[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 27007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12496]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-026-09-1220-00: GP9-0182]
Establishment of a Moratorium on the Number of Commercial
Outfitting Permits for the Public Land Administered by the BLM, Burns
District; Designation Order; Moratorium on Commercial Outfitting
Permits for the Burns District
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Burns District, Portions of
the Andrews and Three Rivers Resource Area, Burns, Oregon.
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SUMMARY: The BLM, Burns District will conduct an environmental review
which will analyze various alternatives, and address numerous issues
concerning resource protection, recreation opportunities, and number of
Special Recreation Permits (SRPs) issued by BLM, Burns District.
BLM has determined that a moratorium on the number of commercial
outfitting permits is needed to hold commercial use at the existing
1999 levels, until the environmental review and analysis is completed.
By placing a moratorium on commercial permits for the District,
this will allow BLM to collect baseline data, provide strategies for
determining thresholds, and assess the kind of outfitter/guides and the
services that they provide to the public. This environmental review
will be specific to commercial outfitting and big game hunting.
The moratorium will go into effect immediately and remain in affect
until the final environmental review is approved. Only those commercial
outfitters that have a current SRP for the BLM, Burns District, as of
May 1, 1999, will be allowed to apply in future years until the
environmental review is final.
When the environmental review is approved, the moratorium will be
lifted and constraints on the number of outfitting permits, kind of
outfitters authorized associated with recreational activities, area of
use, number of user days, if any, will be implemented.
Sales of outfitting businesses and any transfer of permits that may
apply during the period of moratorium will be dealt with through BLM
Recreation Permit Administration, Manual/Policy Statement and User
Guide.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information concerning this
moratorium on commercial outfitting permits in the Burns District may
be obtained from Fred McDonald, Natural Resource Specialist, Burns
District Office, HC 74-12533 Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon 97738,
(541) 573-4453, or Fred__McD[email protected].
Authority: For implementing this action is contained in 43 CFR
part 8372.
Dated: May 10, 1999.
Thoams H. Dyer,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-12496 Filed 5-17-99; 8:45 am]
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