[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 200 (Monday, October 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 61179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26428]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-070-01-2810-PD]


Designation Order: MT-070-0001; Emergency Off-Road Vehicle 
Closure Designation, Butte Field Office, Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Emergency off-road closure to all motorized vehicles.

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SUMMARY: Final notice is hereby given that effective immediately all 
public BLM lands burned in the Bucksnort Fire (Spokane Hills) and the 
Boulder Hill Complex Fire (High Ore/Wickes and Muskrat Creek areas) are 
temporarily closed to all off-road motorized vehicle uses year-long. 
The use of existing roads will be allowed to continue. Lands affected 
are in:

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 6 N., R. 4 W.
    Sec. 1, 5-8, and 18
T. 6 N., R. 5 W.
    Sec. 1-3, and 10-15
T. 7 N., R 4 W.
    Sec. 16, 20-22, 27-29, and 31-33
T. 9 N., R. 1 E.
    Sec. 18 and 19
T. 9 N., R. 1 W.
    Sec. 1, 3, 11 and 12
T. 10 N., R. 1 W.
    Sec. 21, 26-28, 34 and 35

    The Spokane Hills are located about 15 miles East of Helena and 
immediately West of Canyon Ferry Lake. The High Ore/Wicks area is about 
20 miles south of Helena and 3 miles North of Boulder on the West side 
of I-15. A small portion of the Muskrat Creek area in Section 1, 
currently open under the Elkhorns Travel Management Plan, is located 
about 5 miles NNE of Boulder and East of I-15.
    The purpose of this post-burn, emergency area closure is to protect 
soils and vegetation. This closure will also help to reduce the spread 
of noxious weeds and public safety hazards within the affected areas. 
BLM will be conducting post-burn rehabilitation treatments this fall 
and next year. The bureau's use of motorized equipment in these areas 
will be limited to that which is essential for project completion. 
Specific use exceptions to these closures will be considered on a case 
by case basis subject to reasonable needs and resource impacts. This 
decision is consistent with the Headwaters Resource Management Plan and 
is authorized under 43 CFR 8342. These post-burn closures will remain 
in effect until rescinded or modified by the authorized official.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Pacioretty, Assistant Manager, 
Butte Field Office, P.O. Box 3388, Butte, Montana 59702, 406-494-5059.

    Dated: October 3, 2000.
Richard M. Hotaling,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-26428 Filed 10-13-00; 8:45 am]
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