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**GROUP USE AREA**

**APPLICATION**

The Group Use Area at White Sands National Monument is available for day
use from 10:00 a.m. (or earlier if available) to closing time daily. The
Group Use Area may be reserved up to six months in advance for day use
or camping actitivies. The following fees apply to occupation of the
Group Use Area:

Entrance \$**3.00 per person 17 years or older**

Free for persons 16 years or younger, holders of the Golden Age,

> Golden Eagle, Golden Access, National Park Pass, or White Sands
>
> National Monument Pass

PAID UPON ENTRY TO PARK

Reservation \$25.00 **[non-refundable]{.underline}** reservation fee

**[PAID AT TIME OF RESERVATION]{.underline}**

If you are occupying the Group Use Area for day use only and extend your
stay beyond normal park hours, there will be a **\$50.00 per hour fee**
to recover costs.

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  Applicant Name:                     Organization Name:

  Street/Address:                     Street/Address:

  City/State/Zip Code:                City/State/Zip Code:

  Telephone #:                        Telephone #:

  Cell phone #:                       Cell phone #:

  Fax #:                              Fax#:

  Email:                              Email:

  Description of Proposed Activity:   

                                      

                                      
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| # Event set    | # Ev           | **Event will   | **Removal will  |
|  up will begin | ent will begin | end**          | be done:**      |
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Number of Participants (please provide best estimate)
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Number of Vehicles (please provide best estimate)
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Support Equipment (please be specific)
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Support Personnel (caterers, etc. include address and telephone)
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> Individual in charge of event on site (include address, telephone and
> cell numbers)
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**A \$25.00 Reservation Fee must be collected before your dates can be
reserved. This fee must be paid in cash, travelers check, money order,
or cashiers check at the time the application is returned. ([PERSONAL OR
BUSINESS CHECKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED)]{.underline}**

> **White Sands National Monument Special Park Use Coordinator:**
>
> **Katherine Martinez-Chavez, Law Enforcement Park Ranger**
>
> **505-479-6124 X222 phone**
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> **505-479-4333 fax**

**<kathy_martinez-chavez@nps.gov> email**

***[Addresses:]{.underline}***

***[Mailing:]{.underline}*** **White Sands National Monument
*[Physical:]{.underline}* White Sands NM**

**ATTN: Special Park Uses ATTN: Special Park Uses**

**PO Box 1086 19955 Highway 70 West**

**Holloman AFB, NM 88330-1086 Alamogordo, NM 88310**

**[Special Rules and Regulations]{.underline}**

**[Caters:]{.underline}**

**The caterer must meet all Public Health Service and/or New Mexico
State Health standers. A current public health or New Mexico State
Health certificate must be presented when the permit is signed. The
caterer will have trash bags and receptacles, cigarette cans readily
available. All trash will be stored in adequate containers and removed
at the end of the event. This trash WILL NOT be disposed of within the
park or park facilities.**

**[Alcohol:]{.underline}**

**White Sands National Monument has specific alcohol regulations. Speak
with Special Use Coordinator for more information. White Sands is under
an alcohol ban during the period of February 1 through June 1 of each
year.**

**All other special considerations or situations including but not
limited to: open fires, large tents, public address
systems/karaoke/sound systems, generators, recreational game actives,
jumping house, balloon and/or party decorations.**

**[ALL MONUMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS APPLY TO PARTICIPANTS OF THIS
EVENT]{.underline}**

Information provided will be used to determine whether a permit will be
issued. Completed application must be accompanied by a \$25.00
reservation fee in the form of a cash, travelers check, cashiers check
or money order (**PERSONAL CHECKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED).** Reservation
fee must be made payable to **[National Park Service]{.underline}**.
Application and administrative charges are
**[non-refundable]{.underline}**. *This completed application should be
mailed or faxed back to the Special Use Permit Coordinator address
above.*

**Note that this is an [application only]{.underline}, and does not
serve as permission to conduct a activity or any other use of the park.
If your request is approved and your reservation fee is collected. A
valid permit will be issued to the permittee person (in charge of the
group). This permit must be signed by the permittee at the Law
Enforcement Office at White Sands National Monument prior to the
beginning of the event.**

