[Federal Register: January 21, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 13)]
[Notices]               
[Page 3307-3308]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-050-99-1430-00; CAAZCA 37434, CAAZCA 6637]

 
California: Notice of Realty Action (NORA)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Conversion and renewal of concession lease and future expansion 
of concession.

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SUMMARY: Walter's Camp, Inc., Frank Dokter, President, concessioner at 
the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Walter's Camp concession on the 
Colorado River near Palo Verde, California, has submitted an 
application to renew the Walter's Camp concession contract. The 
application includes extending the term of the land use authorization 
and requests authorization for future expansion.

DATES: For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments 
to the Yuma Field Office, BLM, address below. Objections will be 
reviewed by the Field Manager, BLM, who may sustain, vacate, or modify 
this realty action and issue a final determination. In the absence of 
any action by the Field Manager, this realty action will become the 
final determination of the Department of the Interior.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Debbie DeBock, Realty Specialist, or Joy Gilbert, Senior Technical 
Specialist, BLM, Yuma Field Office, 2555 E. Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, AZ 
85365, (520) 317-3200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Walter's Camp concession is currently 
authorized under a BLM contract, which expires on April 14, 2000 
(issued under the authority of the Reclamation Act). The new lease 
would be issued under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 
U.S.C. 1701, 1732). The current concessioner has performed its 
obligations to the satisfaction of the BLM under the existing contract. 
Pursuant to the provisions of the existing concession contract, the 
current concessioner may be granted an extension for an additional 
period of years if the concessioner has substantially mitigated 
deterioration of improvements due to use and age. The land is not 
needed for a Federal purpose at this time. The proposal is in 
accordance with the Yuma District Resource Management Plan (March 
1987), and the Ehrenberg-Cibola Recreation Area Management Plan (May 
1994) which state that the BLM will continue to lease recreation areas 
for concessioner operation to ensure that recreation opportunities are 
provided for all publics. The plans also state that additional Federal 
lands will be available for expansion of existing concessions.
    Walter's Camp, Inc., provides camping and recreational 
opportunities along the Colorado River. Renewal of the concession lease 
would allow for continued use and the proposed expansion would fulfill 
the increasing public demands for recreational opportunities.


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    Dated: January 8, 1999.
Maureen A. Merrell,
Assistant Field Manager, Business and Fiscal Services/Acting Field 
Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-1280 Filed 1-20-99; 8:45 am]
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