96-17435. Utah; Closure of Public Lands

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17435]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-040-06-1220-00]


Utah; Closure of Public Lands

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Emergency Closure of Public Lands.

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NOTICE: Utah, Washington County, Cedar City District Office, Dixie 
Resource Area.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that effective immediately all public 
lands in the north half of Section 1, Township 42 South, Range 11 West 
of the Salt Lake Baseline and Meridian, including the unauthorized 
Slickrock Swamp Trail, are closed to mountain bike use and motorized 
vehicles with the exception of fire and emergency vehicles, law 
enforcement, government officials in the conduct of official business, 
and authorized permittees of the Bureau of Land Management. This 
closure is in accordance with the provisions of 43 CFR 8341.2.
    The purpose of the closure is to protect the City of Rockville 
municipal watershed and to reduce soil erosion on the Rockville Bench. 
The fragile soils and watershed are threatened because of the creation 
and use of an unauthorized mountain bike trail. The closure will also 
curtail trespass problems that are occurring on surrounding private 
property as a result of mountain bike use on the trail. The closure 
will remain in effect until specific land use planning is completed for 
the parcel.

ADDRESSES: More information can be obtained from R.J. Hughes at the 
Dixie Resource Area, 345 E. Riverside Drive, St. George, Utah 84790, 
[phone].

    Dated: June 26, 1996.
G. Von Swain,
Acting District Manager, Cedar City District.
[FR Doc. 96-17435 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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