[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 108 (Friday, June 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 30774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14895]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID-055-1220-00]


Vehicle closure

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Vehicle Closure.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 CFR 8341.2, the following area is immediately 
closed to all types of motorized and nonmotorized vehicles (including 
bicycles): Township 5 North, Range 18 East Boise Meridian, Section 32, 
all public land. Authorized rehabilitation actions and emergency 
operations are exempt from the closure.

DATES: This action is effective May 15, 1998, and will remain in effect 
until the adverse impacts to soil, vegetation, riparian, and the 
subject watershed's natural resources have been successfully 
rehabilitated. Under normal weather conditions, the duration of this 
closure is expected to be approximately two years.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sometime prior to May 18, 1998, several four 
wheel drive vehicles traveled cross-country and along an un-named 
perennial stream which is a tributary to Trail Creek, near the City of 
Sun Valley, Blaine County, Idaho. This off-road vehicle use caused 
considerable adverse impacts to soil, vegetation, the stream channel, 
wildlife habitat, visual resources, and to a portion of the Sun Peak 
Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Research Natural Area for the 
protection and study of a rare plant community). The access road to 
this area has been physically closed and signed to prevent recurrence 
of inappropriate vehicle use, or additional damage from use by any type 
of vehicle.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Vander Voet, BLM Shoshone 
Resource Area, P.O. Box 2-B, Shoshone, Idaho 83352, telephone (208) 
886-2206.

    Dated: May 27, 1998.
Bill Baker,
Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-14895 Filed 6-4-98; 8:45 am]
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