Notice2024-10163
Notice of New Recreation Fees on Public Lands in Humboldt, Trinity, and Shasta Counties, CA
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Published
May 9, 2024
Effective
November 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
Pursuant to the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, the Northern California District Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is providing notice that the Arcata Field Office, King Range National Conservation Area (NCA) is implementing a new Individual Special Recreation Permit (ISRP) fee for overnight use in the King Range Wilderness, and the Redding Field Office is implementing a new fee for overnight camping at Steiner Flat Campground and Ohl Olsen Campground.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39636-39637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10163]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_CA_FRN_MO4500174427]
Notice of New Recreation Fees on Public Lands in Humboldt,
Trinity, and Shasta Counties, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of new recreation fees.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, the
Northern California District Office of the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) is providing notice that the Arcata Field Office, King Range
National Conservation Area (NCA) is implementing a new Individual
Special Recreation Permit (ISRP) fee for overnight use in the King
Range Wilderness, and the Redding Field Office is implementing a new
fee for overnight camping at Steiner Flat Campground and Ohl Olsen
Campground.
DATES: The new fees at the King Range NCA and Ohl Olsen Campground will
take effect November 12, 2024, and the new fees at the Steiner Flat
campground will take effect when the upgrades listed in this notice are
complete or November 12, 2024, whichever is later.
ADDRESSES: Please send comments to the BLM Northern California District
Office, 6640 Lockheed Dr. Redding, California 96002, or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dc9e9091839f9d838bb9be838e999cbeb0b1f2bbb3aa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ccec0c1d3cfcdd3dbe9eed3dec9cceee0e1a2ebe3fa">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public Affairs Officer Joseph J.
Fontana, telephone: 530-260-0189; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d171b1213091c131c3d1f1110531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3c9c5cccdd7c2cdc2e3c1cfce8dc4ccd5">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 contact Mr. Fontana in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fees help ensure that those who recreate on
public lands make a greater, but reasonable, contribution toward
protecting and enhancing those opportunities than those who do not
utilize recreation opportunities. Information about the use of the fee
revenues will be posted at one or more kiosks within the fee areas
annually.
King Range NCA
The BLM will implement a fee of $12 per person per overnight trip
(maximum stay per trip is 14 days) in the King Range Wilderness. There
will be no fee for children 16 and under and no fee for day use.
The King Range NCA encompasses 68,000 acres of public lands along
35 miles of coastline, draws people from all over the world to visit
the ``Lost Coast'' of California, and offers one of the only coastal
backpacking opportunities in the contiguous United States. Providing
safety and trip planning support for visitors is important due to the
unique safety issues associated with a coastal wilderness environment,
including the influence of tides, waves, and storms.
The King Range NCA is managed as a ``Special Area'' and is a
component of the BLM's National Landscape Conservation System. Special
Areas are defined as areas officially designated by statute,
Presidential decree, or Secretarial order and include components of the
National Wilderness Preservation System. The 2005 King Range NCA
Resource Management Plan directed the BLM to establish visitor carrying
capacities, a permit system, and a fee schedule for overnight
backcountry use. Since 2017, overnight visitation in the King Range
Wilderness has been managed with a free ISRP issued through
<a href="http://www.recreation.gov">www.recreation.gov</a>.
In accordance with the BLM recreation fee program policy, the King
Range NCA developed a business plan in 2023 to establish future
management goals and priorities to determine how the BLM intends to use
fees to improve and maintain visitor services. As discussed in the
business plan, the ISRP fee for overnight visitation in the King Range
Wilderness is consistent with other established fee sites for similar
areas. The BLM has notified and involved the public throughout this
process and released the draft business plan for a public comment
period from April 21 to May 22, 2023. The BLM presented the proposed
project and the results of the public comment period to the Northern
California Resource Advisory Council (RAC) on October 26, 2023. The RAC
supported the fees as provided in the business plan.
Redding Field Office
The BLM will implement a new $15 fee for overnight camping at
Steiner Flat Campground, located near Douglas City, California, along
the Trinity River. The campground will be upgraded to include the
following amenities: toilets, trash service, increased park ranger and
law enforcement presence, and campsites with campfire rings, tables,
bear-proof food storage boxes, and tent pads. The upgraded amenities
will help reduce environmental impacts and improve the experience for
those using the site. Fees will begin when all the amenities are
available in the campground or 6 months after this notice is published,
whichever is later.
Ohl Olsen Campground is a group-use campground near Shasta Lake
City, California, in the Chappie-Shasta Off-Highway-Vehicle Area. The
BLM will implement a new fee of $60 per night for the lower site
(maximum of 30 people) and $80 per night for the upper site (maximum of
50 people).
In accordance with the BLM recreation fee program policy, the
Redding Field Office finalized a business plan in 2023 to establish
future management goals and priorities for the recreation fee program.
As discussed in the business plan, the overnight camping fees for
Steiner Flat Campground and Ohl Olsen Campground are consistent with
other established fee sites for similar areas
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and services. The BLM has notified and involved the public throughout
this process and released the draft business plan for a public comment
period from October 4 to November 2, 2021. The BLM presented the
proposed project and the results of the public comment period to the
Northern California RAC on October 26, 2023. The RAC supported the fees
as provided in the business plan.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6803(b).)
Elizabeth Meyer-Shields,
Deputy State Director, Natural Resources.
[FR Doc. 2024-10163 Filed 5-8-24; 8:45 am]
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