[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71498-71499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34180]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-030-09-1220-00: GP9-0065]
Restrictions on Public Lands in Leslie Gulch Area of Critical
Environmental Concern
AGENCY: Vale District, Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of closures and restrictions of use within Leslie Gulch
Area of Critical Environmental Concern.
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SUMMARY: The Vale District is initiating certain closures and
restrictions as part of the implementation of the approved 1995 Leslie
Gulch Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) Management Plan.
The closures and restrictions are consistent with decisions of the ACEC
management plan, and implementation is necessary to protect and enhance
the identified relevant and important ACEC values of high quality
scenery, California bighorn sheep habitat and special status plant
species. The approved ACEC management plan complies with all applicable
subparts of Title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part
1610 (Resource Management Planning) and meets all requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act.
Persons exempt from the closures and restrictions include any
authorized Federal, State or local officers, or any member of an
organized rescue or fire-fighting unit in performance of official
duties recognized by the Bureau of Land Management, Vale District, or
any person authorized by the Bureau of Land Management, Vale District.
In accordance with the authority and requirements of Executive
Orders 11644 and 11989, and regulations under Title 43, CFR, part 8340,
the Dago Gulch Road south of the northern gate in T. 26 S., R. 45 E.,
section 19 is designated closed to motorized and mechanical vehicles.
Pursuant to Closure and Restriction Orders under Title 43 CFR, part
8364.1, the following acts are prohibited on all public lands within
the boundaries of the Leslie Gulch ACEC:
1. Motorized and Mechanized Vehicles. Operating a motorized or
mechanized vehicle within the ACEC other than on designated roads,
parking areas and campgrounds (currently only Slocum Creek Campground).
2. Camping/Campfires.
(a) Camping outside designated campgrounds (currently only Slocum
Creek Campground).
(b) Use of open fires outside of designated campgrounds (currently
only Slocum Creek Campground).
3. Recreational Domestic Livestock. Using or possessing a horse or
other domestic livestock for any purpose.
4. Minerals and Vegetation. Collection of living or dead vegetation
or any mineral or petrified wood without authorization.
5. Rock Climbing.
(a) Placement of permanent anchoring devices.
(b) Altering of natural features.
(c) Leaving temporary hardware on natural features or at climbing
locations for longer than needed for immediate use.
(d) Competitive or commercial rock climbing activities.
The lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management for which
this order applies are within the Maheur Resource Area. The approved
management plan and boundary of the Leslie Gulch ACEC can be viewed at
the Vale District office. This order remains in effect until further
notice.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 28, 1998.
PENALTY: Any person failing to comply with this closure and restriction
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.
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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. 98-34180 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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