[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69707-69708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27848]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCOS06000.L12200000.DP0000 13X]


Notice of Temporary Closure to Recreational and Target Shooting 
on Public Lands at Hartman Rocks Recreation Area, CO

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 
Recreational Shooting is in effect on public lands administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gunnison Field Office.

DATES: The temporary closure will be year-round for a maximum period of 
two years. This temporary closure will be in effect upon publication in 
the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian St. George, Field Manager, BLM 
Gunnison Field Office, 650 South 11th Street, Gunnison, CO 81230; 
Telephone, 970-642-4940; Fax, 970-642-4990 during regular business 
hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except holidays. 
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 individual 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 closure to recreational 
shooting affects public lands at Hartman Rocks Recreation Area in 
Gunnison County, Colorado. The legal description of the affected public 
lands is NMPM, T. 49 N., R. 1 W., portions of sections 9, 15 to 17, 20 
to 23, 26 to 28, and 34 to 35.
    The temporary closure is necessary to protect persons, property and 
public lands. The area of the closure includes approximately 4,363 
acres on the north side of Hartman Rocks in Gunnison County, Colorado. 
The area is unsafe for target shooting due to its proximity to a

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number of roads and trails, and a high concentration of other 
recreationists. The BLM is temporarily closing this area of Hartman 
Rocks with the highest density of recreation use to recreational and 
target shooting until the Gunnison Resource Area Resource Management 
Plan (1993) is amended.
    This Temporary Closure will protect the public, property and public 
lands for a period not to exceed two years until shooting issues are 
fully analyzed and considered in an RMP amendment.
    Hunting will continue to be allowed within the temporary closure 
area. Recreational and target shooting will still be allowed in other 
areas managed by the BLM Gunnison Field Office not affected by this 
closure (an area in excess of 600,000 acres).
    The BLM will post closure signs at main entry points to this area. 
This temporary closure order will be posted in the Gunnison Field 
Office. Maps of the affected area and other documents associated with 
this temporary closure are available at the BLM Gunnison Field Office 
(see ADDRESSES above).
    Under the authority of Section 303(a) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733[a]), 43 CFR 8360.0-7 and 43 
CFR 8364.1, the BLM will enforce the following rule(s) within Hartman 
Rocks Recreation Area:
    Recreational shooting and target practice are prohibited within the 
portion of Hartman Rocks Recreation Area bounded on the west by 
portions of BLM roads 3500, 3555, 3560, and 3565; and on the south by 
the remaining portion of powerline road 3550 to Gold Basin Road 
(Gunnison County Road 38). All public lands north and east of the 
aforementioned roads within Hartman Rocks Recreation Area will be 
temporarily closed to recreational and target shooting. This temporary 
closure order does not apply to hunting under the laws and regulations 
of the State of Colorado.
    The following persons are exempt from this order: Federal, state, 
and local officers and employees in the performance of their official 
duties; members of organized rescue or fire-fighting forces in the 
performance of their official duties; persons with a current legal 
Colorado hunting license in his/her possession and hunting in 
accordance with state law; and persons with written authorization from 
the BLM.
    Any person who violates the above rule(s) and/or restriction(s) may 
be tried before a United States Magistrate and fined no more than 
$1,000, imprisoned for no more than 12 months, or both. Such violations 
may also be subject to the enhanced fines provided for by 18 U.S.C. 
3571.

    Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1.

John Mehlhoff,
BLM Colorado Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-27848 Filed 11-19-13; 8:45 am]
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