[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR51.40]

[Page 271]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 51--CONCESSION CONTRACTS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart F--Determining a Preferred Offeror
 
Sec. 51.40  What are some factors to be considered in determining that 
outfitter and guide operations are conducted in the backcountry?

    Determinations as to whether outfitter and guide operations are 
conducted in the backcountry of a park area will be made on a park-by-
park basis, taking into account the park area's particular geographic 
circumstances. Factors that generally may indicate that outfitter and 
guide operations are conducted in the backcountry of a park area 
include, without limitation, the fact that:
    (a) The operations occur in areas remote from roads and developed 
areas;
    (b) The operations are conducted within a designated natural area of 
a park area;
    (c) The operations occur in areas where search and rescue support is 
not readily available; and
    (d) All or a substantial portion of the operations occur in 
designated or proposed wilderness areas.

[65 FR 20668, Apr. 17, 2000; 65 FR 54155, Sept. 7, 2000]