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

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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