05-3330. Continuation of Visitor Services

AGENCY:

National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Public notice.

SUMMARY:

Pursuant to 36 CFR 51.23, public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to extend the following expiring concession contracts for a period of up to one year, or until such time as a new contract is executed, whichever occurs sooner.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

All of the listed concession authorizations will expire by their terms on or before December 31, 2004. The National Park Service has determined that the proposed short-term extensions are necessary in order to avoid interruption of visitor services and has taken all reasonable and appropriate steps to consider alternatives to avoid such interruption. These extensions will allow the National Park Service to complete and issue prospectuses leading to the competitive selection of concessioners for new long-term concession contracts covering these operations.

Conc ID No.	Concessioner name	Park
DENA023-97	Doug Geeting Aviation	Denali National Park.
DENA024-97	Hudson Air Service	Denali National Park.
DENA025-97	K-2-Rustair	Denali National Park.
DENA027-97	McKinley Air Service	Denali National Park.
DENA028-97	James Trumbull, Inc.	Denali National Park.
DENA029-97	Talkeetna Air Taxi	Denali National Park.
WRST001-98	Daniel Schwarzer	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST002-98	Melvin Gillis	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST003-98	W. Kirk Ellis	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST004-98	W. Cole Ellis	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST005-98	Jeffrey Chadd	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST006-98	Robert Fithian	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST007-98	Mark Collins	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST009-98	Lorene Ellis	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST010-98	Matt Owen	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST011-98	Terry Overly	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST012-98	Urban Rahoi	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST013-98	Thomas Vaden	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST014-98	John Claus	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST015-98	Paul Claus	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST016-98	Richard G. Peterson	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
WRST017-98	Chuck McMahan	Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.

DATES:

Effective Date: January 2, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jo A. Pendry, Concession Program Manager, National Park Service, Washington, DC, 20240, Telephone [phone].

Dated: December 17, 2004.

Alfred J. Poole, III,

Acting Associate Director, Administration, Business Practices and Workforce Development.