[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 53 (Monday, March 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 14775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6740]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-130-1220-00; GP5-082]


Notice of Public Lands Closure/Restrictions, Grant County, 
Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Wenatchee Resource Area, Spokane 
District.

ACTION: Emergency closure of public lands; Washington.

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SUMMARY: Closure and restriction order. Under the authority identified 
in 43 CFR 8364.1 (a.) Fifty acres of public lands located on Saddle 
Mountains, (S\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, Section 12, T. 15 N., R. 23 E. Willamette Meridian), are 
closed to surface disturbing activities including OHV riding and 
digging of petrified wood. The existing road and jeep trail are not 
affected by this closure. This closure/restriction is effective 
immediately upon publication of this notice and will remain in effect 
year round or until rescinded. This order is necessary to provide 
protection for sensitive plant species habitat. Authorized BLM 
personnel conducting habitat restoration activities, and personnel 
operating fire fighting and/or emergency vehicles or operations 
including search and rescue activities, are exempt from this order.
    Any person who fails to comply with a closure or restriction order 
issued under this subpart may be subject to the penalties provided in 
43 CFR 8360.0-7. These penalties are as follows. Violations are 
punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or imprisonment not to 
exceed 12 months.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Fisher, Area Manager, BLM, Wenatchee Resource Area Office, 915 N. 
Walla Walla Street, Wenatchee, Washington, 98801-1521; 509-665-2100.

    Dated February 28, 1995.
James F. Fisher,
Wenatchee Resource Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-6740 Filed 3-17-95; 8:45 am]
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