[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 113 (Friday, June 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32244-32245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15615]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-015-1210-00: GP8-0210]
Notice of Vehicle Closures and Restrictions in the Lakeview
District
AGENCY: Lakeview District, Bureau of Land Management.
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SUMMARY: The following list of vehicle closures and restrictions covers
lands within the Lakeview and Klamath Falls Resource Areas of the
Lakeview District located in south central Oregon.
Lakeview Resource Area
The Lakeview Resource Area is republishing certain vehicle closures
and restrictions as part of the implementation of the following
documents: Warner Lakes and High Desert Management Framework Plans
(MFPs; 1983), Off-Road-Vehicle Implementation Plans (1981), Oregon
Wilderness EIS (1989), Warner Lakes Plan Amendment for the Warner
Wetlands Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC; 1989), High
Desert Plan Amendment for the Lake Abert ACEC (1996), and four small
emergency closures done under 43 CFR 8341.2 and/or 8342. All of these
restrictions and closures had previously been published in the Federal
Register, but without the penalty cited. This notice remedies the
omission. Pursuant to the regulations contained in 43 CFR 8364.1, the
Bureau of Land Management is limiting motorized vehicle travel as
detailed in the above documents.
Closed to Vehicles
Black Hills
Buck Creek
Fossil Lake
Crane Mountain
South Green Mountain (emergency)
Table Rock (emergency)
Cougar Mountain (emergency)
Westside gravel pit area (emergency)
Vehicles Limited to Designated Roads and Trails
Lost Forest RNA
Warner Wetlands ACEC
Vehicles Limited to Existing Roads and Trails
Alkali Lake Sand Dunes
Abert Lake ACEC
Wilderness Study Areas
Picture Rock Pass
Seasonal Vehicle Closures
Fort Rock/Silver Lake Deer Winter Range (December 1 to March 31)
Two vehicle restrictions previously listed in the 1983 MFPs are no
longer needed, and through this notice they are dropped or included
within newer designations: Cox Creek Wildlife Closure is no longer
necessary and is now ``open'' to vehicles; Lake Abert Archeologic Zone
is now within the larger Lake Abert ACEC.
Klamath Falls Resource Area
The Klamath Falls Resource Area is implementing vehicle closures
and restrictions in the following areas as described in the 1995
Klamath Falls Resource Management Plan (RMP) and the 1995 Upper Klamath
Basin and Wood River Wetland RMP. Pursuant to the regulations contained
in 43 CFR 8364.1, the Bureau of Land Management is limiting motorized
vehicle travel as detailed in both RMP's:
Closed to Vehicles
Wood River Wetland Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)
Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail
Lower Klamath Hills Wildlife area
Spencer Creek
Miller Creek ACEC
Old Baldy Research Natural Area (RNA)
Areas where water quality is being adversely affected
Progeny test sites
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Vehicles Limited to Designated Roads and Trails
Klamath River Canyon ACEC
Surveyor Mountain area
Stukel Mountain area
Vehicles Limited to Existing Roads and Trails
Mountain Lakes Wilderness Study Area (WSA)
Yainax Butte ACEC
Swan Lake Rim
Bryant Mountain
Gerber Block
Lands south of Highway 66, outside of Klamath River Canyon ACEC
Topsy Recreation Site
Bly Mountain area
Seasonal Vehicle Closures
Pokegama Wildlife Area (November 20 to April 15)
Klamath Deer Winter Range area (November 1 to April 15)
Bryant Mountain (November 1 to April 15)
Stukel Mountain (November 1 to April 15)
Gerber Block (November 1 to April 15)
Personnel that are exempt from all of the above listed closures and
restrictions include any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of
any organized rescue or fire-fighting force in performance of an
official duty, or any person authorized by the Bureau of Land
Management.
DATES: These closures and restrictions are in effect immediately and
shall remain in effect until rescinded or modified by the authorized
officer.
PENALTIES: The authority for this rule is found in 43 CFR 8360.0-7.
Violation of this rule is punishable by a fine not to exceed $100,000
and/or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For activities in the Lakeview
Resource Area, contact Scott Florence, Lakeview Resource Area Manager,
Bureau of Land Management, PO Box 151, Lakeview, OR 97630, or telephone
(541) 947-2177. For activities in the Klamath Falls Resource Area
contact Barron Bail, Klamath Falls Resource Area Manager, 2795 Anderson
Ave., Bldg. 25, Klamath Falls, OR 97603, or telephone (541) 883-6916.
Dated: June 3, 1998.
Bob Hopper,
Acting Lakeview District Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-15615 Filed 6-11-98; 8:45 am]
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