[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45578-45579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12931]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-320-06-5230-PH-1000-241A; 8340]


Arizona: Temporary Off-Highway Vehicle Restriction, Bureau of 
Land Management, Yuma Field Office

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of temporary off-highway vehicle restriction.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public that the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) intends to temporarily restrict all forms of motorized 
travel within 122.02 acres of

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public land. The public lands affected by this temporary restriction 
are located in lots 1, 18, and 19, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and Tract 38, 
section 6, Township 11 South, Range 22 East, San Bernardino Meridian, 
Imperial County, California. Employees of the BLM and any other local, 
state, and Federal wildlife management, law enforcement, and fire 
protection personnel, while operating within the scope of their 
official duties, are exempt from this restriction. Access by additional 
parties may be allowed, but must be approved in advance in writing by 
the BLM Yuma Field Manager.
    The BLM has issued this restriction by the authority provided in 43 
Code of Federal Regulations 8341.2(a), 8364.1, and 9268.3, promulgated 
pursuant to the authority of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of October 21, 1976, as amended (90 Stat. 2763; 43 United States Code 
1732). The BLM is implementing this restriction to minimize damage to 
soil, watershed, vegetation, and cultural resources of the public 
lands. Violations of this restriction are punishable by a fine not to 
exceed $100,000 and/or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months as 
authorized by Title 18, United States Code, Sections 3571 and 3581.

DATES: The restriction will be in effect between June 2, 2006 and June 
1, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Lowans, Acting Associate Field 
Manager; BLM Yuma Field Office; 2555 East Gila Ridge Road; Yuma, AZ 
85365; [email protected]; (928) 317-3210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The temporary restriction involves public 
lands recently transferred from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to 
the BLM Yuma Field Office's jurisdiction under Public Law 109-127, An 
Act to revoke a Public Land Order with respect to certain lands 
erroneously included in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, California 
(109th Congress, 12/07/2005). The temporary restriction will enable the 
BLM to inventory and assess the existing natural and cultural resources 
within these newly acquired 122.02 acres. Inventory and assessment data 
will then be used to determine the appropriate management of off-
highway vehicle use in the area, which would be permanently implemented 
by June 2, 2008 according to BLM Resource Management Planning guidance 
in 43 Code of Federal Regulations subparts 1610 and 8342.

    Dated: June 2, 2006.
Rebecca Heick,
Field Manager, Yuma.
[FR Doc. E6-12931 Filed 8-8-06; 8:45 am]
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