[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22729-22730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10435]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-050-03-1330-NJ; 9260]


Arizona: Notice of Emergency Closure of Public Lands to Motorized 
Vehicle Use, Yuma County, AZ

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior (BLM).

ACTION: Notice of emergency closure of selected public lands located in 
Yuma County, Arizona, to all types of motor vehicle use.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that all motor vehicle access is 
prohibited on selected public lands located near the Grey Fox Mine area 
of the Gila Mountains and within S\1/2\N\1/2\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, sec. 10, 
T. 8 S, R. 21 W., G&SRM, Yuma, County, Arizona. This action is taken to 
provide for public safety.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 27, 2003, the Yuma Field Manager

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issued an order closing an unauthorized road to all types of motorized 
vehicle travel. This action affects approximately 4.5 acres of public 
lands located north of Yuma, Arizona, and approximately one mile east 
of Highway 95 at milepost 38. The trespass road has numerous blind 
curves and hills with no shoulders or turn-out areas. Use by large 
commercial trucks and earth moving equipment and by smaller off-road 
vehicles and all-terrain cycles has created a clear danger to public 
safety. This action is necessary in order to eliminate the risk of 
collision between these dissimilar vehicles.
    Authority for this action is contained in 43 Code of Federal 
Regulations 8364.1. This closure to motor vehicles shall apply to all 
persons and shall remain in effect until further notice.
    Exemptions to this order are granted to Federal, State and local 
law enforcement, emergency vehicles, and agency personnel in the course 
of official duties.
    Violation of this regulation is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor 
by a fine not to exceed $100,000 and/or imprisonment not to exceed 12 
months as amended by 18 U.S.C. 3571 and 18 U.S.C. 3581.

EFFECTIVE DATES:This closure will be effective immediately.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Zale, Assistant Field Manager 
for Resources, Lands, and Minerals, Bureau of Land Management, 2555 E. 
Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, AZ 85365; (928) 317-3200.

    Dated: March 27, 2003.
Gail Acheson,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 03-10435 Filed 4-28-03; 8:45 am]
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