Establishment of a New Fee Area at Congaree National Park, 4939 [2015-01678]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[BOEM–2014–0085; MMAA104000]
[NPS–SER–CONG–17094; PPSECONGS0/
PPMPSPD1Z.YM00000]
Establishment of a New Fee Area at
Congaree National Park
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
Congaree National Park in
South Carolina plans to collect
expanded amenity recreation fees at the
Longleaf Campground and Bluff
Campground beginning in early 2015.
Revenue will be used to cover the cost
of collections at the campground and for
deferred maintenance in the park.
SUMMARY:
We will begin collecting fees on
July 28, 2015.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lauren Gurniewicz, Chief of
Interpretation, Congaree National Park,
100 National Park Road, Hopkins, SC
29061; telephone (803) 647–3969; or by
email at lauren_gurniewicz@nps.gov.
This
notice is to comply with Section 804 of
the Federal Lands Recration
Enhancement Act of 2004 (Pub.L. 108–
447). The act requires agencies to give
the public 6 months advance notice of
the establishment of a new recreation
fee area.
Rates at Longleaf Campground will be
$10 per night for an individual tent only
site with no hook-ups; $20 per night for
a group tent only site with no hook-ups.
Rates at Bluff Campground will be $5
per night for an individual tent only site
with no hook-ups. These fees were
determined through a comparability
study of similar sites in the area at
Federal, state, and private recreation
areas and will only be charged at the
Longleaf and Bluff campgrounds. In
accordance with NPS public
involvement guidelines, the park
engaged numerous individuals,
organizations, and local, state, and
Federal government representatives
while planning for the implementation
of this fee.
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Dated: November 21, 2014.
Lena McDowall,
Associate Director, Business Services.
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Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare
a Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) and Notice of Scoping.
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), 2017–
2022 Oil and Gas Leasing Program
Consistent with the
regulations implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), BOEM
is announcing its intent to prepare an
EIS to inform the decisions that will be
taken during the preparation and
implementation of the 2017–2022 Oil
and Gas Leasing Program (2017–2022
Program). Section 18 of the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1344) requires the development
of an OCS oil and gas leasing program
every five years. The 2017–2022
Program must address the size, timing
and location of the lease sales to be held
under it. Section 18 also requires a
multi-step process of consultation and
analysis that must be completed before
the Secretary of the Interior may
approve a new Program. BOEM initiated
the 2017–2022 Program process by
issuing a request for information and
comments (RFI) in June 2014. The
remaining process required by section
18 of the OCS Lands Act includes
development of a Draft Proposed
Program (DPP), a Proposed Program, a
Proposed Final Program (PFP), and
Secretarial approval of the 2017–2022
Program.
The EIS is developed in concert with
the 2017–2022 Program documents. The
EIS will analyze the potential direct,
indirect, and cumulative impacts of
possible OCS oil and gas activities that
could result from lease sales
contemplated under the 2017–2022
Program. The scope of the EIS will be
based on the DPP after consideration of
public input received during the
scoping period for the EIS. The DPP
includes potential lease sales in the Gulf
of Mexico (Western, Central, and a small
portion of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Planning Areas not subject to
Congressional moratorium), Atlantic
(Mid and South Atlantic Planning
Areas), and Alaska (Cook Inlet, Chukchi,
and Beaufort Planning Areas) (for
details, see the DPP at https://www.boem.
gov/Five-Year-Program/).
This notice starts the formal scoping
process for the EIS under 40 CFR 1501.7
of the Council on Environmental
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Quality (CEQ) regulations and solicits
input from the public regarding
alternatives to the proposed action,
impacting factors, environmental
resources and issues of concern in the
DPP area, and possible mitigating
measures that should be evaluated in
the EIS. The purpose of scoping is to
determine the appropriate content for a
focused and balanced programmatic
environmental analysis by (a) ensuring
significant issues are identified early
and properly studied during
development of the Programmatic EIS;
(b) identifying alternatives, mitigation
measures, and analytic tools; and (c)
identifying insignificant issues and
narrowing the scope of the EIS.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This NOI
informs the public about the start of the
EIS preparation process and continues
information gathering to be done
through formal scoping. This NOI is
published early in the environmental
review process in furtherance of the
goals of NEPA. The comments received
during public scoping will help frame
and inform the content of the EIS.
Alternatives may be developed based on
scoping comments. In addition to the
No Action alternative required by CEQ
regulations (i.e., not adopting a new oil
and gas leasing program), other
alternatives will be considered in the
EIS.
On June 16, 2014, BOEM published a
RFI concerning the preparation of the
2017–2022 Program. Based on the input
received in response to the RFI, BOEM
is releasing the DPP concurrently with
this NOI. The Draft EIS will be released
in about one year from the date of the
NOI to coincide with the release of the
Proposed Program. Stakeholders are
encouraged to go to
www.boemoceaninfo.com for additional
information about the EIS and the 2017–
2022 Program.
Scoping Process: BOEM is aware of
many of the key issues, concerns, and
potential conflicts to be considered in
the EIS for the 2017–2022 Program.
Some of these concerns were reflected
in responses to the RFI. Additional
national and regional issues and
concerns may be identified and
addressed as a result of input received
during the scoping period initiated by
this NOI. Therefore, BOEM invites the
public to submit comments during the
EIS scoping process to assist BOEM in
drafting the EIS. We recommend that
you provide scientific information,
technical data, or anecdotal evidence,
etc., to support your comments.
Specifically, BOEM seeks focused input,
including input in geospatial format as
we intend to use geospatial information
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-SER-CONG-17094; PPSECONGS0/PPMPSPD1Z.YM00000]
Establishment of a New Fee Area at Congaree National Park
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Congaree National Park in South Carolina plans to collect
expanded amenity recreation fees at the Longleaf Campground and Bluff
Campground beginning in early 2015. Revenue will be used to cover the
cost of collections at the campground and for deferred maintenance in
the park.
DATES: We will begin collecting fees on July 28, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Gurniewicz, Chief of
Interpretation, Congaree National Park, 100 National Park Road,
Hopkins, SC 29061; telephone (803) 647-3969; or by email at
lauren_gurniewicz@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is to comply with Section 804 of
the Federal Lands Recration Enhancement Act of 2004 (Pub.L. 108-447).
The act requires agencies to give the public 6 months advance notice of
the establishment of a new recreation fee area.
Rates at Longleaf Campground will be $10 per night for an
individual tent only site with no hook-ups; $20 per night for a group
tent only site with no hook-ups. Rates at Bluff Campground will be $5
per night for an individual tent only site with no hook-ups. These fees
were determined through a comparability study of similar sites in the
area at Federal, state, and private recreation areas and will only be
charged at the Longleaf and Bluff campgrounds. In accordance with NPS
public involvement guidelines, the park engaged numerous individuals,
organizations, and local, state, and Federal government representatives
while planning for the implementation of this fee.
Dated: November 21, 2014.
Lena McDowall,
Associate Director, Business Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-01678 Filed 1-28-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-JD-P