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*The above application form is provided with the understanding that
parks will insert appropriate park names and addresses and the amount of
the application fee as desired.*

**Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:** This information is being
collected to allow the park manager to make a value judgment on whether
or not to allow the requested use. All the applicable parts of the form
must be completed. A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

**Estimated Burden Statement:** Public reporting burden for this form is
estimated to average 30 minutes per response including the time it takes
to read, gather and maintain data, review instructions and complete the
form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspects of
this form to the National Park Service, Special Park Uses Program
Manager, 1849 C Street NW (2460), Washington, D.C. 20240

Group Use Area General Conditions

SIGN AND RETURN

Recreational Vehicles

\* Absolutely no a recreational vehicle (RV), camper trailer, pop up
tent/trailer, or a fifth wheel trailers will be allowed inside the GUA
during any overnight time period. These vehicles will be available for
day use in the GUA but must exit the monument before the park closes at
night. Exception: federally disabled parties.

Fires

\* Absolutely no ground fires are allowed in the monument. No burning of
any vegetative matter that comes from the monument. Dead and down
material is also protected under this regulation. Fires can be started
inside the provided BBQ grills as well as inside fire pans (fire pans
have to be pre-approved by a Law Enforcement Ranger that are at least
six inches off the ground. All left over fire material must be
completely cooled and emptied into the trashcans. Any dump age of
charcoal or ash onto the ground or fires started by h*ot embers dumped
into the trash*can will result in criminal charges.

Tent Placement

\* Tents must be placed on either the hard pack road surface or the area
between the dunes away from any vegetation. Absolutely no tents can be
placed on top of any dunes.

Litter

\* DO NOT LITTER! DO NOT throw cigarette butts on the ground. DO NOT
spit chewing tobacco on the ground. Place all cigarette butts in the
cans provided. If there are no cans available, put it in a pocket.
Chewing tobacco should be disposed of in a cup. All trash and litter
must be securely placed inside a NPS trashcan or trash dumpster.

Quiet Hours

\* All GUA campers must respect the quiet hours of 10:00PM-6:00AM daily.
During these hours all generators/musical devices/radios/amplifiers/etc
must be turned off and all loud noises must stop.

Pets

\* Pets must be on a leash or otherwise physically restrained at all
times*.*

Monument Regulations

\* All natural and cultural resources are protected by law. DO NOT
COLLECT OR GATHER ANYTHING!

\* No firearms, drugs, or alcohol during (February-May of each year)

\* NO metal detectors, fireworks, hunting

\* All Monument rules, regulations, as well as 36 CFR regulations apply.

Check Out Time

\* All GUA campers must vacate the area by 10:00 a.m. the following day.
The GUA is commonly booked with more than one event for the same day so
prompt existing of the GUA is appreciated

Vehicle Operations

\* All vehicles must remain on the established roadway (blacktop and
sand road inclusive) or hard packed parking surface. Vehicles are not
permitted on the sand dunes. No vehicle travel off the established
roadway will be permitted. Vehicles include but not limited to cars,
trucks, motor homes, motorcycles, bicycles.

\* Passengers in vehicles must be transported in a safe manner.

\* Passengers are allowed to ride in the back of trucks but they MUST be
sitting on the bed of the truck. Passengers are not allowed to ride on
the side rails, wheel wells, or the tailgate. Tailgate of the truck must
be up.

\* Seatbelts must be worn. It is the law.

\* All children under the age of eleven years must be properly secured
in a child passenger restraint device or by a safety belt

\* Stop at all stop signs in the park.

\* Obey all speed limits; they are strictly enforced. Violators will be
cited.

\* Campers are not allowed to drive out of the GUA after the monument
has closed expect to return to the front gate to seek help.

\* Violators will be cited for unsafe vehicle operation for violations
of the above rules and/or any other vehicle laws. And the entire group's
permit will be void therefore forcing the entire group to the GUA.

Hiking

\* Do not hike alone.

\* Absolutely no hiking is allowed from sunset till sunrise. Hiking
after dark is extremely dangerous on the sand dunes and hikers can
easily become separated from their group and lost. All campers are
required to stay inside the GUA from the time the park closes until the
sunrises the following day

**Permittee Signature: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Date: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**