Notice of Extension of Concession Contracts

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Interior National Park Service [NPS-WASO-CONC-22082; PPWOBSADC0, PPMVSCS1Y.Y00000] AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Public notice. SUMMARY: The National Park Service hereby gives public notice that it proposes to extend the expiring concession contracts listed below for the period specified, or until the effective date of a new contract, whichever occurs sooner. DATES: Effective January 1, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Borda, Program Chief, Commercial Services Program, National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW., 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: 202-513-7156. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All of the listed concession authorizations will expire by their terms on or before December 31, 2016. The National Park Service has determined the proposed extensions are necessary to avoid interruption of visitor services and has taken all reasonable and appropriate steps to consider alternatives to avoid such interruption. The publication of this notice merely reflects the intent of the National Park Service and does not bind the National Park Service to extend any of the contracts listed below. The information in the first table shows concession contracts intended to be extended until December 31, 2017, or until the effective date of a new concession contract, whichever occurs first. The information in the second table shows concession contracts intended to be extended until December 31, 2018, or until the effective date of a new c…