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DATES: Comments and evidence must be 

postmarked by May 6, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the narrative 

portion of the documented petition, as 

submitted by the petitioner (with any 

redactions appropriate under 25 CFR 

83.21(b)), and other information are 

available at the Office of Federal 

Acknowledgement’s (OFA) website: 

www.bia.gov/as-ia/ofa. Submit any 

comments or evidence to: Department of 

the Interior, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs, Attention: 

Office of Federal Acknowledgment, 

Mail Stop 4071 MIB, 1849 C Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20240, or by email to: 

Ofa_Info@bia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Nikki Bass, OFA Director, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs, 

Department of the Interior, by phone: 

(202) 513–7650; or by email: Ofa_Info@

bia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

31, 2015, the Department’s revisions to 

25 CFR part 83 became final and 

effective (80 FR 37861). A key goal of 

the revisions was to improve 

transparency through increased notice 

of petitions and providing improved 

public access to petitions. Today the 

Department informs the public that a 

complete documented petition has been 

submitted under the current regulations, 

that portions of that petition are 

publicly available on the website 

identified above for easy access, and 

that we are seeking public comment 

early in the process on this petition. 

Under 25 CFR 83.22(b)(1), the OFA 

publishes notice that the following 

group has filed a documented petition 

for Federal acknowledgment as an 

American Indian Tribe to the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs: Mattaponi 

Indian Tribe and Reservation. The 

contact information for the petitioner is 

Mr. Mark T. Falling Start Custalow, 

1314 Mattaponi Reservation Circle, 

West Point, Virginia 23181. 

Also, under 25 CFR 83.22(b)(1), OFA 

publishes on its website the following: 

i. The narrative portion of the 

documented petition, as submitted by 

the petitioner (with any redactions 

appropriate under 25 CFR 83.21(b)); 

ii. The name, location, and mailing 

address of the petitioner and other 

information to identify the entity; 

iii. The date of receipt; 

iv. The opportunity for individuals 

and entities to submit comments and 

evidence supporting or opposing the 

petitioner’s request for acknowledgment 

within 120 days of the date of the 

website posting; and 

v. The opportunity for individuals 

and entities to request to be kept 

informed of general actions regarding a 

specific petitioner. 

Authority 

The Department publishes this notice 

and request for comment in the exercise 

of authority delegated by the Secretary 

of the Interior to the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs by 

Department Manual part 209, chapter 8. 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31647 Filed 1–3–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO #4820000251] 

New Recreation Fee Areas and 

Requirement To Obtain an Individual 

Special Recreation Permit for On-River 

Camping Within the Upper Colorado 

River Special Recreation Management 

Areas, Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of new fees. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA), 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

Kremmling Field Office (KFO) and the 

Colorado River Valley Field Office 

(CRVFO) are establishing new Special 

Areas and new recreation fee areas 

(campgrounds, designated campsites, 

and day use fees) within the two Upper 

Colorado River (UCR) Special 

Recreation Management Areas (SRMAs) 

managed by the field offices. 

DATES: New fees will take effect on July 

7, 2025, unless the BLM publishes a 

Federal Register notice to the contrary. 

ADDRESSES: Documents concerning this 

fee change may be reviewed at the 

Kremmling Field Office, 2103 East Park 

Ave., Kremmling, CO 80459; at the 

Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300 

River Frontage Road, Silt, CO 81652; 

and online at: https://www.blm.gov/ 

sites/default/files/docs/2024-10/ 

Business%20Plan%20for%20

the%20UCR.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Leonard, Field Manager, 

Kremmling Field Office at Kremmling 

Field Office, phone: (970) 724–3000, 

email: sleonard@blm.gov; or Hilary 

Boyd, Assistant Field Manager, 

Colorado River Valley Field Office; 

phone: (970) 876–9003, email: hboyd@

blm.gov. Individuals in the United 

States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability may 

dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to 

access telecommunications relay 

services. Individuals outside the United 

States should use the relay services 

offered within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent 

with FLREA, the intent of recreation 

fees is to help protect natural resources, 

provide for public health and safety, 

and facilitate access to public lands and 

related waters, not to maximize fee 

revenue. Fees are a way of ensuring that 

those who actively use recreation 

opportunities make a greater, but 

reasonable, contribution toward 

protecting and enhancing those 

opportunities than those who do not 

utilize recreational opportunities. 

