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1U.S. Department of Education: National Center 

for Education Statistics, Public School Principals’ 

Perceptions of Their School Facilities: Fall 2005, 

NCES 2008–011 (Washington, DC: National Center 

for Education Statistics, 2008), retrieved April 2013. 

2Earthman, G.I., C.S. Cash, and D. Van Berkum. 

1995. ‘‘Student achievement and behavior and 

school building condition.’’ Journal of School 

Business Management, 8(3): 26–37; and 

Shaughnessy, R., U. Shaughnessy, et al. 2006. ‘‘A 

preliminary study on the association between 

ventilation rates in classrooms and student 

performance.’’ Indoor Air 16(6):465–468. 

3 ‘‘School Siting Guidelines,’’ Environmental 

Protection Agency, accessed April 2013, http:// 

www.epa.gov/schools/siting/. 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter II 

[Docket ID ED–2013–OESE–0062] 

Proposed Priority and Requirements— 

Education Facilities Clearinghouse 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Proposed priority and 

requirements. 

CFDA Number: 84.215T. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

proposes a priority and requirements 

under the Education Facilities 

Clearinghouse program and may use one 

or more of the priority and requirements 

for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2013 

and later years. We intend to award 

funds under a cooperative agreement to 

support the collection and 

dissemination of best practices for the 

planning, design, financing, 

procurement, construction, 

improvement, operation, and 

maintenance of safe, healthy, and highperforming elementary and secondary 

education facilities. We intend to 

establish a Clearinghouse to help 

stakeholders recognize the linkages 

between the school facility and three 

areas: Academic instruction, student 

and community well-being, and school 

fiscal health. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before June 10, 2013. We 

encourage you to submit comments well 

in advance of this date. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. We will not accept 

comments submitted by fax or by email. 

To ensure we do not receive duplicate 

copies, please submit your comments 

only once. In addition, please include 

the Docket ID and the term ‘‘Education 

Facilities Clearinghouse’’ at the top of 

your comments. 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under ’’How To Use 

Regulations.gov’’ in the Help section. 

Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or 

Hand Delivery. If you mail or deliver 

your comments about these proposed 

priorities and requirements, address 

them to the Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (Attention: 

Education Facilities Clearinghouse 

Grants-Comments), U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Potomac Center Plaza (PCP) Room 

10073, Washington, DC 20202–6450. 

Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy is to make all comments received 

from members of the public available for 

public viewing in their entirety on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat 

Rattler. Telephone: (202) 245–7893 or 

by email: Pat.Rattler@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments regarding this 

notice. To ensure that your comments 

have maximum effect in developing the 

notice of final priorities and 

requirements, we urge you to identify 

clearly the specific priority or 

requirement that each comment 

addresses. 

We invite you to assist us in 

complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Orders 12866 

and 13563 and their overall requirement 

of reducing regulatory burden that 

might result from these proposed 

priorities and requirements. Please let 

us know of any further ways we could 

reduce potential costs or increase 

potential benefits while preserving the 

effective and efficient administration of 

the program. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about this notice in Room 3W110, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, 

DC, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 

4:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, 

Monday through Friday of each week 

except Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary to aid an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Education Facilities Clearinghouse 

is to provide technical assistance and 

training on the planning, design, 

financing, procurement, construction, 

improvement, operation, and 

maintenance of safe, healthy, and highperforming elementary and secondary 

education facilities. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131; 7243– 

7243b. 

Background 

The Education Facilities 

Clearinghouse is intended to assist 

States, local educational agencies 

(LEAs), and schools in creating safe, 

healthy, and high-performing education 

facilities by collecting and 

disseminating best practices for 

facilities planning, design, financing, 

procurement, construction, 

improvement, operation, and 

maintenance. 

