Vehicle Route Closure Publication: Federal Register Agency: Bureau of Land Management Byline: Glenn T. Patterson Date: 12 August 1994 Subject: American Government

[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-19695]


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[Federal Register: August 12, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-020-03-4332-02/8341: G4-254]

 

Vehicle Route Closure

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, (BLM), DOI.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A portion of two dead-end vehicle routes on Federal public 
lands located along the east side of the Pueblo Mountains in Harney 
County, Oregon, are being closed to all motorized and mechanized 
(bicycles, etc.) vehicular traffic, except as noted below, under the 
provisions of 43 CFR 8364.1.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The closures include the following two 
routes:
    (1) The route that follows Little Cottonwood Creek to the west will 
be closed at .7 mile west from where the route begins on the Fields/
Denio County Road in the SE\1/4\NW\1/4\ sec. 28, T. 39 S., R. 35 E., 
Willamette Meridian, approximately 1.5 miles west to its dead end.
    (2) A secondary route off the main route that follows Arizona Creek 
will be closed beginning 2 miles from the Fields/Denio County Road 
heading west in the SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ sec. 32, T. 39 S., R. 35 E., 
Willamette Meridian, approximately 1-mile north to its dead end. These 
routes are being closed to all motorized and mechanized vehicles with 
the following exceptions:
    1. Law enforcement and other emergency personnel while engaged in 
emergency operations and official duties.
    2. BLM employees while engaged in approved official duties.
    3. Approved reclamation actions designed to restore the routes back 
to a more natural condition that existed prior to the route(s) 
existence.
    Failure to comply with this closure may result in a fine of not 
more than $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months, or both, in 
accordance with 43 CFR 8360.0-7.
    These closures are being initiated to better protect sensitive 
plant species that are found in the Pueblo Foothills Research Natural 
Area, protect reclamation projects allowing vegetation to become 
reestablished, enhance wilderness values within the Pueblo Mountains 
Wilderness Study Area (2-81), prevent any further illegal expansion of 
vehicle routes within the Wilderness Study Area, and safety concerns 
regarding deterioration of the route(s) due to washouts. An 
Environmental Assessment of the closure is available for inspection at 
the address listed below.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The closures will be effective upon posting and 
closure of the route(s) by the Authorized Officer. These closures are 
permanent.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glenn Patterson, Andrews Resource 
Area, Area Manager, or Scott Moore, District Wilderness Specialist, HC 
74-12533 Hwy 20 West, Hines, Oregon 97738, telephone (503) 573-5241.

    Dated: August 5, 1994.
Glenn T. Patterson,
Andrews Resource Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 94-19695 Filed 8-11-94; 8:45 am]
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