Proposed Interim Flat Fee Policy for Outfitting and Guiding Activities; Alaska National Forests

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 39114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18551]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Proposed Interim Flat Fee Policy for Outfitting and Guiding 
Activities; Alaska National Forests

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Regional Forester, Alaska Region, is seeking comments on a 
proposed interim flat fee policy for all outfitting and guiding 
activities on National Forest System land in the Alaska Region. 
Developed in response to an order from the federal district court in 
Alaska arising from a lawsuit filed by The Tongass Conservancy, the 
proposed interim flat fee policy is designed to charge fees that are 
fair and equitable to the federal government and the Alaska outfitter 
and guide industry. Copies of the proposed interim flat fee schedule 
and policy are being sent with a request for comments to all holders of 
National Forest outfitting and guiding permits in Alaska and other 
potentially interested parties. In addition, notice of and request to 
comment on the proposal is being published in local newspapers of 
record, and the policy and fee schedule is being posted on the World 
Wide Web. The purpose of this notice is to advise others who may have 
an interest in this interim fee policy of the availability of the 
proposal and to invite their comments as well.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by September 7, 1999.

ADDRESSES: For copies of the proposed interim flat fee policy, write to 
the Regional Forester, Attention: Public Services, Alaska Region, P.O. 
Box 21628, Juneau, AK 99802-1628 or access the document online at 
https://www.fs.fed.us/r10/what's__hot/hot.htm.
    Send written comments to the post office listed under this heading 
or to webmaster/r10@fs.fed.us or by facsimile to (907) 586-7843. All 
comments, including names and addresses when provided, will be placed 
in the record and will be available for public inspection and copying. 
The public may inspect comments received on this proposed interim 
policy in the Office of the Public Services Staff, Room 501D, Federal 
Office Building, 709 West 9th Street, Juneau, AK, between the hours of 
9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The local Forest Service Ranger 
District, Supervisor's Office, or Arn Albrecht, (907) 586-7886, or Don 
Fishers, (907) 586-7861, in the Alaska Regional Office.

    Dated: July 14, 1999.
Rick D. Cables,
Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 99-18551 Filed 7-20-99; 8:45 am]
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