[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 5798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3214]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-030-00-1220-04; G6-010]


Notice of Prohibited Acts in the Wallowa/Grande Ronde Rivers Area

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

ACTION: Notice of prohibited acts and restrictions within the 
boundaries of the Wallowa/Grande Ronde Rivers Final Management Plan.

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SUMMARY: The Vale District is initiating certain closures and 
restrictions as part of the implementation of the 1993 Wallowa/Grande 
Ronde Rivers Final Management Plan, and in order to protect and enhance 
the outstandingly remarkable values (ORV's) for which the river was 
designated. The closures and restrictions are the minimum necessary to 
protect ORV's and maintain recreation opportunities. Personnel that are 
exempt from the closures and restrictions include any Federal, State, 
or local officer, or member of any organized rescue or fire-fighting 
force in performance of an official duty, or any person authorized by 
the Bureau of Land Management. Pursuant to 43 CFR 8351.2-1(f), the 
following acts are prohibited on all public lands within the boundaries 
identified on the Wallowa/Grande Ronde Rivers Administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management:
    Violation of these prohibitions is punishable by a fine of not more 
than $500 or imprisonment for not more than 6 months or both. (Title 16 
U.S.C. 1281) and (Title 16 U.S.C. section 3).
1. Camping
    A. Camping in any area posted as ``Closed'' to that use.
    B. Installation of permanent camping facilities.
    C. Camping below high water line.
2. Fire
    A. Building or maintaining any open campfires except those 
contained in a fireblanket, firepan or similar metal container with 
sides measuring at least 2'' in height.
    B. Failure to remove campfire debris from the river corridor and 
disposing of it in a refuse container.
3. Sanitation and Refuse
    A. Disposing of refuse in other than refuse receptacles.
    B. Leaving campground equipment, site alterations or refuse after 
departing any campsite or in any unoccupied campsite.
    C. Disposal of solid human waste except at designated locations or 
facilities provided for that purpose.
4. Vehicles
    Accessing the river corridor by motor vehicle in areas closed to 
that use.
    B. Operation of a motor vehicle in violation of any Oregon or 
Washington State law.
5. Other Acts
    A. Failure to possess a commercial guide permit as required by the 
Bureau of Land Management (Baker Resource Area) and United States 
Forest Service (Walla Walla Ranger District).
    B. Taking, attempting to take, or possession of any fish or 
wildlife in violation of any Oregon or Washington State law or other 
regulation.
    C. Defacing, disturbing, or removing any historic or prehistoric 
feature or artifact.
    D. Violation by commercial permittees of any stipulation outlined 
in the Guidelines for Commercial Use of Rivers in the Vale District, in 
cooperation with United States Forest Service (Walla Walla Ranger 
District).
    E. Violation of any Oregon State Marine Board regulation.
    The lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management to which 
this order applies are within the administrative boundary of the 
Wallowa/Grande Ronde Rivers. Legal Description of the administrative 
boundary can be viewed at the Vale District office or is available in 
the above mentioned management plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gloria Brown, Baker Resource Area Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 
1550 Dewey Avenue, Baker City, OR 97814, Telephone 541 523-1256.

James E. May,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-3214 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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