Notice of Availability of Draft Director's Order #35: Sale or Lease of Services, Resources, or Water Available within an Area of the National Park System

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Availability of Draft Director's Order #35: Sale or

Lease of Services, Resources, or Water Available within an Area of the

National Park System

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is updating its system of

internal directives. Within this system, NPS Management Policies set

the broad framework, provide direction, and prescribe the parameters

for making management decisions. Director's Orders provide specific

instruction and outline requirements or standards applicable to NPS

functions, programs and activities. Special Directive 78-2: Sale or

Lease of Services, Resources, or Water Available within an Area of the

National Park System was issued as an NPS directive on March 30, 1978.

The NPS is updating and clarifying Special Directive 78-2 and

converting it to Director's Order #35: Sale or Lease of Services,

Resources, or Water Available within an Area of the National Park

System. The draft Director's Order #35 is available for public review

and interested parties are invited to provide comments.

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DATES: Written comments will be accepted on or before November 22,

1999.

ADDRESSES: Draft Director's Order #35: Sale or Lease of Services,

Resources, or Water Available within an Area of the National Park

System is available on the Internet at http//www.nps.gov/refdesk/

Dorders/index.htm

Requests for copies and written comments should be sent to Chuck

Pettee, National Park Service, Water Resources Division, 1201 Oakridge

Drive, Suite 250, Fort Collins, CO 80525.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chuck Pettee at (970) 225-3505.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Special Directive 78-2: Sale or Lease of

Services, Resources, or Water Available within an Area of the National

Park System was issued on March 30, 1978, to establish standards for

applying the authority in section 3(e) of Public Law 91-383 (84 Stat.

827). The NPS is revising Special Directive 78-2 to fit the new NPS

Directive System format and to incorporate new policy and procedure

decisions made during the intervening time period. Upon final approval

of Director's Order #35: Sale or Lease of Services, Resources, or Water

Available within an Area of the National Park System, Special Directive

78-2: Sale or Lease of Services, Resources, or Water Available within

an Area of the National Park System will be rescinded.

Dated: October 15, 1999.

Abigail Miller,

Acting Associate Director, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science.

[FR Doc. 99-27557 Filed 10-20-99; 8:45 am]

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