FLREA directs the Secretary of the 

Interior to publish a 6-month advance 

notice in the Federal Register whenever 

new recreation fee areas are established. 

In accordance with BLM policy, the 

Business Plan for the UCR SRMAs 

explains the fee collection process and 

how fees will be used at these sites. 

KFO will charge Standard Amenity 

fees of $10 per day per vehicle, $5 per 

day for individuals (motorcycle, bicycle, 

or walk-in), and $20 per day per highcapacity vehicle (carrying capacity 

greater than 15 passengers), and will 

offer a $50 day-use season pass (valid 

for all day-use sites) at Confluence 

Recreation Area, Gore Canyon Ranch 

Access, Inspiration Flats Recreation 

Area, Radium Warm Springs Recreation 

Area, and State Bridge Recreation Area/ 

Piney Peak Access. 

CRVFO will implement new Standard 

Amenity fees of $10 per day per vehicle, 

$5 per day for individuals (motorcycle, 

bicycle, or walk-in), and $20 per day per 

high-capacity vehicle (carrying capacity 

greater than 15 passengers), and will 

offer a $50 day-use season pass (valid 

for all day-use sites) at Two Bridges 

River Access, Catamount Recreation 

Site, Pinball Recreation Site, 

Cottonwood Island Recreation Site, 

Lyon’s Gulch Recreation Site, and 

Dotsero Landing River Access. 

KFO and CRVFO will implement an 

Expanded Amenity recreation fee of $25 

for Single Campsites (up to 10 visitors, 

with the first two vehicles included in 

the campsite fee; additional vehicles 

will pay a day-use fee), and $75 for 

Group Campsites (up to 30 visitors, with 

the first two vehicles included in the 

campsite fee; additional vehicles will 

pay a day-use fee) at the following 

campground sites: Pumphouse 

Recreation Area Campground, Radium 

Recreation Area Campground, Radium 

Warm Springs Campground, Catamount 


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Campground, Pinball Campground, and 

Lyon’s Gulch Campground. 

The Upper Colorado River SRMA 

Season Pass will apply to day-use sites 

in both field offices and will be adjusted 

from $20 per season to $50 per season. 

This Federal Register notice also 

provides the required notification that a 

Special Area and associated Individual 

Special Recreation Permit (ISRP) fee 

structure are established for the KFO 

UCR SRMA and the CRVFO UCR SRMA 

for on-river camping. KFO is 

establishing a Special Area for KFO’s 

UCR SRMA based on the 2019 Upper 

Colorado River Recreation Area 

Management Plan. CRVFO has 

completed an environmental assessment 

to establish a Special Area for CRVFO’s 

UCR SRMA. An ISRP fee (float-in only) 

of $5 per participant/night will apply to 

25 designated campsites in the KFO’s 

UCR SRMA. An ISRP fee (float-in only) 

of $5 per participant/night will apply to 

the 11 on-river designated campsites in 

the CRVFO’s UCR SRMA. The 

campsites subject to the ISRP fee are 

identified in the Business Plan. 

Under 16 U.S.C. 6802(g)(2)(A) and (C) 

of FLREA, developed campgrounds and 

rental cabins qualify as sites wherein 

visitors can be charged an ‘‘Expanded 

Amenity Recreation Fee.’’ Pursuant to 

FLREA and implementing regulations at 

43 CFR subpart 2933, fees may be 

charged for overnight camping, rental of 

cabins, and group use reservations 

where specific amenities and services 

are provided. The required amenities 

are provided, or will be provided prior 

to fee implementation, at all the 

campgrounds identified in this notice as 

subject to an Expanded Amenity 

Recreation Fee. Specific visitor fees will 

be identified and posted at each 

campground or rental cabin. 

Under 16 U.S.C. 6802(f)(4) of FLREA, 

all day-use sites in this notice qualify as 

areas wherein visitors can be charged a 

‘‘Standard Amenity Recreation Fee’’. 