With this array of services, it is the 

Department’s intent to use the 

Education Facilities Clearinghouse to 

assist education stakeholders in creating 

and sustaining higher quality 

environments for students, educators, 

and their communities. There is a 

growing body of research linking school 

facility quality to educational outcomes 

and documenting inequality in the 

distribution or quality of facilities: 

• Inequality in School Facilities: 

There are significant inequalities in 

capital investment and in the 

availability of science labs, art rooms, 

music rooms, and gymnasiums between 

schools in low-income areas and 

schools in more affluent areas.1

• Facilities and Health: Air quality, 

acoustics, levels of thermal comfort, and 

lighting can affect the health and wellbeing of school occupants and have 

been linked in a small number of 

studies to student educational 

outcomes.2

• Facilities and Communities: School 

facilities affect students and their 

communities. School siting, size, 

efficiency, and design have implications 

for the community surrounding the 

school.3

• Facilities and Behavior: There is 

evidence of a link between various 


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4Buckley, Schneider, and Shang, The Effects of 

School Facility Quality on Teacher Retention in 

Urban School Districts. National Clearinghouse for 

Educational Facilities. February 2004, retrieved 

April 2013. http://www.ncef.org/pubs/ 

teacherretention.pdf. 

5Revathy Kumar, Patrick O’Malley, and Lloyd 

Johnston, ‘‘Association between physical 

environment of secondary schools and student 

problem behavior: A national study, 2000–2003,’’ 

Environment and Behavior 40, no. 4 (2008): 455– 

486, retrieved December 2012 from DOI: 10.1177/ 

0013916506293987. 

aspects of a school’s physical 

environment, on the one hand, and 

problematic student behavior in high 

schools and the retention of teachers 

across elementary and secondary 

schools, on the other hand.4 5

With the proposed priority and 

requirements, we seek to build on the 

efforts we began with the FY 2010 

Education Facilities Clearinghouse 

competition by clarifying the major 

goals of the Clearinghouse in order to 

address many of the concerns about the 

status of education facilities and by 

aligning this program with the 

Department’s other initiatives relating to 

health and safety. One such initiative is 

the U.S. Department of Education’s 

Green Ribbon Schools (ED–GRS) 

program. 

Proposed Priority 

This notice contains one proposed 

priority. 

Proposed Priority—Establishment of the 

Clearinghouse 

Background 

With the proposed priority, we 

reaffirm the central purpose of the 

Clearinghouse, as stated in the notice 

inviting applications announced for the 

FY 2010 competition (75 FR 34441), and 

clarify the major goals of the 

Clearinghouse’s core activities. The 

purpose of the Clearinghouse is to 

provide technical assistance and 

training on the planning, design, 

financing, procurement, construction, 

improvement, operation, and 

maintenance of elementary and 

secondary school facilities. The major 

goals we seek to address with this 

priority are: First, to highlight the role 

that school facilities might play in 

reducing education inequity and 

facilitating increased academic 

achievement; second, to better align the 

work of the Clearinghouse with the ED– 

GRS program; and, lastly, to preserve 

the role of the Clearinghouse in helping 

schools retrofit their facilities to 

increase security and student safety. 

The ED–GRS program honors schools 

that are exemplary in three key areas: 

Reducing environmental impact and 

costs; improving the health and 

wellness of students and staff; and 

providing effective environmental and 

sustainability education, which 

incorporates science, technology, 

engineering and mathematics (STEM), 

civic skills, and green career pathways. 

To better align with the first two GRS– 

ED key activities, the proposed priority 

would direct the Clearinghouse to help 

education stakeholders understand how 

to use education facilities to improve 

community health and safety and 

student achievement, identify costsaving opportunities, and increase the 

quality of school time spent outdoors. 

More information regarding the ED–GRS 

program can be found at http:// 

www2.ed.gov/programs/green-ribbonschools/index.html. 

Proposed Priority 

Establish a Clearinghouse to collect 

and disseminate research and other 

information on effective practices 

regarding the planning, design, 

financing, procurement, construction, 

improvement, operation, and 

maintenance of safe, healthy, and highperforming facilities for elementary and 

secondary schools in order to— 

(a) Help education stakeholders 

increase their use of education facilities 

to turn around low-performing schools 

and close academic achievement gaps; 

(b) Increase understanding of how 

education facilities affect community 

health and safety and student 

achievement; 

(c) Identify potential cost-saving 

opportunities through procurement, 

energy efficiency, and preventative 

maintenance; 

(d) Increase the use of education 

facilities and outdoor spaces as 

instructional tools and community 

centers (e.g., outdoor classrooms, school 

gardens, school-based health centers); 

and 

(e) Increase capacity to identify 

hazards and conduct vulnerability 

assessments, and, through facility 

design, increase safety against hazards, 

natural disasters, and intruders. 

