[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 175 (Friday, September 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54543-54544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23084]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-023-1232-EA-NV06; Special Recreation Permit #NV-023-00-03]


Nevada: Emergency Closure of Certain Public Lands in the 
Winnemucca District for the Management of Lands and Activities Located 
In and Around the Burning Man Event Site, Pershing County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Closures and restrictions of public lands in Washoe and 
Pershing Counties.

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SUMMARY: Certain lands would be temporarily closed on an emergency 
basis, in the Winnemucca District, Pershing and Washoe Counties, 
Nevada, to public use from 6 a.m., August 28 to 12 pm, September 6, 
2000. This emergency closure is being made in the interest of public 
safety in relation to an authorized Burning Man Event airstrip south 
and southwest of the Burning Man site, at and around the public lands 
location of an event known as the Burning Man Festival. This event is 
expected to attract at least 28,000 participants this year, with a 
certain percentage of clientele arriving by aircraft and landing on the 
authorized airstrip. All other temporary closures and prohibitions as 
previously published in the Federal Register for this location remain 
in effect. The lands involved are located in the Mount Diablo Meridian 
and located northeast of Gerlach, Nevada.
    The ``Middle Track'' and ``East Track'' that lead out from the 
``First Exit/Entrance'' (``3-Mile'') to the playa areas east and west 
of the Burning Man site, from the Burning Man site east to the Union 
Pacific Railroad Tracks, and the entire Southern end of the playa 
southwest of Burning Man will be closed public use during the Burning 
Man event period, 6 a.m., August 28 to 12 pm, September 6, 2000, with 
the exception of BLM personnel, law enforcement and emergency medical 
services, and authorized Burning Man staff. The ``tracks'' are those 
sunken roadways or trackways on the Black Rock Desert playa that 
traverse the length of the playa ``west arm.'' The affected playa lands 
southwest to northeast are:

T32N, R23E,
    Sec. 1; Sec. 2; Sec. 3; Sec. 11; Sec. 12; Sec. 13; Sec. 14.
T33N, R23E,
    Sec. 25; Sec. 26; Sec. 34; Sec. 35; Sec. 36.
T32N, R24E,
    Sec. 5; Sec. 6.
T33N, R24E,
    Sec. 1; Sec. 2; Sec. 3 ; Sec. 4; Sec. 5; Sec 8; Sec. 9; Sec. 10; 
Sec. 11; Sec. 12; Sec. 13; Sec. 14; Sec. 15; Sec. 16; Sec. 17; Sec. 
18; Sec 19; Sec. 20; Sec. 21; Sec. 22; Sec. 28; Sec. 29; Sec. 30; 
Sec. 31; Sec. 32.
T33, R25E,
    Sec. 2; Sec. 3; Sec. 4.

    The 3-Mile (First Exit/Entrance) will be closed during the Burning 
Man event period, August 28, 2000 to September 4, 2000, with the 
exception of BLM personnel, law enforcement and emergency medical 
services, and authorized Burning Man staff. The affected lands are:

T33N, R23E,
    Sec. 35, NW\1/4\ of the SW\1/4\.

    A map showing the temporary closure area is available from the 
following BLM

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office: BLM-Winnemucca Field Office, 5100 East Winnemucca Blvd., 
Winnemucca, Nevada 89445.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Bilbo, Outdoor Recreation 
Planner, or Les Boni, Assistant manager, Non-Renewable Resources, at 
(775) 623-1500, or write to: BLM-Winnemucca Field Office, 5100 East 
Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, Nevada 89445. A map showing the temporary 
closure area is available from the following BLM office: Winnemucca 
Field Office, 5100 East Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, Nevada 89445, 
(775) 623-1500. BLM contact person is Michael Bilbo at above address 
and phone.

    Authority: 43 CFR part 8340, 43 CFR subpart 8341, 43 CFR subpart 
8341.2, 43 CFR part 8360, 43 CFR subpart 8364.

    Penalty: Any person failing to comply with the closure orders may 
be subject to imprisonment for not more than 12 months, or a fine in 
accordance with the applicable provisions of 18 U.S.C. 3571, or both. 
Any person who fails to comply with this closure notice issued under 43 
CFR, part 8364, may be subject to the penalties provided for in 43 CFR 
8360.0-7.

    Dated: August 25, 2000.
Terry Reed,
Field Manager, Winnemucca Field Office.
[FR Doc. 00-23084 Filed 9-7-00; 8:45 am]
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