Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 240 / Thursday, December 14, 2006 / Notices 75271 

Concession 

Contract number Concessioner 

name Park 

GATE019–01 Dover Gourmet Corporation.Gateway National 

Recreation 

Area. 

INDE001–94 City Tavern, 

Concepts 

by Staid, 

Ltd.

Independence National Historical 

Park. 

LARO003–92 Colville Tribal 

Enterprise 

Corporation.

Lake Roosevelt National 

Recreation 

Area. 

STLI003–89 .. ARAMARK 

Sports and 

Entertainment Services, Inc,.

Statue of Liberty National 

Monument. 

Dated: November 30, 2006. 

John Wessels, 

Acting Assistant Director, Business Services. 

[FR Doc. 06–9660 Filed 12–13–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Continuation of Visitor 

Services 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Public notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the terms of 

existing concession contracts, public 

notice is hereby given that the National 

Park Service intends to request a 

continuation of visitor services for a 

period not-to-exceed 1 year from the 

date of contract expiration. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo. 

A. Pendry, Concession Program 

Manager, National Park Service, 

Washington, DC 20240, Telephone, 202/ 

513–7156. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

contracts listed below have been 

extended to maximum allowable under 

36 CFR 51.23. Under the provisions of 

current concession contracts and 

pending the completion of the public 

solicitation of a prospectus for a new 

concession contract, the National Park 

Service authorizes continuation of 

visitor services for a period not-toexceed 1 year under the terms and 

conditions of the current contract as 

amended. The continuation of 

operations does not affect any rights 

with respect to selection for award of a 

new concession contract. 

Concession 

Contract 

number 

Concessional 

name Park 

BIBE002–

82.

Forever Resorts, 

LLC.

Big Bend 

National 

Park. 

BLRI007–

82.

Forever Resorts, 

LLC.

Blue Ridge 

Parkway. 

ISRO002–

82.

Forever Resorts, 

LLC.

Isle Royale 

National 

Park. 

JEFF002–

95.

Jefferson National 

Parks Association.

Jefferson 

National 

Expansion Memorial. 

LAME004–

89.

Lake Mead Ferry 

Service, Inc.

Lake Mead 

National 

Recreation 

Area. 

MACA002–

82.

Forever Resorts, 

LLC.

Mammoth 

Cave National 

Park. 

OLYM003–

82.

Forever Resorts, 

LLC.

Olympic 

National 

Park. 

Dated: November 30, 2006. 

John Wessels, 

Acting Assistant Director, Business Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of National Natural Landmark 

Designation for Irvine Ranch, Orange 

County, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Public notice of National 

Natural Landmark Designation. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior 

has determined that an area of 36,398 

acres within the Irvine Ranch in Orange 

County, California meets the criteria for 

national significance and has designated 

this site a National Natural Landmark. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Gibbons at 360–856–5700, 

extension 306. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 6, 2006, Interior Secretary Dirk 

Kempthorne designated a 36,398-acre 

area within Irvine Ranch in Orange 

County, California, as a National Natural 

Landmark. This area is significant for its 

Mediterranean shrublands, including 

extensive areas of chaparral and coastal 

sage scrub associations. It is one of the 

largest areas of this association 

remaining in the South Pacific Border 

Province. The Irvine Ranch NNL also 

represents a remarkably unique, long 

time-range stratigraphic succession that 

shows the linkage between tectonic 

framework, provenances, 

sedimentology, paleoenvironments, 

paleontology, paleoclimate, landscape 

evolution and geologic history. In this 

regard it represents one of the most 

critical time intervals and locations in 

the geologic history of the South Pacific 

Border Province. 

The Secretary of the Interior 

established the National Natural 

Landmarks Program in 1962 under the 

authority of the Historic Sites Act of 

1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). The 

National Park Service (NPS) manages 

this program using regulations found at 

36 CFR Part 62. Potential natural 

landmarks are identified in studies by 

the NPS and from other sources, 

evaluated by expert natural scientists, 

and, if determined nationally 

significant, designated as landmarks by 

the Secretary of the Interior. When 

designated, a landmark is included in 

the National Registry of Natural 

Landmarks, which currently lists 581 

National Natural Landmarks 

nationwide. Of the 581 listed 

landmarks, half are administered solely 

by public agencies, i.e., Federal, State, 

county or municipal governments. 

Nearly one-third are owned solely by 

private parties. The remaining natural 

landmarks are owned or administered 

by a mixture of public and private 

owners. Owner permission must be 

obtained to visit natural landmarks that 

are privately owned or not managed for 

public access. Designation does not 

infer a right of public access. 

National natural landmark 

designation is not a land withdrawal, 

does not change the ownership of an 

area and does not dictate activity. 

However, Federal agencies should 

consider impacts to the unique 

properties of these nationally significant 

areas in carrying out their 

responsibilities under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.). Designation could result 

in State or local planning or land use 

implications. National Natural 

Landmark preservation is made possible 

by the long-term, voluntary 

commitments of public and private 

owners to protect the outstanding values 

of the areas. Information on the National 

Natural Landmarks Program can be 

found on the Internet at 

www.nature.nps.gov/nnl. 

Dated: December 7, 2006. 

Margaret A. Brooks, 

National Natural Landmarks Program 

Manager. 

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