[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 31228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15129]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Concession Contract Negotiations; Bighorn Canyon National 
Recreation Area

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Public notice.

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SUMMARY: Public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service 
proposes to award a concession permit authorizing continued operation 
of the Ok-A-Beh Marina to provide services including boat fuel sales, 
boat slip rentals, boat rentals, limited food service, and limited 
merchandise sales for the public within Bighorn Canyon National 
Recreation Area for a period of five (5) years from January 1, 1999, 
through December 31, 2003.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Offers will be accepted for sixty (60) days under the 
terms described in the Prospectus. The sixty (60) day application 
period will begin with the release of the Prospectus, which will occur 
on or before July 8, 1998. The actual release date of the Prospectus 
shall be the date of publication in the ``Commerce Business Daily''.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should contact the Superintendent, 
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, P.O. Box 485, Fort Smith, 
Montana 59035, or call Theo Hugs at (406) 666-2412, to obtain a copy of 
the Prospectus describing the requirements of the proposed concession 
permit.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This permit renewal has been determined to 
be categorically excluded from the procedural provisions of the 
National Environmental Policy Act and no environmental document will be 
prepared.
    The existing concessioner, LuCon Corporation, has performed their 
obligations to the satisfaction of the Secretary under the existing 
permit which expires by limitation of time on December 31, 1998. 
Therefore pursuant to the provisions of the Concessions Policy Act (79 
Stat. 969; 16 U.S.C. 20d), the concessioner is entitled to be given 
preference in the renewal of the permit and in the award of a new 
permit, providing that the existing concessioner submits a responsive 
offer (a timely offer which meets the terms and conditions of the 
Prospectus). This means that the permit will be awarded to the party 
submitting the best offer, provided that if the best offer was not 
submitted by the existing concessioner, then the existing concessioner 
will be afforded the opportunity to match the best offer. If the 
existing concessioner agrees to match the best offer, then the permit 
will be awarded to the existing concessioner.
    If the existing concessioner does not submit a responsive offer, 
the right of preference in renewal shall be considered to have been 
waived, and the permit will then be awarded to the party that has 
submitted the best responsive offer.
    The Secretary will consider and evaluate all offers received as a 
result of this notice. Any offer, including that of the existing 
concessioner, must be received by the Superintendent, Bighorn Canyon 
National Recreation Area, P.O. Box 485, Fort Smith, Montana 59035, not 
later than sixty (60) days following release of the Prospectus to be 
considered and evaluated.

    Dated: May 20, 1998.
John Crowley,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. 98-15129 Filed 6-5-98; 8:45 am]
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