Closure of public lands: Oregon,

[Federal Register: May 22, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 99)]

[Notices]

[Page 28407]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-050-1220-00; GP8-0194]

Closure of Public Lands

AGENCY: Prineville District, Deschutes, Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice is hereby given that effective immediately, the Skeleton Fire Area and adjacent lands as legally described below is closed to all motorized vehicle use, except those defined as open roads. The purpose of this closure is to protect wildlife (including critical deer range), vegetation, sensitive soils, watershed resources, areas of high visual quality, and to prevent spread of noxious weeds. Exemptions to this closure will apply to administrative personnel of the Bureau of Land Management. Other exemptions to this closure order may be made on a case by case basis by the authorized officer.

This closure will remain in effect until further notice.

Descriptive Location:

This closure applies to those lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management East of Bend, Oregon, South of Highway 20, and immediately West of the Millican Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Management Area as described in the July 1989 Brothers/LaPine Resource Management Plan (Page 48).

Legal Description

This closure order applies to those lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management within the area of Township 18 south, Range 13 east, Sections 14-36; Township 19 south, Range 13 east, Sections 1- 4, 10-14, 24 and 25; Township 18 south, Range 14 east, Sections 30, 31, and 32; Township 19 south, Range 14 east, Sections 3-11, 14-24, 23-27. Seven roads will remain open during the closure period and are described as follows:

--Old Highway 20, Horse Ridge Segment. --BLM Road 6515 from Old Highway 20 South to Forest Road 2015 --BLM Road 6515-AA from BLM Road 6516, east to Dyer Well. --Stookey Flat Road, from intersection of Gosney Road and Arnold Market Road in a southeast direction to the intersection with BLM Road 6516. --Ford Road, a continuation of BLM Road 6516 to the Forest Road 2015. --Forest Road 2015. --Forest Road 2015-500 from Forest Road 2015 south to Forest Road 18.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Bureau of Land Management, Prineville District, P.O. Box 550, Prineville Oregon 97754, telephone 541-416-6700. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The authority for this closure is 43 CFR 8341.2 and 43 CFR 8364.1. Violations of this closure order are punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months as provided in 43 CFR 8360.0-7.

Dated: May 12, 1998. Danny L. Tippy, Acting District Manager,

[FR Doc. 98-13657Filed5-21-98; 8:45 am]

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