NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Friday, December 6, 1996

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

No reports.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No reports.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Department of Interior Honor Awards - A number of National Park Service
employees will be honored on Monday at the Department's annual honor awards
convocation:

     Distinguished Service Awards          Valor Awards

     Rowland Bowers                        James Detterline
     John Davis                            Richard Evans
     Henry Drews                           Michael Fellner
     William Ehorn                         Jack Finley
     Thomas Gray, Jr.                      Randall Flanery
     Ronald Greenberg                      Richard P. Martin
     Robert Milne                          Daniel Mason
     John Parson
     Richard Powers
     Michael Shields

We will attempt to provide you with the texts of their citations in future
Morning Reports.  

Credit Card Machines - Recreation fee demonstration parks and other fee
collecting areas interested in using credit card machines should contact
Ranger Activities for information and assistance.  The fee program office
will work with parks to ensure that the equipment is delivered.  Please
contact Jennifer Getz via cc:Mail at NP-WASO-POPS or at 202-208-4048. 
[Jennifer Getz, RAD/WASO]

Regs/Jurisdiction Update - The following actions have recently taken place: 

  o 36 CFR Part 2: The proposed rule is still being reviewed by the
    solicitor's office.  We have heard rumblings that it may be released
    soon.  A small bit of fine tuning will be required prior  to going to
    the director and assistant secretary.

  o 36  CFR 9B - Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights: The NPS has resubmitted
    this proposed rule, which has been on hold since 1994; it is currently
    being reviewed by the solicitor. 

  o 36 CFR Part 11 - Arrowhead and Parkscape Symbols: The rule is under
    review by the assistant secretary's office.

    o 36 CFR Part 14 - Rights-of-Way: This proposed rule was signed by the
    assistant secretary on November 13th and is currently being reviewed by
    the department's regulatory affairs office. 

  o 36 CFR Part 62 - National Natural Landmarks: The rule is under review
    by the assistant secretary's office.

  o 43 CFR 10.12 - NAGPRA Civil Penalties: This interim rule was signed by
    the assistant secretary on November 5th, has cleared regulatory
    affairs, and is currently being reviewed by OMB.

  o 36 CFR Part 61 - Procedures for State, Tribal and Local Government
    Historic Preservation Programs: This proposed rule was published in the
    Federal Register on October 2nd.  The comment period closed on December
    2nd.

  o Part 7 and 13: A draft proposed rule for Part 13 regulations is
    currently being reviewed in house by parks in Alaska.

  o 36 CFR Part 3: A workgroup has been formed to address the update and
    rewrite of 36 CFR Part 3, the regulations on boating and water use
    activities.  The group has tentatively scheduled its first meeting for
    January.  If there are issues you would like them to review, please
    make them known to work group leader Bob McKeever at Lake Mead.  He can
    be reached via cc:Mail or by calling him at 702-293-8939.

  o 36 CFR 3.6 and 3.23: The final rule for zebra mussels is being reviewed
    by the solicitor.

  o Jurisdiction: The concurrent jurisdiction package for NPS lands within
    Fairfax County, Virginia, has been signed by the director and is
    currently being reviewed by the Virginia attorney general's office.

  o 36 CFR: For those who are interested, the latest version of 36 CFR
    (revised as of July 1, 1996) is now available for purchase at $20 a
    copy from the Government Printing Office (GPO).  Purchase inquiries may
    be made with the GPO warehouse by calling 202-512-1800.

[Dennis Burnett, RAD/WASO]

MEMORANDA

No submissions.

EXCHANGE

No submissions.

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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and
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