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RIN 1004-AD96
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to amend its regulations to remove the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act (LWCFA) as one of the authorities of our Recreation regulations, in accordance with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004 (REA). The rule will also amend and reorder the prohibitions to separate those that apply specifically to campgrounds and picnic areas from those with more general applications. The reordering is necessary to broaden the scope to include all areas where standard amenity, expanded amenity, and special recreation permit fees are charged under REA. The proposed rule would remove an unnecessary provision that has been interpreted to require the BLM to publish supplementary rules concerning failure to pay fees established by the recreation regulations, thus relieving the BLM from publishing such separate specific supplementary rules for each area. Finally, it will make technical changes to maintain consistency with other BLM regulations.
DATES: We will accept comments and suggestions on the proposed rule until December 2, 2008. The BLM will not necessarily consider any comments received after the above date in making its decision on the final rule.
ADDRESSES: Mail:U.S. Department of the Interior, Director (630), Bureau of Land Management, Mail Stop 401 LS, 1849 C St., NW., Attention: [RIN: 1004-AD96] Washington, DC 20240.
Personal or messenger delivery:1620 L Street, NW., Room 401, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the substance of the proposed rule, please contact Hal Hallett at (202) 452-7794 or Anthony Bobo Jr. at (202) 452-0333. For information on procedural matters, please contact Chandra Little at (202) 452-5030. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individuals during normal business hours. FIRS is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individuals. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Public Comment Procedures II. Background III. Discussion of Proposed Rule IV. Procedural Matters I. Public Comment Procedures Electronic Access and Filing Address
You may view an electronic version of this proposed rule at the BLM's Internet home page atwww.blm.govor athttp://www.regulations.gov. You may comment via the Internet to:http://www.regulations.gov. If you submit your comments electronically, please include your name and return address in your Internet message.
Confine written comments on the proposed rule to issues pertinent to the proposed rule and explain the reason for any recommended changes. Where possible, reference the specific section or paragraph of the proposal which you are addressing. The BLM need not consider or include in the Administrative Record for the final rule comments which it receives after the comment period close (seeDATES), or comments delivered to an address other than those listed above (seeADDRESSES).
Comments, including the names and street addresses, and other contact information, will be available for public review at the address listed underADDRESSESduring regular business hours (7:45 am to 4:15 pm), Monday through Friday, except holidays.
The passage of the REA, 16 U.S.C. 6801et seq., required the BLM to change its fee management regulations, policies, and procedures to bring them into compliance with this law. The BLM has already accomplished this by including in part 2930 all recreation fee management regulations including the requirement that visitors pay fees before occupying a campground or picnic area. The BLM is now amending part 8360 to complete the regulatory changes made necessary by the law, including removal of any language pertaining to recreation fees. In addition, the section dealing with the collection of fossils was modified to include common plant fossils, reflecting long established BLM policies. Other changes were made to group related regulations in the same section to simplify language and clarify the intent, and to resolve inconsistencies between existing provisions.
III. Discussion of Proposed Rule Section 8360.0-3Authority
The proposed rule removes the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act (LWCFA) (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a) as an authority for the regulations. The enactment of the REA changed the BLM's authority to collect recreation fees. Recreation fees that were previously authorized under the LWCFA are now included under REA. The BLM's policies and procedures have also been revised to reflect this new and revised authority.
Section 8360.0-5Definitions
Section 8365.1-5Property and Resources
Section 8365.2-3Occupancy and Use
4. Would the regulations be easier to understand if they were divided into more (but shorter) sections? (A “section” appears in bold type and is preceded by the symbol “§” and a numbered heading, for example: § 8360.0-5 Definitions.
Please send any comments you have on the clarity of the regulations to the address specified in theADDRESSESsection.
Congress enacted the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) of 1980, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, to ensure that Government regulations do not unnecessarily or disproportionately burden small entities. The RFA requires a regulatory flexibility analysis if a rule would have a significant economic impact, either detrimental or beneficial, on a substantial number of small entities. The proposed rule pertains to individuals and families recreating on the public lands and not to small businesses or other small entities. Therefore, the BLM has determined under the RFA that this proposed rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
This proposed rule would not impose an unfunded mandate on state, local, or Tribal governments or the private sector, in the aggregate, of $100 million or more per year; nor does this proposed rule have a significant or unique effect on state, local, or Tribal governments. The rule would impose no requirements on any of these entities. We have already shown, in the previous paragraphs of this section of the preamble, that the change proposed in this rule would not have effects approaching $100 million per year on the private sector. Therefore, the BLM is not required to prepare a statement containing the information required by the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1531et seq.).
These regulations do not contain information collection requirements that the Office of Management and Budget must approve under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501et seq.
Penalties, Public lands, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and Wilderness areas.
Dated: September 18, 2008. C. Stephen Allred, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Land and Minerals Management.
43 U.S.C. 1701et seq., 43 U.S.C. 315a, 16 U.S.C. 1281c, 16 U.S.C. 670et seq., 16 U.S.C. 1241et seq.
2. Revise § 8360.0-3 to read as follows:
§ 8360.0-3 Authority.
The regulations of this part are issued under the provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701et seq.), the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670g), the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315a), the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1281c), the Act of September 18, 1960, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 877et seq.), and the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1241et seq.).
3. Amend § 8360.0-5 by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:
§ 8360.0-5 Definitions.
(c)Developed recreation sites and areasmean sites and areas that contain structures or capital improvements primarily used by the public for recreation purposes. Such sites or areas may include such features as: Delineated spaces for parking, camping or boat launching; sanitary facilities; potable water; grills or fire rings; tables; or controlled access.
4. Revise § 8365.1-5(b)(2) to read as follows:
5. Revise § 8365.2-3 to read as follows:
§ 8365.2-3 Occupancy and use.