Types of Priorities 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 

notice in the Federal Register. The 

effect of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, the Department considers only 

applications that meet the priority (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3)). 

Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

Proposed Requirements 

The Assistant Secretary proposes the 

following requirements for this program. 

We may apply one or more of these 

requirements in any year in which this 

program is in effect. 

Background 

The following proposed requirements 

describe the four core activities of the 

Clearinghouse: Developing and 

maintaining a Web site to facilitate 

public access to electronic resources 

and research; developing resource 

materials and compiling best practices 

to assist in the creation of safe, healthy, 

and high-performing facilities; 

developing and implementing training 

programs for various education 

stakeholders; and providing direct, 

specialized technical assistance to 

schools and LEAs. With these 

requirements, we seek to clarify that the 

applicant must include in its 

application its plan to implement these 

four core activities. 

Proposed Requirement 1—Establish 

and Maintain a Web Site 

An applicant must include in its 

application a plan to establish and 

maintain a dedicated, easily-accessible 

Web site that will include electronic 

resources (e.g., links to published 

articles and research) about the 

planning, design, financing, 

procurement, construction, 

improvement, operation, and 

maintenance of safe, healthy, and highperforming facilities for elementary and 

secondary schools. The Web site must 

be established within 120 days of 

receipt of the award and must be 

maintained for the duration of the 

project. 

Proposed Requirement 2—Track and 

Compile Best Practices and Develop 

Resource Materials 

An applicant must include in its 

application a plan to track and compile 

best practices at the State, LEA, and 

school levels and a plan to develop 


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resources that support the planning, 

design, financing, procurement, 

construction, improvement, operation, 

and maintenance of safe, healthy, and 

high-performing facilities for elementary 

and secondary schools. 

Proposed Requirement 3—Training 

An applicant must include in its 

application a plan to develop and 

conduct at least two training programs 

per year for individuals in leadership 

positions (such as business or 

operations managers) in elementary or 

secondary schools or LEAs, who are 

responsible for the construction and or 

maintenance of elementary and 

secondary education facilities. Training 

topics must include information on the 

planning, design, financing, 

procurement, construction, 

improvement, operation, and 

maintenance of education facilities in 

order to improve the capacity of 

elementary and secondary schools or 

LEAs to make quality decisions 

regarding safe, healthy, and highperforming elementary and secondary 

education facilities. Training must be 

conducted upon request by the 

Department, elementary and secondary 

schools, States, or LEAs, and must be 

conducted by appropriate Clearinghouse 

staff or contractors. 

Proposed Requirement 4—Technical 

Assistance 

An applicant must include in its 

application a plan to provide technical 

assistance, including a plan for 

providing on-site technical assistance to 

elementary schools, secondary schools, 

or LEAs, about issues related to the 

planning, design, financing, 

procurement, construction, 

improvement, operation, and 

maintenance of education facilities. The 

technical assistance may be provided in 

the form of electronic or telephone 

assistance when requested by these 

schools, LEAs, or the Department. Onsite technical assistance visits will be 

conducted upon request by, or based on 

input from, the Department, elementary 

schools, secondary schools, or LEAs and 

must be completed using appropriate 

Clearinghouse staff or contractors. The 

Department must approve in advance all 

technical assistance visits. 

The technical assistance must consist 

of consultation regarding the planning, 

design, financing, procurement, 

construction, improvement, operation, 

and maintenance of education facilities. 

Specific technical assistance topics may 

include information related to: assessing 

facilities and construction plans for 

energy efficiency; conducting 

vulnerability assessments; and 

developing written plans to retrofit 

education facilities to address identified 

hazards and security concerns. 

