{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-046","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Superintendent Cassius Cash","authority":"36 C.F.R. 1.5","instrument":"News release, \u0027Park Closes to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts\u0027","title":"Park Closes to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-24 noon","end":"Initially through Apr. 6, 2020; extended Apr. 1 \u0027until further notice\u0027 (047); phased reopening May 9, 2020 (044, 048)","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-04-06","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","TRAV","GATH"],"addressees":["all visitors","gateway communities of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Townsend, Cherokee and Bryson City","concessioners and outfitters"],"clause":"All access to the park, including trails and roads, will temporarily close in alignment with efforts to control the [spread of COVID-19 across the region]... [all park roads] except the Foothills Parkway and the Spur, will close at noon on Tuesday, March 24 through Monday, April 6, in [alignment with the Tennessee Safer at] Home Advisory, and requests to close or partially close the park received from Swain County, Sevier County, [and Blount County].","enforcement":"36 C.F.R. 1.5 and 1.3; 18 U.S.C. 1865","functions":["TV travel demand (the most-visited national park)","LG lodging in Sevier County, TN (Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge) and Swain County, NC","CN concessions, outfitters and horse-riding concessions","CB gateway retail, attractions and restaurants","WF seasonal hiring"],"notes":"Issued at the request of three county governments and in alignment with the Tennessee advisory; extended in response to North Carolina Executive Order 121 (047).","sourceUrl":"https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/news/park-closes-to-support-regional-covid-19-prevention-efforts.htm","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200403211721/https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/news/park-closes-to-support-regional-covid-19-prevention-efforts.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":596540,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-046","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-046","citation":"Superintendent Cassius Cash, News release, \u0027Park Closes to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts\u0027 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-046)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-049","AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-047","AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-048"]}