- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Friday, June 28, 1996
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Friday, June 28, 1996
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
*** NOTICE ***
United States flags which have been lowered to half staff in tribute to the
American servicemen killed in the bombing in Saudi Arabia are to be returned
to full staff, effective Sunday evening at sunset (all "24-hour" U.S. flags)
or Monday morning (all other U.S. flags).
INCIDENTS
96-323 - Lake Mead (Nevada/Arizona) - Stabbing; Possible Gang Fight
Two groups were involved in a fight at Upper Gypson Wash beach around 9 p.m.
on the evening of June 25th. During the fight, one person was stabbed and is
now in serious condition at a hospital in Las Vegas. The first group was
comprised of one juvenile and four adult males and was on the beach; the
second group, consisting of eight males and four females, was nearby, its
members "sniffing paint." When the first group attempted to leave the beach,
the second group followed. A fight ensued. Members of the first group were
hit with bottles, and one member was struck on the head with a two by four
board. A member of that group then took out a knife and started slashing at
members of the second group. The five people in the first group eventually
escaped and drove to a convenience store in Henderson. The person who
committed the stabbing turned himself in to a Henderson officer who happened
to be at the store. Park rangers and criminal investigators and
investigators from Las Vegas and Henderson are investigating. The person hit
by the two by four was treated and released. [Paul Ducasse, SA, PGBSSO]
96-324 - Great Smokies (North Carolina/Tennessee) - Special Event
The Olympic torch caravan passed through the park on June 26th on its journey
to Atlanta. The torch was carried via motorcycle from Cherokee, North
Carolina, over the crest of the Smokies, and down into Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
It was then passed back to runners, who headed to Knoxville. [Jason Houck,
CR, GRSM]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level III
LARGE FIRE SUMMARY
% Est
State Unit Fire IMT 6/27 6/28 Con Con
AZ Coconino NF # Peaks Cx T2 16,400 16,400 100 CND
Kaibab NF # Bridger Cx T2 38,000 48,000 50 7/3
NM Santa Fe NF Nicole T1 395 395 85 6/28
NV State Autumn Hills T1 3,430 3,800 90 6/28
UT Richfield District Little Sahara Cx T1 48,400 48,400 90 6/28
Salt Lake District Sheep Rocks T2 10,000 10,000 66 6/28
Fishlake NF Pole Creek T2 4,800 5,000 30 NEC
State Soldier Pass -- 7,000 7,050 50 6/29
Manti-Lasal NF Abajo Cx T2 200 200 60 6/28
Wasatch-Cache NF Railroad -- 150 305 55 6/28
MN Superior NF White Feather Lk -- 4,750 4,750 NR NR
CA San Diego RU Otay #245 -- 110 110 100 CND
Riverside RU Reche -- 200 380 100 CND
* Tram -- - 300 100 CND
ON Thunder Bay, Ontario Graham Cx T1 6,680 6,730 40 NEC
Heading Notes
Unit -- Agency = BIA area; NF = national forest; RU = CA state resource
or ranger unit; RD = state ranger district; District = BLM
district; NWR = USFWS wildlife refuge
Fire -- * = newly reported fire (on this report); Cx = complex; LSS =
limited suppression strategy; CSS = containment suppression
strategy
IMT -- T1 = Type 1; T2 = Type II; ST = State Team
% Con -- Percent of fire contained
Est Con -- Estimated containment date; NEC = no estimated date of
containment; CND = fully contained; NR = no report
FIRES AND ACRES BURNED
NPS BIA BLM FWS States USFS Total
Number 1 6 2 0 48 19 76
Acres Burned 2,376 2 19,201 0 7,418 511 29,508
COMMITTED RESOURCES
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Federal 195 158 58 3 728
Non-federal 40 27 6 2 176
CURRENT SITUATION
Firefighters made considerable progress on large fires in the Great Basin and
Southwest yesterday. Demobilization of resources from these areas has
increased.
NATIONAL OUTLOOK
Fire activity is expected to moderate in most areas due to lighter winds,
higher humidity readings, and precipitation. Major demobilization is
expected over the weekend.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 6/28]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No submissions.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
Park Police-Ranger Relationship - The National Leadership Council has
approved the development of a plan to strengthen the relationship between the
Park Police and National Park Service ranger law enforcement functions. Bob
Stanton, field director for the National Capital Field Area, and Maureen
Finnerty, associate director, park operations and education, will be
responsible for this undertaking. A scope of work is under preparation.
