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Fish Ford
T. 22 S., R. 24 E.,
Sec. 3, lot 2.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Cowskin
T. 23 S., R. 24 E.,
Sec. 21, SE1/4SE1/4.
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Notice of Intent to Collect Fees on
Public Land in Grand County, Utah
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
Notice of Intent.
ACTION:
Pursuant to applicable
provisions of the Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act (REA), the
Moab Field Office of the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) is proposing to
begin collecting fees for overnight
camping within six developed
campgrounds.
SUMMARY:
Effective 6 months after the
publication of this notice, the BLM-Utah
Moab Field Office would initiate fee
collection at the camping areas unless
BLM publishes a Federal Register
notice to the contrary.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J.
Rockford Smith, Recreation Division
Chief, Moab Field Office, Bureau of
Land Management, 82 East Dogwood,
Moab, UT 84532, (435) 259–2100.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to leave a
message or question for the above
individual. The FIRS is available 24
hours a day, seven days a week. Replies
are provided during normal business
hours.
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DATES:
The Utah
Resource Advisory Council (RAC),
functioning as a Recreation Resource
Advisory Committee (RRAC), will
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Salt Lake Meridian
Swasey’s Rapid
T. 20 S., R. 16 E.,
Sec. 3, lots 2 and 3.
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AGENCY:
review the proposal to charge fees at the
sites mentioned below. Future
adjustments in the fee amount will be
made in accordance with the Moab
Field Office’s Business Plan for BLM
Moab Campgrounds (Amended 2014)
covering the sites. Future fee
adjustments will only be made after
consideration of comments received on
a publicly reviewed business plan
amendment and after consultation with
the Utah Recreation Resource Advisory
Committee and other appropriate
advance public notice.
The BLM is proposing to begin
collecting fees for overnight camping
within the following six developed
campgrounds:
Bitter Creek
T. 19 S., R. 25 E.,
Sec. 14, SE1/4NE1/4.
Westwater
T. 20S., R. 25 E.,
Sec. 12, tract 37.
Hideout
T. 24 S., R. 25 E.,
Sec. 29, SE1/4NW1/4.
These proposed fee sites are located
in Grand County, Utah. Under Section
6802(g)(2) of the REA, the campgrounds
listed above qualify as a site wherein
visitors can be charged an ‘‘Expanded
Amenity Recreation Fee.’’
Visitors wishing to use the expanded
amenities the BLM has developed at
Westwater, Bitter Creek, Fish Ford,
Cowskin, Hideout and Swasey’s Rapid
campgrounds would purchase a
Recreation Use Permit as described at 43
CFR Part 2930. Specific visitor fees will
be identified and posted at the
developed campgrounds. Fees must be
paid at the self-service pay station
located at the developed campgrounds
upon occupying the site. Dependent
upon need, reservable group camp sites
may be developed, and at that time
advanced reservation may be made
through the reservations office of the
Moab Field Office. People holding the
America The Beautiful—The National
Parks and Federal Recreational Lands—
Interagency Senior Pass, or an
Interagency Access Pass would be
entitled to a 50 percent discount on all
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expanded amenity fees except those
associated with group reservations. Fees
charged for use of the group sites would
include a non-refundable site
reservation fee and a per person use fee.
The Westwater and Fish Ford
developed campgrounds were
constructed in the middle 1980s and
have been in use for more than two
decades. Over time, the use has
increased and the BLM has added
amenities for resource protection and
visitor enjoyment. Westwater and Fish
Ford are located within the Two Rivers
Special Recreation Management Area
(SRMA). Westwater campground offers
a public water system, four toilets, two
changing rooms, seven individual sites
(with 15 more under construction), an
access road, regular patrols, fire rings,
tent spaces, and picnic tables. Fish Ford
campground offers one toilet, ten
individual sites, an access road, regular
patrols, fire rings, tent spaces, and
picnic tables.
Bitter Creek campground is located
along the Kokopelli’s Trail within the
Utah Rims SRMA and offers one toilet,
10 individual sites, an access road,
regular patrols, fire rings, tent spaces,
and picnic tables.
Cowskin campground is located
within the Colorado Riverway SRMA
and offers one toilet, 10 individual sites,
an access road, regular patrols, fire
rings, tent spaces, and picnic tables.
Hideout campground is located along
the Kokopelli’s Trail within the
Extensive Recreation Management Area.
It offers five individual sites, an access
road, regular patrols, fire rings, tent
spaces, and picnic tables.
