EP 1130-2-540
15 Nov 96
and availability of land resources. Application of these factors in combination with each other will
serve as a common baseline for evaluating the general compatibility of regional factors to allow
new or expansion of such developments. It is recognized that application of such baseline
information must be flexible. There may be other overriding parameters or regional factors, such
as length of recreation season (climate), topography and accessibility to project areas which may
otherwise influence a determination regarding the suitability for private exclusive use to be
allowed or precluded at a particular project or group of projects.
c. In terms of the set of criteria indicated in paragraph c, a project or site is considered
remote if it is located in excess of 100 miles from a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
(SMSA). Visitation becomes a factor when the ultimate visitation at a project has not been
obtained or when it is not projected to be reached in the foreseeable future. Foreseeable future
will be measured in increments of not less than five years or more than 25 years. The availability
of land resources for interim use is a function of demonstrated or anticipated public use and the
compatibility of the available resources to support such use based on good planning principles and
the establishment of sound resource use objectives. Regional plans permitting interim
development of private exclusive use must recognize that such use is subject to removal when a
higher priority need becomes evident. In addition to the remoteness criteria, if a project's
visitation exceeds 2,000,000 recreation days of use annually, or when the L/V factor is less than
.010, MSC commanders will consider that project as no longer remote even though it otherwise
meets the above distance criteria from SMSA. Since the visitation at a project is the only dynamic
factor in this set of criteria, these changes in the definition of remoteness should alert MSC
commanders on an annual basis to public use being experienced at projects under their
jurisdiction. These indicators should be used to implement modifications to approved regional
plans for private exclusive use as may be determined necessary by the MSC Commander.
d. When it is determined that available land resources are limited and will be needed for
higher priority purposes in the reasonably foreseeable future, existing private exclusive use should
be precluded. In this event, where commitments for private exclusive use have been made, a
phase out program of existing private exclusive use developments will be implemented. Such a
program should be established on a fair and equitable basis on a regional, individual project or site
specific considerations.
e. Timesharing. The main point in considering time share proposals or private exclusive
use requests is to determine whether the use violates either the time share policy or private
exclusive use policy or both. Violation of one or both of the policies is reason for denial of the
proposal or request.
(1) An example of prohibited timesharing would be the sale by a concessionaire of the use
of a specific campsite or boat for every first week in August for a twenty-year period. This would
also violate the definition of private exclusive use since the public would not be able to use that
campsite or boat for that particular week.
(2) Examples of proposals not considered timesharing are:
(a) A sale by a concessionaire of memberships which entitle the member to a campsite or
boat on a first-come, first-serve basis along with the general public. If the campsites or boats are
only available to members, this would be private exclusive use and, therefore, would be
prohibited.
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