05-3331. 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 1 year, or until such time as a new contract is executed, whichever occurs sooner.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 a prospectus leading to the competitive selection of a concessioner for a new long-term concession contract covering these operations.

Conc ID No.	Concessioner name	Park
CACH001	White Dove, Inc.	Canyon de Chelly NM.
CANY001	Adventure Bound, Inc.	Canyonlands NP.
CANY002	Abercrombie and Kent American Adventures, LTD	Canyonlands NP.
CANY003	Navtec Expeditions	Canyonlands NP.
CANY004	Outward bound Wilderness, Inc. (Outward Bound West)	Canyonlands NP.
CANY005	Colorado River and Trails Expeditions, Inc.	Canyonlands NP.
CANY006	Don Hatch River Expeditions, Inc.	Canyonlands NP.
CANY007	Holiday River Expeditions, Inc.	Canyonlands NP.
CANY009	Moki Mac River Expeditions, Inc.	Canyonlands NP.
CANY010	Oars Canyonlands, Inc.	Canyonlands NP.
CANY011	Western River Expeditions, Inc. (Adventure River Expeditions, Inc.)	Canyonlands NP.
CANY012	Niskanen & Jones, Inc. (San Juan Expeditions)	Canyonlands NP.
CANY014	Niskanen & Jones, Inc. (Tag-A-Long Expeditions)	Canyonlands NP.
CANY015	Holiday River Expeditions, Inc.	Canyonlands NP.
CANY016	Tour West, Inc.	Canyonlands NP.
CANY017	Western River Expeditions, Inc.	Canyonlands NP.
CANY018	American Wilderness Expeditions, Inc. (Adrift Adventures of Canyonlands)	Canyonlands NP.
CANY019	Niskanen & Jones, Inc. (Tag-A-Long Expeditions)	Canyonlands NP.
CANY020	World Wide River Expeditions, Inc.	Canyonlands NP.
GRCA002	North Rim, Xanterra Parks and Resorts	Grand Canyon NP.
GRTE001	Grand Teton Lodge Company	Grand Teton NP.
YELL004	Yellowstone Park Service Station	Yellowstone NP.

DATES:

Effective Date: January 2, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

Alfred J. Poole, III,

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