[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44543-44544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18064]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-020-00-1430-PD]


Notice

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Emergency closure.

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SUMMARY: Under the authority of 43 CFR 8364.1(a), notice is hereby 
given that an emergency closure for the use and operation of motorized 
vehicles is in effect on public lands administered by the Salt Lake 
Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, as follows:
    All existing and future Federal land within the North Oquirrh 
Management Area within the following description:

T. 1 S., R. 3 W., SLM
    Section 20, SW\1/4\; Sections 19, 29, 30, 31, 32;
T. 2 S., R. 3 W., SLM
    Tract 37;
    Sections 5, 6, 7, 8;
    Section 16, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sections 17, 18, 19, 20;
    Section 21, W\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Section 28, W\1/2\, SE\1/4\;
    Sections 29, 30, 31, 32, 33;
    Section 34, W\1/2\W\1/2\;
T. 1 S., R. 4 W., SLM
    Section 24, SE\1/4\;
    Sections 25, 36;

    All lands east of the Union Pacific Railroad within:

T. 2 S., R. 4 W., SLM
    Tract 37;
    Sections 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 36;

DATES: Effective July 18, 2000, this closure will remain in effect 
until revoked.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Nelson, Acting Assistant Field 
Manager, Salt Lake Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 2370 South 
2300 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119; (801)-977-4300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This order is put into effect due to extreme 
wildland fire conditions and the immediate threat to high value private 
property, degradation of watershed, and the loss of important resources 
values resulting from wildland fires in the area. The closure is also 
necessary to protect fragile slopes already burned from erosion and 
damage by motorized vehicles while rehabilitation actions are underway.
    Violations of this closure are punishable by a fine up to $100,000 
and/or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months as provided in 43 CFR 8360.


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    Dated: July 11, 2000.
Glenn A. Carpenter,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-18064 Filed 7-17-00; 8:45 am]
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