97-5865. Notice of Intent To Issue a Prospectus for the Operation of Stables and Pack Station Services and Facilities Within Kings Canyon National Park

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 10876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5865]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent To Issue a Prospectus for the Operation of 
Stables and Pack Station Services and Facilities Within Kings Canyon 
National Park

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is seeking a concessioner to 
operate, under a 4-year permit, a pack station providing pack and 
saddle animal services and facilities within the Cedar Grove area of 
Kings Canyon National Park, as well as guided day-ride services and 
facilities within the Grant Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park. 
Both the Cedar Grove Pack Station and Grant Grove Stables would be 
operated for the public under the provisions of a Concession Permit. 
This notice is the formal announcement of the availability of this 
business opportunity and the initiation of the contracting process.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The pack station is located at an elevation 
of 4,500 feet and the stables at 6,500 feet in the Southern Sierra 
Nevada. Both is a summer seasonal operation serving visitors to Sequoia 
and Kings Canyon National Parks. The existing operator has a preference 
in the renewal of this concession permit. The award will be fully 
competitive based upon the requirements of this Prospectus.
    If you are interested in this business opportunity, please ask to 
be placed on the mailing list by writing or calling: National Park 
Service, Concession Management Office, Sequoia National Park, Three 
Rivers, CA 93271, or call: [phone]--Peggy Williams.
    When the Prospectus is issued, submittals will be accepted for a 
forty-five (45) day period under terms that will be described in the 
Prospectus. The release of the Prospectus is expected to occur shortly 
after the publication of this notice.

    Dated: February 11, 1997.
Michael J. Tollefson,
Superintendent, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
[FR Doc. 97-5865 Filed 3-7-97; 8:45 am]
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