[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27316-27317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12934]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-070-08-1230-00; 8300]
Arizona: The Crossroads and Empire Landing Campgrounds Located on
the Parker Strip (California); Establishment of Fees and Supplementary
Rules, During FY 1998 and Subsequent Years
AGENCY: Lake Havasu Field Office, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Implementation and increase of fees and supplementary rules of
overnight camping and day use at the Crossroads & Empire Landing
Campgrounds on the California side of the Colorado River, between
Parker, AZ, and Parker Dam, CA.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office
announces the implementation and increase of fees at the Crossroads &
Empire Landing Campgrounds. To be instituted during FY 1998, as a
federal fee campground under the authorities described in 36 CFR part
71. The purpose of the fee implementation and increase to the offset
management and maintenance costs of facility and equipment repair,
volunteer expenses, and sewage disposal. The fee is being established
to safely and properly accommodate the increasing costs of operating
and maintaining a public campground while helping provide natural
resource protection through improved management of this use. The fee
implementation assures that the campground will be available for public
use year after year.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 20, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Myron McCoy Outdoor Recreation Planner, Lake Havasu Field Office, 2610
Sweetwater Avenue, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 86406, telephone (520)
505-1200; e-mail [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority for the campground fee
implementation is contained in Title 43, Code of Federal Regulations,
Part 8360, Subpart 8365, Sections 2 and 2-3. Authority for the payment
of fees is in Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart 71.
Authority for including this project in the Fee Demonstration Pilot
Program is contained in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliations Act of 1993
(Public Law 103-66) and the FY 1996 Appropriations Act (Public Law 104-
134). The authority for establishing supplementary rules is contained
in Title 43, Subpart 8365, Section 1-6. The campground fee
implementation supplementary rules have been developed to manage
continued use of the site until a management plan can be completed.
These rules will be available in the local office having jurisdiction
over the site affected, and will be posted at the site. Violations of
supplementary rules are punishable as class A misdemeanors.
The following is the legal descriptions for the Campgrounds:
Crossroads: San Bernardino Meridian
T. 2 N., R. 26 E.,
Sec. 35, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
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Empire Landing: San Bernardino Meridian
T. 2 N., R. 26E.,
Sec 36, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
Supplemental Rules
Recreation Use Permit
--Camping and day use permits are required for any use of the
designated site for each vehicle used as a primary means of
transportation. The fee for camping and day use permits will be as
posted. Golden Age/Access cardholders qualify for half price discounts.
The fee for a use permit will be in accordance with the fee schedule,
requirements, and procedures established under the Recreation Fee
Demonstration Pilot Program and are payable in U.S. funds only.
--Permit envelope receipts must be displayed (on the vehicle dashboard)
and presented upon demand to an authorized BLM officer. Should the
occupants be away from the campsite, the receipt must be visibly
displayed in a conspicuous place.
--Permits may not be reassigned or transferred.
--An authorized BLM officer may revoke, without reimbursement, any
permit when the permittee violates any BLM rule or regulation. Any
permittee whose permit is revoked must remove all property and leave
the campsite within 1 hour of notice.
--Camping checkout time is 2 pm of the following day.
--All pets must be on a leash and attended at all times. Leashes can
not be longer than 8 feet.
--Motorized vehicles not registered for street use are not allowed to
be driven in the campground.
--Fireworks are not allowed.
Site Occupation
--The maximum stay limit is 14 consecutive days, and 28 days in a
calendar year.
--Eight persons are the maximum capacity allowed per site, per night.
--A camp site is considered occupied after the appropriate permit fee
has been paid and the permittee has taken possession of the site by
leaving personal property at the site.
--No person shall occupy a camp site in violation of instructions from
a BLM official or when there is reason to believe that the unit is
occupied by another camper.
Quiet Hours
--Quiet hours are from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. in accordance with applicable
state time zone standards.
Campfires
--Fires must be confined to barbecue, stove, grill, fireplace or other
facility provided for such purpose.
Wood Collection
--Cutting or collecting any firewood is prohibited, including dead and
down wood and all other vegetative material.
Firearms
--All firearms must remain unloaded and locked in vehicles at all times
while occupying the campsite.
Sanitation
--Holding and sewage tank disposal is allowed at the dump station
provided at Empire Landing Campground. Dumping waste water or emptying
portable toilets in vault toilets is prohibited.
--Anyone using a campsite must keep their site free or litter and trash
during the period of occupancy and remove all personal equipment and
clean their sites upon departure.
--Persons bringing or allowing pets in camp areas shall be responsible
for proper removal and disposal, in sanitary facilities, or any waste
produced by these animals.
Alcoholic Beverages
The following are prohibited:
--The sale or gift of alcoholic beverage to a person under 21 years of
age.
--The possession of an alcoholic beverage by a person under 21 years of
age.
--The consumption of an alcoholic beverage by a person under 21 years
of age.
Authority and Penalties
This notice is published under the authority of Title 43, Code of
Federal Regulations, Subpart 8365, Section 1-6.
Dated: May 8, 1998.
Robert M. Henderson,
Acting Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-12934 Filed 5-15-98; 8:45 am]
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