Further details will appear in Monday's Morning Report. [Maureen Finnerty,
AD/PO&E)
Regulations Update - The following summarizes the status of a number of
actions underway pertaining to new or revised regulations:
o 36 CFR 1.2, 1.4 and 13.2 - Applicability and Scope: The final rule was
signed by the assistant secretary on June 21st. It is being reviewed
by the Departmental Office of Regulatory Affairs prior to going to OMB
for review.
o 36 CFR Part 2: The proposed rule is still being reviewed by the
solicitor.
o 36 CFR Part 3 - Boating and Water Use Activities: The proposed
regulation concerning the introduction of "non-indigenous aquatic
nuisance species" (zebra mussels) into park waters was printed in the
Federal Register on June 24th. The comment period closes on July 23rd.
A work group is being formed to update and rewrite this section of 36
CFR. The work group will consist of from eight to ten individuals,
taken from the list of names that were submitted by parks last year
after a request from Ranger Activities. Bob McKeever (Lake Mead) has
been selected to chair this work group. It is hoped that initial
meetings will get underway by late summer or early fall.
o 36 CFR Part 11 - Arrowhead and Parkscape Symbols: This proposed rule
is still being reviewed by the assistant secretary.
o 36 CFR Part 14 - Rights-of-Way: This proposed rule will revise existing
regulations relating to the issuance of right-of-way permits across NPS
lands. The NPS has been using interim regulations since 1980. This
rulemaking is a complete revision of the interim regulations and will
provide a process for the review, consideration and approval, or
denial, of requests for rights-of-way across all areas of the National
Park System. The proposed rule and is being reviewed by the solicitor
and should be cleared next week.
o 36 CFR Part 15: A final rule to delete Part 15 of 36 CFR is currently
being reviewed by the solicitor. The "Environman" and human figure and
design symbol and program were developed in the late 1960s during the
early days of the Division of Environmental Education. The Environman
symbol was developed as the NPS symbol for environmental education.
Portions of the environmental education program never materialized as
envisioned, however, and the Environman symbol was seldom used and has
not been used since the early 1970s. 36 CFR Part 15 is therefore no
longer necessary and will be deleted from the CFR.
o 36 CFR Part 17 - Conveyance of Freehold and Leasehold Interests: This
final rule will revise portions of the regulations for conveyance of
freehold and leasehold interests on lands administered by the NPS.
This final rule was printed in the Federal Register on June 24th and
becomes final on July 23rd.
o 36 CFR Part 31: The final rule to delete the zoning standards for
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore has cleared the solicitor and is being
reviewed by the NPS directorate.
o 36 CFR Part 61 - Procedures for State, Tribal and Local Government
Historic Preservation Programs: This proposed rule was signed by the
Assistant Secretary on May 29th and is currently being reviewed for 60
days by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the
House Committee on Resources.
o ANILCA 1307: This final rule establishes procedures for granting rights
and preferences in the award and renewal of competitive visitor service
authorizations for visitor service providers to conduct business on
national park system lands in Alaska. This rule implements section
1307 of ANILCA which protects certain visitor service providers in
operation prior to January 1, 1979, and which directs that a right of
preference for any future new visitor service be given to local
residents and Native corporations. The rule is being currently
reviewed by the assistant secretary.
o Part 7 & 13 Regulations: These regulations affect individual parks -
* Appalachian National Scenic Trail - The final rule for powerless
flight was printed in the Federal Register on June 5th and
becomes final on July 5th.
* Cape Lookout National Seashore - The final rule closing the
Portsmouth Village airstrip was printed in the Federal Register
on June 6th and becomes final on July 6th.
* Badlands National Park - The proposed rule dealing with
commercial vehicle use in the park is still being reviewed by the
assistant secretary.
* Big Thicket National Preserve - The proposed rule dealing with
houseboats was printed in the Federal Register on June 5th.
Comment period closes on August 4th.
* Glacier Bay National Park - The final rule for vessel management
regulations was printed in the Federal Register on May 30th and
became final on that date.
Questions pertaining to any of these issues should be addressed to Ranger
Activities, WASO. [Dennis Burnett, RAD/WASO]
MEMORANDA
No submissions.
EXCHANGE
No submissions.
OBSERVATIONS
"The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative
opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other 'people serving'
values. They can provide an experience in conservation education for the
young people of the country; they can enrich our literary and artistic
consciousness; they can help create social values; contribute to our civic
consciousness; remind us of our debt to the land of our fathers."
Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the
Interior
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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and
support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.
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