[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-24753]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-035-00-4333-02; G4-00308]

 

Emergency Closure and Restriction on Public Lands in the South 
Fork of the Walla Walla River Area of Critical Environmental Concern 
(ACEC)

September 26, 1994.
AGENCY: Vale District, Baker Resource Area, Oregon, Bureau of Land 
Management.

ACTION: Notice of Closure and Restriction on Public Lands for the 
protection of resource values identified in South Fork of the Walla 
Walla River Area Plan Amendment, February 1992.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the regulations contained in 43 CFR 8364, the 
Bureau of Land Management is limiting motorized vehicle travel of 1,500 
GVW or less to the South Fork of the Walla Walla River trail system, 
closing the remainder of the ACEC to motorized use, closing the ACEC to 
overnight camping, and prohibiting the discharge of firearms within the 
road corridor between the cattleguard and the trail head gate. These 
closure and restriction orders will be in effect on approximately 1,955 
acres of public land within the South Fork of the Walla Walla River 
corridor. These limitations are located within the South Fork of the 
Walla Walla River ACEC in Umatilla County, Oregon in the western 
foothills of the Blue Mountains, Township 4N., Range 37E., Willamette 
Meridian. A map of the area described above may be viewed in the Baker 
Resource Area office. The limitations are necessary to prevent further 
deterioration of the area's resource values and provide for public 
safety. Personnel that are exempt from the area limitations include any 
Federal, State, or local officer, or member of any organized rescue or 
fire-fighting force in the performance of an official duty, or any 
person authorized by the Bureau of Land Management.

DATES: These closures and restrictions are in effect immediately and 
shall remain in effect until rescinded by the authorized officer.

PENALTIES: Violators are subject to fines not to exceed $1,000.00 and/
or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gloria Brown, Baker Resource Area 
Manager, Post Office Box 987, Baker City, Oregon 97814 or telephone 
(503) 523-1256.

    Dated: September 28, 1994.
Gloria Brown,
Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 94-24753 Filed 10-5-94; 8:45 am]
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