[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [ID-055-1220-00] Vehicle closure AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Vehicle Closure. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 4310-GG-P