[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 20859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9036]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Temporary Concession Contract for Blue Ridge Parkway, NC/VA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Award of temporary concession contract for 
Blue Ridge Parkway.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 36 CFR 51.24, public notice is hereby given that 
the National Park Service proposes to award a temporary concession 
contract for the conduct of certain visitor services within Blue Ridge 
Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia for a term not to exceed 3 years. 
The visitor services include the sales of authentic mountain crafts of 
high quality and other activities to interpret the culture of the 
people of the Southern Highlands. This action is necessary to avoid 
interruption of visitor services.

DATES: The term of the temporary concession contract will commence (if 
awarded) no earlier than March 1, 2010.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The temporary concession contract is 
proposed to be awarded to The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, a 
qualified person (as defined in 36 CFR 51.3). The National Park Service 
has determined that a temporary concession contract is necessary in 
order to avoid interruption of visitor services and has taken all 
reasonable and appropriate steps to consider alternatives to avoid an 
interruption of visitor services.
    This action is issued pursuant to 36 CFR 51.24(a). This is not a 
request for proposals.

    Dated: February 5, 2010.
Daniel N. Wenk,
Director, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-9036 Filed 4-20-10; 8:45 am]
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