[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28342]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-050-2822-00-N355: GP7-0009]


Closure of Public Lands

AGENCY: Prineville District, Deschutes Resource Area, Bureau of Land 
Management.

ACTION: Notice is hereby given that effective immediately, the Skeleton 
Fire Area as legally described below is closed to all motorized vehicle 
use, except those defined as open roads. The purpose of this closure is 
to protect wildlife, vegetation, and watershed resources. Exemptions to 
this closure will apply to administrative personnel of the Bureau of 
Land Management. Other exemptions to this closure may be made on a case 
by case basis by the authorized officer. This closure will remain in 
effect until May 1, 1998.

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LEGAL DESCRIPTION: This closure order applies to all public land within 
the area of Township 18S, Range 13E, Sections 14-36, Township 18S, 
Range 14E, Section 31, Township 19S, Range 13E, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 25, Township 19S, Range 14E, Sections 6, 7, 18, 
and 19, WM, Deschutes County, Oregon. Only two roads will remain open 
during the closure period;

--BLM Road 6516 from Old Highway 20 south to Forest Road 2015.
--Stookey Flat Road, from the intersection of Gosney Road and Arnold 
Market Road in a southeast direction to the intersection with BLM Road 
6516.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Schmidt, Wildlife Biologist, BLM 
Prineville District, P.O. Box 550, Prineville, Oregon 97754, telephone 
541-416-6784.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The authority for this closure is 43 CFR 
8341.2 and 43 CFR 8364.1 Violations of this closure order are 
punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or imprisonment not to 
exceed 12 months as provided in 43 CFR 8360.0-7.

    Dated: October 23, 1996.
James Hancock,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-28342 Filed 11-4-96; 8:45 am]
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