97-20087. Closure of Public Lands to Motorized Vehicles, Shoshone Resource Area

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41073-41074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20087]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[ID-054-1210-00]


Closure of Public Lands to Motorized Vehicles, Shoshone Resource 
Area

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior

ACTION: Closure of public land to motorized vehicles.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given that a way and surrounding adjacent public 
land in the Little City of Rocks Wilderness Study Area (WSA) (ID-54-5, 
Shoshone/Sun Valley Environmental Impact Statement, 1986), in Gooding 
County, Idaho is closed to motorized use year round. The closed area 
includes all public land in Township 3 South, Range 15 East, Section 33 
except for a signed parking area south of the historic stone and 
earthen dam in the Little City of Rocks WSA. Motorized cross country 
travel has caused significant surface disturbance in the described 
area. The purpose of the closure is to prevent unacceptable impacts to 
soils and vegetation in compliance with the Interim Management Policy 
Guidance for WSAs. All public land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management within the above described area is closed to motorized 
vehicle use indefinitely from the date of this notice.

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    Exemptions from this closure may be approved by the Authorized 
Officer. Exemptions may be approved for federal, state, and local 
government personnel on official duty, emergency service personnel 
including medical, search and rescue, and other licensed or permitted 
individuals.
    The authority for this closure is 43 CFR 8364-1.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula Perletti, Outdoor Recreation 
Planner, Shoshone Resource Area, P.O. Box 2-B, Shoshone Idaho 83352, 
telephone [phone].

    Dated: July 7, 1997.
Bill A. Baker,
Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-20087 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]
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