[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-7595]


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[Federal Register: March 31, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-014-94-4333-04]

 

Arizona: Notice of Intent

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Clarification of a Planning Decision and Establishment of 
Supplementary Rules.

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SUMMARY: The purposes of this notice is (1) to clarify and implement a 
decision made in the Arizona Strip District Resource Management Plan 
(RMP), approved in January 1992; and (2) propose supplementary rules to 
provide for the protection of persons, properties and public resources 
and to reduce certain user conflicts in designated recreation areas.
    (1) A decision made in the RMP states, ``Limit camping to 14 days 
at any one location across the district unless otherwise authorized.'' 
This limitation shall now be stated as, ``No person or persons shall 
camp or otherwise occupy one area on public land within the Arizona 
Strip District for longer than 14 consecutive days in any 28-day 
period. Any site on public land within 30 air miles constitutes the 
same area for the purpose of this rule. Persons occupying a regular 
campsite within the Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area are exempt from 
this rule.'' To protect resources, for public safety, or for other 
administrative purposes, an authorized officer may, by posting 
notification, close a given site to occupancy.
    (2) The following is a designated recreation area for the purpose 
of applying the rules of conduct contained in 43 CFR 8365.2: Virgin 
River Canyon Recreation Area located in T. 41 N., R. 14 W. (G&SRM), 
secs. 14 and 15.
    In addition to the regulations contained in 43 CFR 8365 the 
following supplemental rules will apply to the recreation area 
described above:
    (a) No person shall park more than two vehicles at any one site not 
designated as a group site or parking area.
    (b) Recreation area quiet hours are 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. No person 
shall operate noise-producing devices or by other means create noise 
enough to disturb other visitors during these hours.
    (c) No person shall dispose of any waste water, including that 
commonly called grey water, from a vehicle or container onto the ground 
or into a body of water.
    (d) Cutting firewood and damaging or removing vegetation is 
prohibited in designated recreation areas.
    (e) Ground fires are prohibited during periods of extreme fire 
danger when on-site notices are posted.
    (f) Recreation area waste receptacles are for the sole use of 
persons currently using the recreation area.
    Exemptions from the above rules may be authorized by the Area 
Manager, Shivwits Resource Area.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George W. Cropper, Area Manager, Shivwits Resource Area, 225 North 
Bluff Street, St. George, Utah 84770. Telephone (801) 628-4491.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The authority for public land occupancy 
rules is contained in 43 CFR 8365.1-2. Authority for establishing 
supplemental rules is in 43 CFR 8365.1-6. These rules will be available 
at the Shivwits Resource Area office, Arizona Strip District Office and 
Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area. Persons wishing to submit comments 
concerning this notice should do so in writing to the District Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management, 390 North 3050 East, St. George, Utah 84770, 
before the expiration of 30 days from the date of this publication. If 
no protest is received before May 4, 1994, the supplementary rules will 
become effective.
Roger Taylor,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 94-7595 Filed 3-30-94; 8:45 am]
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