Pursuant to FLREA and implementing 

regulations at 43 CFR part 2930 subpart 

2933, fees may be charged for an area 

where there are significant 

opportunities for outdoor recreation and 

where fees can be efficiently collected, 

and that has substantial Federal 

investments and contains specific 

amenities and services. Specific visitor 

fees will be identified and posted at 

each day-use site. 

In response to increasing recreation 

demands and visitation on the BLM 

lands, the KFO and CRVFO developed 

a combined recreation fee business plan 

to achieve consistency across the UCR 

SRMA administrative boundaries. 

Standard Amenity, Expanded Amenity, 

and Special Area ISRP fees are needed 

to maintain visitor facilities and visitor 

services, replace aging infrastructure, 

and improve access to recreational 

opportunities. The business plan 

explains: (1) consistency with the BLM 

recreation fee program policy; (2) the 

KFO and CRVFO recreation 

management direction for the UCR 

SRMAs; (3) the need for fee collection; 

(4) how the fees will be used in the area; 

(5) Resource Advisory Council (RAC) 

coordination; and (6) guidance on future 

fee increases. As analyzed in the 

business plan, the recreation use fees 

are consistent with other nearby Federal 

land management agency fees and are 

lower than the fees charged at privately 

owned campgrounds. 

The BLM posted public notices of the 

proposed fees at each recreation site 

during the 2023 use season. The KFO 

and CRVFO will contact local 

governments and local special 

recreation permit holders who may be 

affected. Following FLREA guidelines, 

the BLM Northwest RAC recommended 

the proposed fee structure for approval 

on June 22, 2023. The RAC voted to 

recommend the proposed business plan, 

giving the BLM the discretion to raise 

the fees without returning to the RAC 

for approval within the following 

ranges: $10 to $15 for a normal vehicle; 

$5 to $10 for a bike, motorcycle, or 

walk-in; and $20 to $30 for a highcapacity vehicle, based on the 2023 

consumer price index (CPI). Fees will 

initially be implemented at the lower 

proposed fee schedule. The CPI will be 

utilized in future years to increase fees 

as needed, with CPI escalation allowed 

for any inflationary adjustment above 

2023 dollars. 

A public comment period on the draft 

business plan, announced by news 

release, ran from October 7, 2024, 

through November 6, 2024. The 

Colorado State Director approved the 

final business plan on December 20, 

2024. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6803(b) and 43 CFR 

2933.22) 

Douglas J. Vilsack, 

Colorado State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31749 Filed 1–3–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2024–0061] 

Commercial Leasing for Wind Power 

Development on the Guam Outer 

Continental Shelf—Call for Information 

and Nominations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Call for information and 

nominations; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This call for information and 

nominations (Call or notice) invites 

public comment on, and assesses 

interest in, possible commercial wind 

energy leasing on the Outer Continental 

Shelf (OCS) offshore Guam as part of 

planning for commercial leasing in the 

region. The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) will consider 

information received in response to this 

Call to determine whether to schedule a 

competitive lease sale or to issue a 

noncompetitive lease for any portion of 

the area described in this Call (Call 

Area). Those interested in providing 

comments or information regarding site 

conditions, resources, and multiple uses 

in close proximity to or within the Call 

Area should provide the information 

requested in section 8, ‘‘Requested 

Information from Interested or Affected 

Parties,’’ under the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION heading of this Call. 

Those interested in leasing within the 

Call Area for a commercial wind energy 

project should provide the information 

described in section 9, ‘‘Required 

Nomination Information.’’ BOEM may 

or may not offer a lease for a commercial 

offshore wind energy project within the 

Call Area after further consultations, 

public participation, and environmental 

analyses. 

DATES: BOEM must receive your interest 

in or comments on commercial leasing 

within the Call Area no later than April 

7, 2025. BOEM may not consider late 

submissions. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit nomination 

information for commercial leasing as 

discussed in section 9, entitled, 

‘‘Required Nomination Information,’’ 

electronically via email to 

renewableenergypocs@boem.gov or by 

hard copy by mail to the following 

address: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Pacific Region, Office of 

Strategic Resources, 760 Paseo 

Camarillo (CM 102), Camarillo, 

California 93010. If you elect to mail a 

hard copy, also include an electronic 

copy on a portable storage device. Do 

not submit nominations via the Federal 


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