Technical assistance may also address 

low-cost measures that can be taken to 

enhance the safety and security of 

schools. 

Final Priorities and Requirements 

We will announce the final priorities 

and requirements in a notice in the 

Federal Register. We will determine the 

final priorities and requirements after 

considering responses to this notice and 

other information available to the 

Department. This notice does not 

preclude us from proposing additional 

priorities, requirements, definitions, or 

selection criteria, subject to meeting 

applicable rulemaking requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use these priorities and requirements, we 

invite applications through a notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Regulatory Impact Analysis 

Under Executive Order 12866, the 

Secretary must determine whether this 

regulatory action is ‘‘significant’’ and, 

therefore, subject to the requirements of 

the Executive Order and subject to 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). Section 3(f) of Executive 

Order 12866 defines a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ as an action likely to 

result in a rule that may— 

(1) Have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more, or 

adversely affect a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local or tribal governments or 

communities in a material way (also 

referred to as an ‘‘economically 

significant’’ rule); 

(2) Create serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with an action taken 

or planned by another agency; 

(3) Materially alter the budgetary 

impacts of entitlement grants, user fees, 

or loan programs or the rights and 

obligations of recipients thereof; or 

(4) Raise novel legal or policy issues 

arising out of legal mandates, the 

President’s priorities, or the principles 

set forth in the Executive Order. 

This proposed regulatory action is not 

a significant regulatory action subject to 

review by OMB under section 3(f) of 

Executive Order 12866. 

We have also reviewed this proposed 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

13563, which supplements and 

explicitly reaffirms the principles, 

structures, and definitions governing 

regulatory review established in 

Executive Order 12866. To the extent 

permitted by law, Executive Order 

13563 requires that an agency— 

(1) Propose or adopt regulations only 

upon a reasoned determination that 

their benefits justify their costs 

(recognizing that some benefits and 

costs are difficult to quantify); 

(2) Tailor its regulations to impose the 

least burden on society, consistent with 

obtaining regulatory objectives and 

taking into account—among other things 

and to the extent practicable—the costs 

of cumulative regulations; 

(3) In choosing among alternative 

regulatory approaches, select those 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety, 

and other advantages; distributive 

impacts; and equity); 

(4) To the extent feasible, specify 

performance objectives, rather than the 

behavior or manner of compliance a 

regulated entity must adopt; and 

(5) Identify and assess available 

alternatives to direct regulation, 

including economic incentives—such as 

user fees or marketable permits—to 

encourage the desired behavior, or 

provide information that enables the 

public to make choices. 

Executive Order 13563 also requires 

an agency ‘‘to use the best available 

techniques to quantify anticipated 

present and future benefits and costs as 

accurately as possible.’’ The Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs of 

OMB has emphasized that these 

techniques may include ‘‘identifying 

changing future compliance costs that 

might result from technological 

innovation or anticipated behavioral 

changes.’’ 

We are issuing these proposed 

priorities, and requirements only on a 

reasoned determination that their 

benefits would justify their costs. In 

choosing among alternative regulatory 

approaches, we selected those 

approaches that would maximize net 

benefits. Based on the analysis that 

follows, the Department believes that 

this regulatory action is consistent with 

the principles in Executive Order 13563. 

We also have determined that this 

regulatory action would not unduly 

interfere with State, local, and tribal 

governments in the exercise of their 

governmental functions. 

In accordance with both Executive 

orders, the Department has assessed the 

potential costs and benefits, both 

quantitative and qualitative, of this 

regulatory action. The potential costs 

are those resulting from statutory 

requirements and those we have 

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administering the Department’s 

programs and activities. 

These proposed priorities and 

requirements would benefit individual 

children by supporting the development 

and enhancement of safe, secure, and 

healthy school practices that would 

provide educators and stakeholders 

with timely and useful information to 

guide policy and decision making for 

education facilities. 

Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. One of the objectives of the 

Executive Order is to foster an 

intergovernmental partnership and a 

strengthened federalism. The Executive 

Order relies on processes developed by 

State and local governments for 

coordination and review of proposed 

Federal financial assistance. 

