[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 178 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24723]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-986-6332; G8-0311]


Designation of the Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) Land Classifications 
Within the Tillamook Resource Area, Salem District, Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management Interior.

ACTION: This notice supplements the Federal Register Notice OR-080-95-
6350-00-G5-161, Availability of the Resource Management Plan and Record 
of Decision, Salem, Oregon and establishes the designation of OHV 
management classifications (open, limited or closed) of all public 
lands within the Tillamook Resource Area, Salem District, Oregon.

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SUMMARY: The location of the public lands to be classified lie within 
Tillamook, Yamhill, Clatsop, Columbia, Washington and Multnomah 
Counties in northwest Oregon. The Salem District Resource Management 
Plan (RMP) allocated acres in each of the three major OHV 
classifications and indicated that mapping of these classifications 
would be completed under subsequent planning. Areas of unique resource 
value was designated in the RMP as closed to use of OHV's. Areas where 
OHV's could be used with certain restrictions were described. The 
remaining area was listed as open. The mapping has been completed and 
is available for distribution and implementation.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following areas as identified in the RMP 
are CLOSED to the use of OHV's: High Peak/Moon Creek ACEC/RNA, 1538 
acres; Elk Creek ACEC, 1577 acres; The Butte ACEC/RNA 40 acres; Raymond 
Creek Bald Eagle Roost Area and the nearby alternate roost area, 320 
acres; progeny test sites, 113 acres. The following areas are 
designated as LIMITED: Nestucca River ACEC, 1062 acres; Sheridan Peak 
ACEC, 299 acres; Walker Flat ACEC, 10 acres; Yampo ACEC, 13 acres; the 
remainder of majority of the lands which correspond to the area 
designated as Late Successional Reserve and the un-mapped riparian 
reserves within the Tillamook Resource Area, approximately 80,000 
acres. The remainder of the Tillamook Resource Area is designated as 
OPEN. Definitions of these classifications may be found in 43 CFR 
8340.0-5.
    In addition, all OHV's used in the Upper Nestucca OHV area will be 
required to be equipped with mufflers which limit sound emissions to a 
maximum of ninety-nine dB(A) when measured according to stationary 
testing procedure SAE J1287.
    Authority for this action is contained in 43 CFR 8342.1. Any person 
who fails to comply with a restriction order may be subject to a fine 
not to exceed $1,000 and/or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months. 
Penalties are contained in 43 CFR 8340.0-7. Only delegated Federal Law 
Enforcement Officers, or other law enforcement and emergency personnel, 
or officials of the United States Departments of Interior, while 
engaged in these official duties, shall be exempt from this order.

DATES: This order is in effect January 1, 1999, and is permanent until 
cancelled, amended or replaced.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana R. Shuford, Area Manager. Bureau 
of Land Management, Tillamook Resource Area, 4610 Third Street, 
Tillamook, OR 97141. 503-815-1100.

    Dated: September 4, 1998.
Dana R. Shuford,
Resource Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-24723 Filed 9-14-98; 8:45 am]
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