[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 45562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21678]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR 125-6334 06; GP 9-0293; OR 1170 and 6840]


Revised Closure Notice for Public Lands on the North Spit of Coos 
Bay

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 CFR 3864.1, the emergency closure of access to 
public lands and roads administered by the Bureau of Land Management on 
North Spit is being rescinded for all of the area except the following 
snowy plover habitat areas: the inland snowy plover habitat areas 
(approx. 70 acres) in T. 25 S., R. 14 W. Sections 23, 24 and 26 and the 
habitat areas on the ocean beach (approx. 78 acres) in T. 25 S., R. 14 
W. Sections 12, 13, 23, 24 and 26 and T. 25 S., R. 13 W. Sections 6 and 
7.
    Penalties: Under 43 CFR 8360.0-7 any person who fails to comply 
with the provisions of this order may be subject to a fine not to 
exceed $1,000.00 and/or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The lands reopened by this notice are open to 
access by foot, horse and licensed street legal vehicles only. Access 
to the lands that remain closed is restricted to authorized personnel 
only. Some personnel authorized by the Bureau of Land Management, Coos 
Bay District are exempt from the restrictions.
    This restriction is needed for protection of western Snowy Plover 
nesting habitat for the duration of the nesting season.
    This closure order is in accordance with provisions of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (Pub. L. 94-579, 90 stat. 2743, 
43 U.S.C. 1701) and 43 CFR, Subpart 8364. Because of immediate 
potential dangers to the western Snowy Plover, a 30 day comment period 
is inappropriate and the closure is in effect as of the published date.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 12, 1999. The closure remains in effect until 
September 16, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Hoffmeister, Bureau of Land 
Management, Coos Bay District, 1300 Airport Lane, North Bend, Oregon 
97459. Telephone: (541) 756-0100.
Gary Johnson,
Umpqua Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-21678 Filed 8-19-99; 8:45 am]
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