[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 64 (Monday, April 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 15518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7697]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-320-08-1220-PN-1000-241A; 8340]
Extension of a Temporary Off-Highway Vehicle Restriction, Bureau
of Land Management, Colorado River District, Yuma Field Office, Arizona
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public that the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) intends to extend an existing restriction on all forms
of motorized travel within 122.02 acres of public land until September
30, 2010. The public lands affected by this temporary restriction are
located in the proximity of Walters Camp in Imperial County, California
at lots 1, 18, and 19, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and Tract 38, section 6,
Township 11 South, Range 22 East, San Bernardino Meridian. Employees of
the BLM and any other local, state, and Federal wildlife management,
law enforcement, and fire protection personnel are exempt from this
restriction while operating within the scope of their official duties.
Access by additional parties may be allowed, but must be approved in
advance in writing by the BLM Yuma Field Manager.
The BLM has issued and is extending this restriction by the
authority provided in 43 CFR 8341.2(a), 8364.1, and pursuant to the
authority of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of October 21,
1976, as amended (90 Stat. 2763; 43 U.S.C. 1732). The BLM is extending
this restriction to minimize damage to soil, watershed, vegetation, and
cultural resources of the public lands. Violations of this restriction
are punishable by a fine not to exceed $100,000 and/or imprisonment not
to exceed 12 months as authorized by Title 18, U.S.C., Sections 3571
and 3581.
DATES: The restriction will remain in effect until September 30, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James T. Shoaff, Yuma Field Manager;
BLM Yuma Field Office; 2555 East Gila Ridge Road; Yuma, AZ 85365;
[email protected]; (928) 317-3200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This temporary off-highway vehicle
restriction was originally established by the BLM Yuma Field Office on
August 9, 2006. The original restriction was established to provide the
BLM with the opportunity to inventory and assess the natural and
cultural resource values on these 122.02 acres that were transferred to
the BLM Yuma Field Office's jurisdiction from the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service under Public Law 109-127, An Act to revoke a Public
Land Order with respect to certain lands erroneously included in the
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, California (109th Congress, 12/07/
2005).
The Ehrenberg-Cibola Travel Management Plan will evaluate and
designate off-highway vehicle areas and trails in the vicinity of this
restriction in compliance with the BLM's Comprehensive Travel and
Transportation Management policies and according to BLM Resource
Management Planning guidance in 43 CFR 1610 and 8342. Extending the
original restriction through the completion of the Ehrenberg-Cibola
Travel Management Plan will safeguard existing resource values from
motorized travel, and will provide all interested stakeholders with
additional opportunities to submit input on future off-highway vehicle
designations in the area, as required by 43 CFR 8342.2(a).
James T. Shoaff,
Yuma Field Manager.
[FR Doc. E9-7697 Filed 4-3-09; 8:45 am]
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