[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 151 (Monday, August 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40192-40193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19381]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-068-01-7123-00-6592]


Emergency Closure of Public Lands; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior.

ACTION: This notice shall amend the original closure order, for the Ord 
Mountain area, to optimize public opportunity for outdoor recreation, 
hunting and camping purposes. This amendment also clarifies and further 
defines the areas within the closure area available for public camping 
and parking.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with title 43, Code of Federal Regulations 
8341.2, notice is hereby given that all lands described below, 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have been closed to 
all motorized vehicle use, as amended herein; except for BLM operation 
and maintenance vehicles, law enforcement vehicles and other vehicles 
specifically authorized by an authorized officer of the Bureau of Land 
Management; and except for the authorized routes, as amended herein, 
administered by the BLM which are identified below, which will be 
signed open. This closure affects ALL of the public lands, from the 
powerline road southeast of Barstow (south of the Nebo Marine Base), 
east to Camprock road, south to Northside road (Lucerne Valley), 
bordered by State route 247 to the west.

Routes

    The open routes of travel have been modified to optimize 
opportunity for outdoor recreation purposes. A map of the open route 
network is available from the Bureau of Land Management, 150 Coolwater 
Lane, Barstow, CA 92311, (619) 255-8760.

Signing

    Within the closure area, segments of the authorized route network 
will be signed as OPEN ROUTES. To reduce public confusion, routes 
closed by this order which appear on the current Desert Access Guides 
as open routes will be signed as CLOSED ROUTES where they intersect 
with segments of the authorized route network. CLOSED ROUTE signs may 
also be used at locations where use patterns show considerable public 
confusion. All routes not signed are to be considered closed. Visitors 
to this area must restrict their motor vehicle use to the authorized 
route network.

Private Lands

    This order is in no way intended to affect the rights of private 
land owners, or their interests within the closure area, with respect 
to private lands. Further, this order does not infer any Bureau of Land 
Management jurisdiction over private lands, within the closure area.

Camping

    Camping, staging and parking is prohibited within the Cinnamon 
Hills habitat restoration area. This area has been identified for 
intensive biological restoration. The no camping zone is clearly marked 
on the official map, and is located within the area bounded by 
Northside Road, Camprock Road, and portions of route OM-10, route OM-30 
and route OM-7.
    In the remainder of the closure area, camping, parking and staging 
may occur in a previously disturbed area within fifty feet of the edge, 
of any portion of the authorized route network, upon lands managed by 
the Bureau of Land Management. Use of private lands for this purpose 
requires land owner permission.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This closure, as modified herein, is 
required to mitigate the impacts of unregulated street-legal and non-
street legal motorized use in a class ``L'' limited use area as 
designated in the California Desert District Conservation Area Plan 
(1980), as amended. This area is important to wildlife including upland 
game birds, desert tortoise habitat, and the desert tortoise, a 
threatened species (listed in 1989 as endangered, downgraded to 
threatened in 1990). This area is impacted by the neighboring Stoddard 
Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area and Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle 
Area. Route proliferation is occurring within the area and is impacting 
the habitat of the desert tortoise. This closure will allow for 
permitted use, including but not limited to grazing, recreation and 
mining. This closure does not affect public access by non-motorized 
means.

PENALTIES: Failure to comply with this closure is punishable by a fine 
not to exceed $100,000 and/or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Area Manager Barstow (619 255-8700). 
Maps of the closure will be posted at Daggett, Barstow and Lucerne 
Valley Post Offices and may also be obtained from the Barstow Resource 
Area, 150 Coolwater Lane, Barstow, CA 92311.

    Dated: July 31,1995.
Michael DeKeyrel,
Acting Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-19381 Filed 8-4-95; 8:45 am]
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