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RIN: 0596-AB57

Publication ID: Fall 2003

Title: Preference for Visitor Service; Alaska National Forest Conservation System Units
Abstract: The Forest Service is issuing a final rule to establish procedures by which eligible persons may receive preferences authorized by statute in the issuance of special use permits to conduct revenue-producing visitor services within Conservation System Units on the National Forests in Alaska. This regulation is necessary to implement section 1307 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA; 16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). Lands administered by the Forest Service comprise approximately 5 percent of the Federal lands affected by this statute; therefore, in preparing this rule, the Forest Service has coordinated with two agencies of the Department of the Interior (USDI) in order to provide consistency in the implementation of ANILCA. The final rule for the National Park Service was published on October 18, 1996 (61 FR 54334, revising 36 CFR part 13), and the final rule for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was published on January 14, 1997 (62 FR 1838, revising 50 CFR part 36). While the USDI received many comments on its proposed rules, the Forest Service received only four comments on its proposed rule, which was published on April 25, 1997 (62 FR 20140). After considering all public comments, the Forest Service has revised the rule to clarify that statutory rights granted by ANILCA take precedence over the Forest Service outfitter and guide policy regarding reissuance of permits to priority-use holders without competition; other changes made in this final rule are primarily minor and non-substantive.
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 36 CFR 251
Legal Authority: 16 USC 3197

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	04/25/1997	62 FR 20140
NPRM Comment Period End	06/24/1997
Final Action	06/11/2003	68 FR 35116
Final Action Effective	07/11/2003

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Michael McGee Regulatory Analyst Department of Agriculture Forest Service MS 1134, ATTN: ORMS, D&R Branch, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0003 Phone:202 205-2601 Fax:202 260-6539 Email: mmcgee01@fs.fed.us