Swasey’s Rapid campground is
located along the Green River just
upstream of the boat ramp and parking
area. It is located within the Lower Gray
Canyon SRMA. It offers one toilet, 15
individual sites, an access road, regular
patrols, fire rings, tent spaces, and
picnic tables.
The BLM is committed to provide,
and receive fair value for, the use of
developed recreation facilities and
services in a manner that meets public
use demands, provides quality
experiences and protects important
resources. The BLM’s policy is to collect
fees at all specialized recreation sites, or
where the BLM provides facilities,
equipment or services at Federal
expense, in connection with outdoor
use as authorized by the REA. In an
effort to meet increasing demands for
services and maintenance of developed
facilities, the BLM would implement a
fee program for the campgrounds. The
BLM’s mission for the campgrounds is
to ensure that funding is available to
maintain facilities and recreational
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opportunities, to provide for law
enforcement presence, to develop
additional services, and to protect
resources. This mission entails
communication with those who will be
most directly affected by the
campgrounds, for example,
recreationists, other recreation
providers, partners, neighbors, and
those who will have a stake in solving
concerns that may arise throughout the
life of the camping areas, including
elected officials, and other agencies.
Development, improvement, and fee
collection at these six sites are
consistent with the 2008 Moab Resource
Management Plan and were analyzed in
the Environmental Impact Statement
accompanying the plan (EIS UT–060–
2007–04). Camping and group use fees
would be consistent with other
established fee sites in the area
including other BLM-administered sites
in the area and those managed by the
United States Forest Service, United
States National Park Service, and Utah
State Parks and Recreation. Future
adjustments in the fee amount will be
made following the Moab Field Office’s
recreation fee business plan covering
the sites, in consultation with the Utah
RRAC and other public notice prior to
a fee adjustment.
In December 2004, the REA was
signed into law. The REA provides
authority, for 10 years, for the
Secretaries of the Interior and
Agriculture to establish, modify, charge,
and collect recreation fees for use of
some Federal recreation lands and
waters, and contains specific provisions
addressing public involvement in the
establishment of recreation fees,
including a requirement that RRACs or
Councils have the opportunity to make
recommendations regarding
establishment of such fees. REA also
directed the Secretaries of the Interior
and Agriculture to publish advance
notice in the Federal Register whenever
new recreation fee areas are established
under their respective jurisdictions. In
accordance with the BLM recreation fee
program policy, the Moab Field Office’s
draft Amended Business Plan for the
BLM Moab Campgrounds (2014)
explains the proposal to collect fees at
the six campgrounds, the fee collection
process and how the fees will be used
at the six sites. The BLM provided the
public with an opportunity to comment
on the draft Amended Business Plan
from November 18 through December
20, 2013. BLM will notify and involve
the public at each stage of the planning
process, including the proposal to
collect fees. The Utah RRAC will review
the fee proposals at its next meeting,
following REA guidelines. Fee amounts
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will be posted on-site, on the Moab BLM
Web site and at the Moab Field Office.
Copies of the business plan will be
available at the Moab Field Office and
the BLM Utah State Office.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6803(b).
Jenna Whitlock,
Associate State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Final Supplementary Rules for Public
Land in Water Canyon, Humboldt
County, NV
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Final supplementary rules.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Winnemucca
District, Humboldt River Field Office is
establishing supplementary rules
relating to camping, the discharge of
firearms, and the use of motor vehicles
on public land within Zone 1 of the
Water Canyon Recreation Area. The
supplementary rules are necessary to
protect natural resources and the health
and safety of public land users within
the Zone 1 area. These supplementary
rules allow BLM law enforcement
personnel to limit the number of
successive days of camping and to
regulate vehicle use in the Zone 1 area.
These supplementary rules allow BLM
law enforcement personnel to support
state and local law enforcement
agencies with enforcement of law in
prohibiting the discharge of firearms
and in restricting motor vehicles to the
posted speed limit.
DATES: These rules are effective April
21, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may direct inquiries to
Joey Carmosino, Outdoor Recreation
Planner, BLM, Humboldt River Field
Office, 5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd.,
Winnemucca, NV 89445.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joey
Carmosino, Winnemucca District
Humboldt River Field Office, (775) 623–
1771, email: vcarmosi@blm.gov. Persons
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339 to contact the above
individual during normal business
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
or question with the above individual.
