{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-51.79","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 51.79","heading":"May the Director waive payment of a franchise fee or other payments?","body":"The Director may not waive the concessioner's payment of a franchise fee or other payments or consideration required by a concession contract, except that a franchise fee may be waived in part by the Director pursuant to administrative guidelines that may allow for a partial franchise fee waiver in recognition of exceptional performance by a concessioner under the terms of a concession contract. A concessioner will have no right to require the partial waiver of a franchise fee under this authority or under any related administrative guidelines.","path":["Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property","CHAPTER I—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","PART 51—CONCESSION CONTRACTS","Subpart I—Concession Contract Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-36.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:44Z","sha256":"efb47bae004ceaeb5240ab3ef2b1cd8e86b7dd264305d6379ca31b32da176227","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-51.78","next":"us/36-cfr-51.80"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}