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V -- COMMERCIAL PORTAGE OPERATION SOL R9-9-99-1 DUE 110598 POC MN Shared Service Contracting Unit, 218-626-4364 or Sue Duffy, 218-365-7606 Negotiated service for commercial operation to haul watercraft, people, and associated equipment over Prairie Portage located in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Superior National Forest, Lake County, in Northeastern Minnesota. The estimated start date is Spring, 1999. Approximate completion date is Fall, 1999. This will be a multi-year project. See numbered note #1. Posted 09/15/98 (W-SN249922). (0258)

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