This document provides early 

notification of our specific plans and 

actions for this program. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: May 3, 2013. 

Deborah S. Delisle, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2013–10962 Filed 5–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

36 CFR Part 7 

[NPS–CURE–10079; 122PPIMCURES1– 

PPMPSPD1Z.YM0000] 

RIN 1024–AD76 

Special Regulations of the National 

Park Service, Curecanti National 

Recreation Area, Snowmobiles and 

Off-Road Motor Vehicles 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

proposes to amend its special 

regulations for Curecanti National 

Recreation Area, Colorado, to designate 

routes, water surfaces, and areas where 

snowmobiles or motor vehicles may be 

used off park roads. Unless authorized 

by special regulation, the operation of 

snowmobiles and the operation of motor 

vehicles off road within areas of the 

National Park System are prohibited. 

The other existing special regulations 

for Curecanti National Recreation Area 

would remain in effect. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

July 8, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the Regulation Identifier 

Number (RIN) 1024–AD76, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal rulemaking portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail or hand delivery to: Curecanti 

National Recreation Area, 102 Elk 

Creek, Gunnison, CO 81230, Attn: Ken 

Stahlnecker, Chief of Resource 

Stewardship and Science. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and RIN 

for this rulemaking. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

additional information, see Public 

Participation under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Stahlnecker, Chief of Resource 

Stewardship and Science, Curecanti 

National Recreation Area, 102 Elk 

Creek, Gunnison, CO 81230. Phone: 

(970) 641–2337x225. Email: 

ken_stahlnecker@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

History of Curecanti National 

Recreation Area 

The Blue Mesa Dam and Reservoir, 

Morrow Point Dam and Reservoir, and 

Crystal Dam and Reservoir make up the 

Curecanti Unit, one of the four main 

units authorized by the Colorado River 

Storage Project Act of April 11, 1956 

(Pub. L. 84–485) (CRSPA). The 

Curecanti Unit is also known as the 

Wayne N. Aspinall Storage Unit. 

Section 8 of CRSPA directed the 

Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) ‘‘to 

investigate, plan, construct, operate, and 

maintain (1) public recreational 

facilities on lands withdrawn or 

acquired for the development of [the 

Colorado River Storage Project] to 

conserve the scenery, the natural, 

historic, and archeological objects, and 

the wildlife on said lands, and to 

provide for public use and enjoyment of 

the same and of the water areas created 

by these projects by such means as are 

consistent with the primary purposes of 

said projects. . . .’’ 

Pursuant to that provision, the 

National Park Service (NPS) began 

managing natural and cultural resources 

and recreational uses within Curecanti 

National Recreation Area (CURE) in 

1965 under a Memorandum of 

Agreement (MOA) with the Bureau of 

Reclamation. In 1978, Bureau of 

Reclamation lands in the East Portal 

area were added to CURE and placed 

under the management authority of the 

NPS pursuant to the MOA. 

Description and Significance of 

Curecanti National Recreation Area 

CURE is located in Gunnison and 

Montrose Counties in southwestern 

Colorado. The reservoirs and the 

surrounding lands provide recreational 

opportunities amidst a variety of 

natural, cultural, and scenic resources, 

including recently discovered dinosaur 

fossils, a 5,000-acre archeological 

district, and traces of 6,000-year-old 

dwellings. Approximately one million 

people visit CURE annually to take 

advantage of numerous recreational 

opportunities. Most visitors come 

during the summer months when 

temperatures are warmer and waterbased activities are more popular. 

The recreation area contains water 

resources, including three reservoirs 

that provide a variety of recreational 

opportunities in a spectacular geological 

setting. Blue Mesa Reservoir is one of 

the largest high-altitude bodies of water 

in the United States. It provides an 

exciting diversity of water recreation 

opportunities for windsurfers, sail 

boaters, and water skiers. 

Motor Vehicle and Snowmobile Use Off 

Road at Curecanti National Recreation 

Area 

Visitors to CURE use motor vehicles 

to access campsites, fishing spots, 


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