[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 226 (Tuesday, November 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31372]
[[Page 64969]]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-034-08-1220-00: GPS-0027]
Temporary Closure of Public Lands: Oregon
AGENCY: Vale District, Bureau of Land Management, Interior Department.
ACTION: Notice of emergency closure of certain activities within
Snively Hot Springs Recreation Site.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 24, 1998.
SUMMARY: Effective November 24, 1998 all camping activities and the use
of all open fire is prohibited at Snively Hot Springs Recreation Site.
The site will remain open for day use activities, only. The closure is
the minimum action determined needed to provide visitor safety,
protection of the site's resource values, and to enhance recreational
enjoyment. The site has been subject to an increased level and
frequency of unlawful and inappropriate activities, including but not
limited to disorderly conduct, assault, and the illegal use of alcohol
and illicit drugs, unattended camp fires that have escaped resulting in
destruction of riparian vegetation and scorched top soils; the
destruction and vandalism of developed facilities and improvements; and
extensive littering.
This closure order is authorized under Title 43 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, subpart 8364.1. The following acts are prohibited
throughout the year on all public lands within the Snively Hot Springs
Recreation Site, located in Township 21 S., Range 45 E., section 22,
Willamette Principal Meridian, Malheur County, Oregon.
1. The starting or maintaining of any open fire;
2. The use or occupancy of the recreation site daily from sunset to
sunrise.
This closure order remains in affect until superseded by the Record
of Decision for the Southeastern Oregon Resource Management Plan
(SEORMP), which, in part, affects BLM management of the recreation
site, or until other approved planning provides for defined public uses
and restrictions within the recreation site.
PENALTY: Any person failing to comply with this closure order may be
subject to imprisonment for not more than 12 months, or a fine in
accordance with the applicable provisions of 18 U.S.C. 3571, or both.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy L. Masinton, Malheur Resource Area
Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 100 Oregon Street, Vale, Oregon
97918, Telephone (541) 473-3144.
Roy L. Masinton,
Malheur Resource Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-31372 Filed 11-23-98; 8:45 am]
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