[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 5072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2382]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[UT-090-1210-00]
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM).


Off Road Vehicle (ORV) Designations; San Juan Resource Management 
Plan (RMP)

ACTION: Notice of Implementation of Off Road Vehicle (ORV) Designations 
within the San Juan Resource Management Plan (RMP)

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SUMMARY: This notice implements ORV use designations made in the 1991 
Record of Decision for the San Juan RMP. The RMP identifies open, 
closed and limited ORV use areas for BLM-managed public lands in San 
Juan County, Utah, as identified on a map that was incorporated in the 
draft RMP, entitled ``ORV Designations'' and dated December, 1988. The 
limited category includes three types of ORV use designations: (1) 
limited by seasonal restrictions; (2) limited to existing roads and 
trails; and (3) limited to designated roads and trails. Within the 
upcoming year, additional actions will be carried out to fully 
implement these designations. Areas and routes will be signed and 
barriers may be located as necessary. Also, BLM will identify 
appropriate routes within the areas designated as ``limited to existing 
roads and trails'' or ``limited to designated roads and trails,'' and 
will produce a map that identifies such routes. In order to do this, 
BLM will inventory routes within these areas and will hold public 
meetings (to be announced) and work with local government officials in 
order to gather information necessary for decision-making. Any need for 
additional environmental analysis will be considered at the time that 
specific implementing actions are undertaken. ORV designations are 
implemented under the authority of 43 CFR 8342.

DATES: Implementation of the San Juan RMP ORV designations begins 
immediately.

ADDRESS: Information regarding ORV designations discussed in this 
notice is available at the following BLM office: Monticello Field 
Office, P.O. Box 7, 435 North Main, Monticello, Utah.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent E. Walter, Monticello Field 
Office, Utah at (435) 587-1500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Implementation of the ORV designations made 
in the San Juan RMP does not supersede emergency ORV use restrictions 
made for the Lockhart Basin area (Federal Register Notice: January 2, 
1998, Volume 63, Number 1) and the Comb Wash area (Federal Register 
Notice: June 20, 1990, Volume 55, Number 119). Those ORV use 
restrictions will remain in place until such time as the purposes 
provided in the notices are completed. Grand Gulch and Dark Canyon were 
closed to ORV use in 1970 when they were formally designated as 
primitive areas, and they remain closed.
G. William Lamb,
State Director, Utah.
[FR Doc. 99-2382 Filed 2-1-99; 8:45 am]
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