[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 64352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25854]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLIDI9310000. 1060JJ0000 LXSSD0640000]


Notice of Temporary Closure of Public Lands in Custer County, ID

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of temporary closure.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a temporary closure to motorized 
travel and human entry is in effect on public lands administered by the 
Challis Field Office, Idaho Falls District, Bureau of Land Management.

DATES: The gather operation is expected to begin on or about October 
24, 2012, and end November 2, 2012. The gather could be shorter 
depending on weather, location of herds, success of capture operations, 
and other variable conditions. The closure will last only as long as 
the gather.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Kuck, Field Manager, 1151 Blue 
Mountain Road, Challis, Idaho 83226, 208-879-6200. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above 
individuals during normal business hours.
    The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to leave a 
message or question with the above individuals. You will receive a 
reply during normal hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This temporary area closure affects public 
lands in the Challis Herd Management Area (HMA) south on U.S. Hwy 93 
from the junction of U.S. Hwy 93 and Idaho State Hwy 75 to Custer 
County. The majority of the temporary closures will be located around 
Spar Canyon Road and Road Creek Road. The location and duration of the 
closure will depend on the location of the wild horses and the time 
needed to move the horses to the gather corrals. The legal description 
of the closures, with their potential capture sites, is in Custer 
County, Idaho and more particularly described as:

Boise Meridian, Idaho

Potential Capture Site 1

T. 11 N., R. 19 E.
    Secs. 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33 and 34

Potential Capture Site 2

T. 10 N., R. 19 E.
    Secs. 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27 and 35
T. 10 N., R. 20 E.
    Secs. 29, 30, 31, 32

Potential Capture Site 3

T. 11 N., R. 20 E.
    Secs. 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, and 17

Potential Capture Site 4

T. 11 N., R. 20 E.
    Secs. 14, 15, 22, 23 and 24

Potential Capture Site 5

T. 11 N., R. 20 E.
    Secs. 25, 26, 34 and 35
T. 11 N., R. 21 E.
    Secs. 30

Potential Capture Site 6

T. 12 N., R. 19 E.
    Secs. 11, 12, 13 and 14
T. 12 N., R. 20 E.
    Secs. 7, 18

Potential Capture Site 7

T. 10 N., R. 20 E.
    Secs. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34 and 35
T. 10 N., R. 21 E.
    Secs. 30 and 31

Potential Capture Site 11

T. 11 N., R. 19 E.
    Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15

    The area closure is necessary to ensure the safety of the 
contractors, employees, public and the horses while gather operations 
are under way. Capture sites will be closed one at a time when being 
used for capture operations, rather than simultaneously. Closures will 
be limited to the smallest area needed to conduct the daily gather 
operations and will move from capture site to capture site to ensure 
the public has access to their public lands when operations are not 
occurring near the capture site or holding facility. Where possible, 
closed areas would be open to traffic when directed by a pilot car. The 
area affected will be posted the evening before, by 8:00 p.m. MST, at 
the Challis Field Office and also on the BLM Idaho Web site at: http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/wild_horses_/gathers.html. Information will 
also be available by calling the Challis Field Office at 208-879-6200.
    This closure order will be posted in the Challis Field Office on 
the date this notice is published in the Federal Register. Maps of the 
affected area and other documents associated with this closure will be 
available at the Challis Field Office and on the BLM Idaho Web page. 
The closure is established and administered by the BLM under the 
authority of 43 CFR 8364.1(a).
    Exemptions: Persons who are exempt from this restriction include 
contractors hired by the BLM to work in the area; Federal, State or 
local officials working within the scope of their duties; members of 
any organized rescue or firefighting force in the performance of an 
official duty; any person holding written authorization from the BLM 
Authorized officer and persons escorted by BLM personnel to a 
designated public observation area as long as they stay in that 
observation area.
    Penalties: In accordance with 43 CFR 8360.0-7, violation of this 
order is punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or imprisonment 
not to exceed 12 months. Violators may also be subject to the enhanced 
fines provided for in 18 U.S.C. 3571.

    Authority:  43 CFR 8364.1.

Joe Kraayenbrink,
Idaho Falls District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2012-25854 Filed 10-18-12; 8:45 am]
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