[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31229-31230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15130]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intention To Issue Concession Contracts and Concession 
Permits; Southeast Region

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Act of October 9, 1965, (79 Stat. 969; 16 
U.S.C. 20 et seq.), notice is hereby given that the National Park 
Service intends to issue new concession contracts and permits within 
various areas of the Southeast Region for a period of approximately 2 
years. This short contracting term is necessary to allow the 
continuation of public services during completion of planning 
activities for the various park areas covered by this notice. The 
proposed term for the individual authorizations may be lessened should 
planning issues be resolved, and the renewal processes result in the 
award of new authorizations. The current concessioners have performed 
their obligations to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior 
and retain their right of preference under this administrative action. 
This preferential right of renewal means that a short term contract or 
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 short-term contract or permit will be awarded to 
the existing concessioner.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The concession contracts and permits 
involved in this action would have expired by limitation of time but 
were extended by the National Park Service to provide time for planning 
of the concession activities. Until the planning processes are 
completed, and the future direction for concession services in the park 
areas is determined, it is not in the best interest of the National 
Park Service to enter into long term authorizations. For this reason, 
it is the intention of the National Park Service to issue short term 
contracts and permits, complete the planning processes, and then 
conduct public contracting processes for selection of concessioner for 
a more extended period.
    Due to the limited term of the proposed contracts and permits, the 
requirement for any successor to purchase possessory interest in those 
concessions which have that right via contract, and the preferential 
right of renewal under law, the National Park Service is not 
encouraging the submission of offers by anyone other than the existing 
concessioners; however, as required by law, the National Park Service 
will consider and evaluate any offer received in response to this 
notice.
    The following are to be issued new concession authorizations 
pursuant to this notice:
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
CP-BISO001-87 LeConte Lodge Limited Partnership (lodging)
CP-BISO003-88 Sandra L. Storey (horse stables)
Biscayne National Park
CP-BISC002-87 Biscayne National Underwater Park, Inc. (excursion boat)
Buck Island Reef National Monument
CC-BUIS001-89 Southern Seas, Inc. (excursion boat)
CC-BUIS006-89 Teroro, Inc. (excursion boat)
CP-BUIS008-89 Llewellyn Westerman (excursion boat)
CP-BUIS014-89 Francis J. Waters (excursion boat)
CC-BUIS015-89 Milemark, Inc. (excursion boat)
CP-BUIS019-89 Clyde, Inc. (excursion boat)
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
CC-CAHA001-85 Avon Thornton Limited Partnership (fishing pier)
CC-CAHA002-88 Cape Hatteras Fishing Pier, Inc. (fishing pier)
CC-CAHA004-87 Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, Inc. (charter fishing)
Cape Lookout National Seashore
CC-CALO003-87 Morris Marina, Kabin Kamps and Ferry Services, Inc. (fish 
camp)
CP-CALO005-88 Alger G. Willis Fishing Camps, Inc. (fish camp)
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
CC-CHAT001-87 Chattahoochee Outdoor Center, Inc. (bus service)
Fort Frederica National Monument
CP-FOFR001-92 Fort Frederica Association (convenience items)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
CC-GRSM001-89 Cades Cove Campground Store, Inc. (campstore)
CC-GRSM003-88 Robert N. Shular (firewood)
CP-GRSM004-89 Cades Cove Riding Stables, Inc. (horse rides)
CP-GRSM005-88 Cherokee Boys Club, Inc. (firewood)
CP-GRSM006-87 McCarter's Riding Stables, Inc. (horse rides)

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CP-GRSM010-90 Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association 
(convenience items)
Gulf Islands National Seashore
CC-GUIS001-82 Dudley Food & Beverage, Inc. (campstore)
Natchez Trace Parkway
CC-NATR001-88 Little Mountain Services Center, Inc. (automotive fuel)
CP-NATR015-89 Craftsmens Guild of Mississippi (handcrafts)
Virgin Islands National Park
CC-VIIS001-71 Caneel Bay, Inc. (campground)
CP-VIIS007-86 Maho Bay, Inc. (watersports)
CP-VIIS008-86 Caneel Bay, Inc. (watersports)
Wright Brothers National Memorial
CP-WRBR001-89 Kitty Hawk Aero Tours, Inc. (air tours)

    Information regarding this notice can be sought from Mr. E. Lee 
Davis, Acting Senior Concessions Analyst, Southeast Region, National 
Park Service, 100 Alabama Street, S. W., Atlanta, GA 30303, or by 
calling (404) 562-3112.
W. Thomas Brown,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 98-15130 Filed 6-5-98; 8:45 am]
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