SUMMARY:
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hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
II. Discussion of the Final Supplementary
Rules
III. Procedural Matters
I. Background
These supplementary rules affect
public lands identified as Zone 1 of the
Water Canyon Recreational Area. Water
Canyon is 4 miles southeast of
Winnemucca, Nevada. Zone 1 is the
portion of the Canyon that receives the
most recreational use. Traffic and trail
counters confirm annual visitation to
the area is in the range of 50,000 people
and 25,000 vehicles. Zone 1 is a fenced
corridor of public land within
Township 35 North, Range 38 East,
Mount Diablo Meridian, through
portions of sections 2, 11, and 12, in
Humboldt County, Nevada. The Zone 1
fenced corridor is of variable width
perpendicular to the centerline of Water
Canyon Road with an overall width
average of approximately 600 feet and
running approximately 1.8 miles in
length along Water Canyon Road.
The width of the Zone 1 fenced
corridor (600 feet wide) is an average of
the hereinafter described centerline of
Water Canyon Road, its legal land
description is as follows:
Beginning at approximately Latitude
40°55′53.7811″ North and Longitude
117°40′39.6508″ West at intersection of
Water Canyon Road and the Zone 1
fence; thence, systematically traversing
southeasterly along said centerline of
Water Canyon Road to approximately
Latitude 40°55′13.6513″ North and
Longitude 117°38′58.9198″ West at
intersection of Water Canyon Road and
the Zone 1 fence and being the Point of
Termination.
The area described contains 131 acres,
more or less, calculated based on Zone
1 being 600 feet wide and 1.8 miles long
in Humboldt County.
The referenced latitudes and
longitudes in this description are 1983
National Geodetic Reference System
values as digitized from United States
Geologic Survey 1:24,000 7.5 minute
quadrangle map Winnemucca East,
Nev., Provisional Edition 1983.
The final supplementary rules are
necessary to help the BLM achieve
management objectives and to
implement the decisions of the Water
Canyon Recreation Area Management
Plan and Environmental Assessment,
Decision Record, and Cooperative
Management Agreement approved
August 15, 1997, and the Water Canyon
Implementation Plan Amendment
Environmental Assessment of August
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Intent to Collect Fees on Public Land in Grand County,
Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to applicable provisions of the Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act (REA), the Moab Field Office of the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to begin collecting fees for
overnight camping within six developed campgrounds.
DATES: Effective 6 months after the publication of this notice, the
BLM-Utah Moab Field Office would initiate fee collection at the camping
areas unless BLM publishes a Federal Register notice to the contrary.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Rockford Smith, Recreation Division
Chief, Moab Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 82 East Dogwood,
Moab, UT 84532, (435) 259-2100. Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to leave a message or question for the
above individual. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a
week. Replies are provided during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC),
functioning as a Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (RRAC), will
review the proposal to charge fees at the sites mentioned below. Future
adjustments in the fee amount will be made in accordance with the Moab
Field Office's Business Plan for BLM Moab Campgrounds (Amended 2014)
covering the sites. Future fee adjustments will only be made after
consideration of comments received on a publicly reviewed business plan
amendment and after consultation with the Utah Recreation Resource
Advisory Committee and other appropriate advance public notice.
The BLM is proposing to begin collecting fees for overnight camping
within the following six developed campgrounds:
Salt Lake Meridian
Swasey's Rapid
T. 20 S., R. 16 E.,
Sec. 3, lots 2 and 3.
Fish Ford
T. 22 S., R. 24 E.,
Sec. 3, lot 2.
Cowskin
T. 23 S., R. 24 E.,
Sec. 21, SE1/4SE1/4.
Bitter Creek
T. 19 S., R. 25 E.,
Sec. 14, SE1/4NE1/4.
Westwater
T. 20S., R. 25 E.,
Sec. 12, tract 37.
Hideout
T. 24 S., R. 25 E.,
Sec. 29, SE1/4NW1/4.
These proposed fee sites are located in Grand County, Utah. Under
Section 6802(g)(2) of the REA, the campgrounds listed above qualify as
a site wherein visitors can be charged an ``Expanded Amenity Recreation
Fee.''
Visitors wishing to use the expanded amenities the BLM has
developed at Westwater, Bitter Creek, Fish Ford, Cowskin, Hideout and
Swasey's Rapid campgrounds would purchase a Recreation Use Permit as
described at 43 CFR Part 2930. Specific visitor fees will be identified
and posted at the developed campgrounds. Fees must be paid at the self-
service pay station located at the developed campgrounds upon occupying
the site. Dependent upon need, reservable group camp sites may be
developed, and at that time advanced reservation may be made through
the reservations office of the Moab Field Office. People holding the
America The Beautiful--The National Parks and Federal Recreational
Lands--Interagency Senior Pass, or an Interagency Access Pass would be
entitled to a 50 percent discount on all expanded amenity fees except
those associated with group reservations. Fees charged for use of the
group sites would include a non-refundable site reservation fee and a
per person use fee.
