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Show Oversight Reviews Underway At BCNP BRYCE CANYON NAT'L PARK Routine oversight reviews are being conducted at Bryce Canyon National Park by the Department of Interior Inspector General's Office and the National Park Service Intenrioiintain Regional Office. During the course of the financial reviews, Supt. Fred Fagergren has been assigned to (See REVIEW on page 6-A) Review From Front Page special detail conducting work on regional projects, working out of his Bryce Canyon home. Eddie Lopez, Zion National Park assistant superintendent, is serving as acting superintendent during the review process. The reviews will examine whether the park has properly managed revenues it receives under the fee demonstration program. pro-gram. ' Congress approved the program to allow parks to create new fees or increase old ones and keep a large portion of the revenues for park projects. Bryce Canyon has used fee revenues rev-enues to fund a new visitor center, cen-ter, a transportation center and other park projects. Contrary to rumors circulating circulat-ing in Garfield County, Utah State Coordinator for the National Park Service Vic Knox, Salt Lake City, said Tuesday that Fagergren has neither been discharged dis-charged nor placed on administrative adminis-trative leave. |