[Federal Register: November 9, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 217)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

 
Notice of New Recreation Fee Site; Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act (Title VIII, Pub. L. 108-447)

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION:  Notice of new recreation fee site.

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SUMMARY: The National Forests in North Carolina will begin charging a 
$3.00 special recreation permit trail fee per

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day per mountain bike rider and $20.00 per mountain bike rider for a 
season pass for use of the Woodrun mountain bike trail system. This 
trail system consists of 24 miles of trails managed primarily for use 
by mountain bikers. The trail system is managed to protect 
environmental and cultural resource sites and will facilitate continued 
mountain bike use within the National Forests in North Carolina on the 
Uwharrie Ranger District. Fee revenue will support operations and 
maintenance of the trail system and trailhead and future site 
improvements.

DATES: The fee is scheduled for implementation in May of 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David H. Wright, Recreation Fee 
Coordinator, 828-257-4256, National Forests in North Carolina, P.O. Box 
2750, Asheville, NC 28802.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement Act 
(Title VIII, Pub. L. 108-447) directed the Secretary of Agriculture to 
publish advance notice in the Federal Register whenever new recreation 
fee areas are established. This new fee will reviewed by a Recreation 
Resource Advisory Committee prior to a final decision and 
implementation. The National Forests in North Carolina presently 
manages one other mountain bike trail system fee site in North 
Carolina. Recreation fees are $3.00 per mountain bike per day and 
$20.00 per mountain bike per season pass at this site. The Woodrun 
mountain bike trail system will offer a vault toilet facility at the 
trailhead, trash receptacle, improved parking area, information kiosk, 
area specific map, and access to twenty-four miles of mountain bike 
trails.

    Dated: November 3, 2006.
Marisue Hilliard,
National Forests in North Carolina Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 06-9161 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am]

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