programs, Wildland-Urban Interface Responses per Respondent: 1. determine how effective residents think Estimated Total Annual Burden on AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. the programs are, and calculate how Respondents: 690 hours. ACTION: Notice; request for comment. much residents would be willing to pay Comment is Invited: to implement the alternatives presented Comment is invited on: (1) Whether SUMMARY: In accordance with the to them. This information will help this collection of information is daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the researchers provide better information necessary for the stated purposes and Forest Service is seeking comments to natural resource, forest, and fire the proper performance of the functions from all interested individuals and managers when they are contemplating of the Agency, including whether the organizations on the renewal of a the type of fire-hazard reduction information will have practical or currently approved information program to implement to achieve scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the collection, Understanding Value Trade- forestland management planning Agency’s estimate of the burden of the offs regarding Fire Hazard Reduction objectives. collection of information, including the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:06 Sep 13, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1


Document Created: 2018-09-14 03:03:37
Document Modified: 2018-09-14 03:03:37
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of new recreation fees.
DatesImplementation of the new fees will occur no sooner than 180 days from date of publication in the Federal Register.
ContactBrian White, Recreation, Engineering, Lands, Heritage, and Minerals Staff Officer at 541-618-2061 or email [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 46699 
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