[Federal Register: December 1, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 230)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

 
Public Notice

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Public notice.

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SUMMARY: On November 13, 1998, the National Park Service Concessions 
Management Improvement Act of 1998 was signed into law, repealing the 
National Park Service Concessions Policy Act (16 U.S.C. 20 et seq.). 
The new legislation requires substantive changes in the manner in which 
the National Park Service awards concession contracts and permits, as 
well as changed in the terms and conditions of future concession 
contracts and permits. As a result of the new legislation, the Nation 
Park Service is cancelling all outstanding solicitations for concession 
contracts and permits. The only statutory exception to this 
cancellation is the prospectus issued February 19, 1998, under which 
concession permits will be open for competition for the operation of 
cruise ship services within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The 
cancellation applies to all concession contracting or permitting 
actions that have not been executed on behalf of the National Park 
Service prior to November 13, 1998, except as provided above.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 13, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For further information on this action, contact Robert Yearout, 
Concession Program Manager, National Park Service (202) 565-1212, or 
Wendelin Mann, Senior Concession Contract Analyst, National Park 
Service (202) 565-1219.

    Dated: November 23, 1998.
Robert K. Yearout,
Concession Program Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-31894 Filed 11-30-98; 8:45 am]
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