The Westwater and Fish Ford developed campgrounds were constructed
in the middle 1980s and have been in use for more than two decades.
Over time, the use has increased and the BLM has added amenities for
resource protection and visitor enjoyment. Westwater and Fish Ford are
located within the Two Rivers Special Recreation Management Area
(SRMA). Westwater campground offers a public water system, four
toilets, two changing rooms, seven individual sites (with 15 more under
construction), an access road, regular patrols, fire rings, tent
spaces, and picnic tables. Fish Ford campground offers one toilet, ten
individual sites, an access road, regular patrols, fire rings, tent
spaces, and picnic tables.
Bitter Creek campground is located along the Kokopelli's Trail
within the Utah Rims SRMA and offers one toilet, 10 individual sites,
an access road, regular patrols, fire rings, tent spaces, and picnic
tables.
Cowskin campground is located within the Colorado Riverway SRMA and
offers one toilet, 10 individual sites, an access road, regular
patrols, fire rings, tent spaces, and picnic tables.
Hideout campground is located along the Kokopelli's Trail within
the Extensive Recreation Management Area. It offers five individual
sites, an access road, regular patrols, fire rings, tent spaces, and
picnic tables.
Swasey's Rapid campground is located along the Green River just
upstream of the boat ramp and parking area. It is located within the
Lower Gray Canyon SRMA. It offers one toilet, 15 individual sites, an
access road, regular patrols, fire rings, tent spaces, and picnic
tables.
The BLM is committed to provide, and receive fair value for, the
use of developed recreation facilities and services in a manner that
meets public use demands, provides quality experiences and protects
important resources. The BLM's policy is to collect fees at all
specialized recreation sites, or where the BLM provides facilities,
equipment or services at Federal expense, in connection with outdoor
use as authorized by the REA. In an effort to meet increasing demands
for services and maintenance of developed facilities, the BLM would
implement a fee program for the campgrounds. The BLM's mission for the
campgrounds is to ensure that funding is available to maintain
facilities and recreational
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opportunities, to provide for law enforcement presence, to develop
additional services, and to protect resources. This mission entails
communication with those who will be most directly affected by the
campgrounds, for example, recreationists, other recreation providers,
partners, neighbors, and those who will have a stake in solving
concerns that may arise throughout the life of the camping areas,
including elected officials, and other agencies.
Development, improvement, and fee collection at these six sites are
consistent with the 2008 Moab Resource Management Plan and were
analyzed in the Environmental Impact Statement accompanying the plan
(EIS UT-060-2007-04). Camping and group use fees would be consistent
with other established fee sites in the area including other BLM-
administered sites in the area and those managed by the United States
Forest Service, United States National Park Service, and Utah State
Parks and Recreation. Future adjustments in the fee amount will be made
following the Moab Field Office's recreation fee business plan covering
the sites, in consultation with the Utah RRAC and other public notice
prior to a fee adjustment.
In December 2004, the REA was signed into law. The REA provides
authority, for 10 years, for the Secretaries of the Interior and
Agriculture to establish, modify, charge, and collect recreation fees
for use of some Federal recreation lands and waters, and contains
specific provisions addressing public involvement in the establishment
of recreation fees, including a requirement that RRACs or Councils have
the opportunity to make recommendations regarding establishment of such
fees. REA also directed the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture
to publish advance notice in the Federal Register whenever new
recreation fee areas are established under their respective
jurisdictions. In accordance with the BLM recreation fee program
policy, the Moab Field Office's draft Amended Business Plan for the BLM
Moab Campgrounds (2014) explains the proposal to collect fees at the
six campgrounds, the fee collection process and how the fees will be
used at the six sites. The BLM provided the public with an opportunity
to comment on the draft Amended Business Plan from November 18 through
December 20, 2013. BLM will notify and involve the public at each stage
of the planning process, including the proposal to collect fees. The
Utah RRAC will review the fee proposals at its next meeting, following
REA guidelines. Fee amounts will be posted on-site, on the Moab BLM Web
site and at the Moab Field Office. Copies of the business plan will be
available at the Moab Field Office and the BLM Utah State Office.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6803(b).
Jenna Whitlock,
Associate State Director.
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