[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 2691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1127]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-050-1110-00:G8-0070]


Prineville District; Shooting Restriction on Public Lands; Oregon

January 6, 1998.
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice is hereby given that the area legally described below is 
seasonally closed to shooting.

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LEGAL DESCRIPTION: This closure order applies to all areas within 
Township 15 South, Range 11 East, Section 16, SE of the SW and SW of 
the SE; and Section 21, NE of the NW and NW of the NE.
    Effective immediately, all areas as described above are closed to 
shooting between January 1 and August 31, annually. Shooting is defined 
as ``the discharge of firearms''. A firearm is defined as ``a weapon, 
by whatever name know, which is designed to expel a projectile by the 
action of powder and which is readily capable of use as a weapon''. The 
purpose of this closure is to protect wildlife resources. More 
specifically, this closure is ordered to protect a nesting pair of 
golden eagles. Currently, the occurrence of shooting at this site 
jeopardizes the persistence and nesting success of the golden eagles at 
this location. Exemptions to this closure order may be made on a case-
by-case basis by the authorized officer. This emergency order will be 
evaluated in the Urban Interface Amendment to the Brothers/La Pine 
Resource Management Plan of 1989. The authority for this closure is 43 
CFR 8364.1: Closure and restriction orders.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Nichols, Wildlife Biologist, BLM 
Prineville District Office, P.O. Box 550, Prineville, Oregon 97754, 
telephone (541) 416-6725

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Violation of this closure order is 
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: January 6, 1998.
James G. Kenna,
Deschutes Resource Area Manager, Prineville District Office.
[FR Doc. 98-1127 Filed 1-15-98; 8:45 am]
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