[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27703-27704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11672]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Temporary Restrictions for Selected Public Lands in 
Grand County, UT

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Temporary Restriction.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a temporary restriction is in 
effect on certain public lands administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM)--Moab Field Office, Moab, Utah.

DATES: This temporary restriction will be in effect from May 14, 2015 
to May 15, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Ransel, Moab Field Office 
Manager, BLM--Moab Field Office, 82 East Dogwood Avenue, Moab, UT 84532 
or telephone 435-259-2100. 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, 7 days a week, to 
leave a message or question with the above individuals. Replies are 
provided during normal business hours. Also see the Moab Field Office 
Web site at: www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/moab.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This temporary restriction affects public 
lands in the vicinity of Corona Arch and Gemini Bridges in Grand 
County, Utah. The legal descriptions of the affected public lands are:

Salt Lake Meridian

T. 25 S., R. 20 E.,
    Sec. 34, NW1/4SW1/4 (that part surrounding Gemini Bridges);
T. 25 S., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 32, SE1/4SE1/4 (that part surrounding Corona Arch);
T. 26 S., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 5, NE1/4 (that part surrounding Corona Arch).
    The areas described aggregate 37.3 acres.

    The temporary restriction is necessary because activities 
including, but not limited to, ziplining, highlining, slacklining, 
rappelling, climbing, and swinging are causing user conflicts between 
hikers and roped-activity participants at these frequently visited 
areas on Moab Field Office-managed public lands.
    The BLM will post restriction signs at main entry points to these 
areas. This restriction order will be posted in the Moab Field Office, 
82 East Dogwood, Moab, UT 84532. Maps of the affected areas and other 
documents associated with this restriction are available at the Moab 
Field Office Web site at www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/moab.html. While this 
temporary restriction is in place, the Moab Field Office will consider 
whether to permanently restrict these activities on the affected 37.3 
acres of public lands through the BLM's land-use planning process 
outlined at 43 CFR part 1610.
    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 within the Corona Arch 
and Gemini Bridges areas:
    Corona Arch and Gemini Bridges are closed to ziplining, highlining, 
slacklining, rappelling, climbing, and swinging. This temporary 
restriction affects 31 acres surrounding Corona Arch and 6.3 acres 
surrounding Gemini Bridges. The restriction means that there will be no 
activities involving ropes, cables, vectran, climbing aids, webbing or 
anchors (``roped activities'') allowed on the affected public lands in 
the vicinity of Corona Arch and Gemini Bridges.
    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; 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.

 Megan Crandall,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-11672 Filed 5-13-15; 8:45 am]
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