[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19760-19761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9738]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NV-030-95-1220-00]


Temporary Closure of Public Lands: Nevada; Carson City District

Agency: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

Action: Temporary closure of certain public lands in Lyon and Douglas 
Counties on and adjacent to an Off Highway Vehicle race course: May 27-
28, 1995 Valley Off-Road Racing Association Yerington 300--Permit 
Number NV-035-95-12.

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SUMMARY: The Walker Resource Area Manager announces the temporary 
closure of selected public lands under his administration. This action 
is being taken to provide for public safety and to protect adjacent 
resources during the official running of the Yerington 300 Off Highway 
Vehicle Race.

EFFECTIVE DATES: May 27 & 28, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fran Hull, Walker Area Recreation 
Planner, Carson City District, Bureau of Land Management, 1535 Hot 
Springs Road, Suite 300, Carson City, Nevada 89706, Telephone: (702) 
885-6000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A map of the closure may be obtained from 
Fran Hull at the contact address. The event permittee is required to 
clearly mark and monitor the event route during the closure period. 
Spectators shall remain [[Page 19761]] in safe locations as directed by 
event officials and BLM personnel.
    Specific information pertaining to each event is as follows:
    1. Valley Off-Road Racing Association Yerington 300 Off-Road Race--
Permit Number NV-035-95-12. A multiple-lap OHV race on roads and washes 
near Yerington, Nevada in Douglas and Lyon Counties, within T12N R24E; 
T13N R24E; T14N R24E; T15N R24E; T16N R24E; T13N R25E; T15N R25E; T16N 
R25E; T17N R25E; T17N R26E.
    Bureau Lands to be closed include existing roads and washes 
identified on the ground as the 1995 Yerington 300 Off-Road Race route 
except at designated pit and spectator areas. Spectator areas are: the 
Start/Finish area and Gallagher Pass Road and Churchill Canyon Road. 
Camping on public lands in conjunction with the event must be a minimum 
of fifty yards away from the race course centerline. This closure will 
be in effect from 6:00 p.m. May 27 until midnight on May 28, 1995.
    The above restrictions do not apply to race officials, law 
enforcement and agency personnel monitoring the event.

    Authority: 43 CFR 8364 and 43 CFR 8372.

    Penalty: Any person failing to comply with the closure order may be 
subject to the penalties provided in 43 CFR 8360.7.

    Dated: April 7, 1995.
John Matthiessen,
Walker Resource Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-9738 Filed 4-19-95; 8:45 am]
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