Excerpt from Rehabilitation of Concession Facilities: Glacier National Park The National Park Service (nps) issues contracts to concessioners authorizing them to provide services to the public. Some of the facilities utilized by concessioners in glac have been constructed or acquired by the nps. Many, however, were constructed on park lands using private capital. Glacier Park, Inc., (gpi) a subsidiary of Greyhound Food Management, Inc., is the main concessioner in glac, and holds a financial interest in many of the structures in the park. The concession contract refers to this as a possessory interest, or a right to be compensated for their financial investment. In instances where a possessory interest exists, title remains with the United States. Facilities in which the concessioner holds a possessory interest are referred to as concession improvements under the terms of the concession contract. Those facilities operated by the concessioner where they do not have a possessory interest are called government improvements. In Spite of mixed concessioner and government interests in concession facilities, responsibility for maintaining them seems clear. Under the terms of the contract, gpi has a responsibility to physically maintain and repair, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Interior, the facilities it uses for its operations. However given the magnitude of the needs of Glacier's concessions facilities, the issue becomes less clear. Section 3(b) of The Concessions Policy Act of 1965 states, The Secretary shall exercise his authority in a manner consistent with a reasonable opportunity for the concessioner to realize a profit on his operation as a whole commensurate with the capital invested and the obligations assumed. Under the concession contract held by gpi, the revenues and profits being generated are sufficient to maintain a reasonably new facility, but are not adequate to rehabilitate deteriorated historic facilities. The fact that several of these facilities have been designated as National Historic Landmarks and numerous others are listed on the National Register of Historic Places serves to clarify responsibilities. The nps is mandated to preserve these national treasures and has a responsibility to see that park visitors are not unwittingly exposed to life threatening situations. The nps will be able to fulfill these responsibilities only by undertaking a major rehabilitation and construction program. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.