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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2004 News BLM extends time on commercial The Bureau of Land Manage- proof of payment on a vehicle nancing from lenders. ment (BLM) is amending its parked in a fee area is evidence The existing regulations are in This strength- 43 CFR part 2930. regulations on Special Recre- of ation Permits and Recreation ens the BLMs enforcement caOther sections of the existing Use Permits to provide better pability and reduces costs by regulations on recreation aucustomer service to the public, establishing an evidentiary thorizations (see section reduce administrative paper- threshold that the defendant 2932.56) provide for the amendwork, and provide consistent law must overcome or be found ment, suspension or revocation enforcement at fee sites on of the permit if an operator guilty. lands. BLM violates permit stipulations. public changes to permits for recreation on public lands These provisions apply to all Special Recreation Permits The maximum term for Spe- Special Recreation Permits: permits, regardless of term cial Recreation Permits, now isNearly 100 comments were length. sued for up to five years, has received on BLMs proposed rule, Permittees are subject to rigbeen doubled. The new rule does published in the Federal Regis- orous monitoring and may lose not automatically set the term ter October 1, 2002. Of those their permits for poor perforof all permits at 10 years, but comments, 88 supported extend- mance under other provisions of simply allows field managers to ing the maximum term without the regulations (see CFR select an appropriate term up reservation. The remainder ex- 2932.56)- . for up to 10 years. The BLM will pressed support for the change If there is a problem with consider the purpose of the per- ifthe BLM would base its deterthe burden is on the mit, the needs of the permittee, mination of the permit term on operator to prove that he or she and the public interest in deter- the performance of the permit- has remedied the problem. tee. The BLM will determine the mining the appropriate term. The BLM will continue to Special Recreation Permits are appropriate term of the permit monitor operations conducted generally obtained by commer- on a basis. The under a Special Recreation Per- cial outfitters and guides, in- BLM will consider each applicag mit and will evaluate the opera- cluding tion separately and may issue a compator each year to determine if he nies (about 3,000), sponsors of permit for any period of time or she is in compliance with the competitive events (about 1,000), from the maximum term terms of the permit. snow bird seasonal mobile to a season or even a single day. Recreation Use Permits home campers who use the The term will be more The amendment of regulations BLMs long-tervisitor areas desirable from both a business for Recreation Use Permits for (about 14,000), and private indi- and land management perspecFee Areas establishes that the viduals and groups using cer- tive. BLM will cite and penalize per- tain special areas. It will allow outfitters, guides g sons using campgrounds and The increase of the maximum and enterprises to: other fee areas if they do not term for Special Recreation Peravoid the expense and inconobtain a permit, r, mits will affect .primarily', the venience of more frequent perfirst ofthese mit renewal, pay necessary fees, or acof and which secure financing more easily outfitters display proof payment guides, g BLM to include instructions (based on lenders knowing that compacording nies. posted at the site. permit terms are longer), and The BLM may also cite and The rule does not change the business engage in long-terpenalize people if they use forged fee structure at all, but benefits planning. For the BLM staff, the amendpermits or use another persons these businesses by giving them This new section also a more secure permit tenure, ment should lead to a small permit. states that failure to display which will help them justify fi reduction in administrative B DDDDDDDD DD BflBODDDBBBBBDflDBBBBBDDnDDDBDBD B non-payme- BLM-manag- nt. ed non-complian- case-by-ca- se 13 recreation permits such a permit averaged a little under $6 each. The final rule does not affect fees and should have no effect on the number of Recreation greater range and flexibility Use Permits the BLM will iswhen setting a term, taking into sue. account: This rule adds a section to 43 the level of permittee invest- CFR part 2930, subpart 2933, costs by reducing the analysis and paperwork required for more frequent permit renewal. The longer-terpermits will BLM also allow managers m ment, geographic location and resource considerations, anticipated changes or time frames in land use allocations or planning decisions, BLM experience in managing and monitoring the type of permitted use, and the type, complexity and extent of the proposed activity. prohibiting the failure to obtain a permit, the failure to pay for a permit, and fraudulent use of permits or other documents to avoid paying a fee. Once the BLM establishes that the defendant did not display a permit, the defendant has the burden of overcoming the preRecreation Use Permits for Fee Sites: by sumption of During fiscal year 2001, the proving that he or she paid the BLM issued about 670,000 Rec- fee. reation Use Permits for use of The new section also lists the fee sites, with revenues totaling penalties that may be imposed about $3.9 million. 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