[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78011-78012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32063]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-095-03-6333-JI: GP03-0005]


Notice of Temporary Closure of Public Lands; Lane County, OR

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

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ACTION: Notice of temporary closure of public lands in Lane County, 
Oregon.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that approximately 200 acres of certain 
public lands in Lane County, Oregon are temporarily closed to all 
public use, with exception to walking, hiking and pedestrian 
sightseeing. Those uses prohibited from occurring in the area include 
driving, parking, camping, discharge of firearms, and all equestrian 
uses. This closure is effective December 1, 2002, through November 30, 
2003. The closure is made under the authority of 43 CFR 8364.1.
    The public lands affected by this temporary closure include all 
Federal lands within the City of Eugene Urban Growth Boundary located 
in Section 29, Township 17 South, Range 4 west of the Willamette 
Meridian lying east of Greenhill Road, south of Royal Ave., west of 
Terry street and a line running south from the end of Terry Street to 
the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks, and north of the Southern Pacific 
Railroad tracks. Specifically, the lands are identified as follows: 
Federal lands located in Section 29, Township 17 south, Range 4 west of 
the Willamette Meridian, Oregon.
    The following persons, operating within the scope of their official 
duties, are exempt from the provisions of this closure order: Bureau, 
City of Eugene, and Corps of Engineers employees; State, local and 
Federal law enforcement and fire protection personnel; agents for the 
Cone wetland mitigation sites; the contractor authorized to construct 
the Lower Amazon Wetland Restoration Project and its subcontractors; 
the contractor authorized by the City of Eugene to construct the Fern 
Ridge Bicycle Path and related recreation facilities and its 
subcontractors. Access by additional parties may be allowed, but must 
be approved in advance in writing by the Authorized Officer.
    Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this closure 
order may be subject to the penalties provided in 43 CFR 8360.0-7, 
which include a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or imprisonment not to 
exceed 12 months.
    The public lands temporarily closed to public use under this order 
will be posted with signs at points of public access.
    The purpose of this temporary closure is to provide for public 
safety, facilitate construction of the Lower Amazon Wetland Restoration 
Project and Fern Ridge Bicycle Path and related facilities, and 
protection of property and equipment during the mobilization, 
construction and de-mobilization phases of the Lower Amazon Wetland 
Restoration and Fern Ridge Bicycle Path construction projects.

DATES: This closure is effective from December 1, 2002, through 
November 30, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the closure order and maps showing the location of 
the closed lands are available from the Eugene District Office, P.O. 
Box 10226 (2890 Chad Drive), Eugene, Oregon 97440.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat Johnston, Wetlands Project 
Manager, Eugene District Office, at (541) 683-6181.

    Dated: October 10, 2003.
Rick Colvin,
Acting Field Manager, Siuslaw Resource Area.
[FR Doc. 02-32063 Filed 12-19-02; 8:45 am]
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