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required payment. A person or party 

who wishes to protest against a survey 

must file a notice that they wish to 

protest (at the above address) with the 

Oregon/Washington State Director, 

Bureau of Land Management, Portland, 

Oregon. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle 

Hensley, (503) 808–6124, Branch of 

Geographic Sciences, Bureau of Land 

Management, 333 SW. 1st Avenue, 

Portland, Oregon 97204. 

Fred O’Ferrall, 

Chief, Branch of Land, Mineral, and Energy 

Resources. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5175 Filed 3–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLIDB00200 LF20000ES.JS0000 

LFESFTF60000] 

Notice of Temporary Closures on 

Public Lands in Ada and Elmore 

Counties, ID 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary closure. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Big Fire (#FNW4) and Hot Tea Fire 

(#FTF6) closures to motorized vehicle 

use are in effect on public lands 

administered by the Four Rivers Field 

Office, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM). 

DATES: The closures will be in effect on 

the date this notice is published in the 

Federal Register and will remain in 

effect for 2 years or until rescinded or 

modified by the authorized officer or 

designated Federal officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terry Humphrey, Four Rivers Field 

Manager, at 3948 Development Avenue, 

Boise, Idaho 83705, via e-mail at 

terry_humphrey@blm.gov, or phone 

(208) 384–3430. 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, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Big 

Fire closure affects public lands located 

in Ada County, Idaho approximately 3 

miles northwest of Eagle, Idaho, which 

burned on July 28, 2010. The legal 

description of the affected public lands 

is: 

Boise Meridian, Idaho 

T. 5 N., R. 1 W., 

Secs. 22 through 27, inclusive. 

T. 5 N., R. 1 E., 

Sec. 19; 

Sec. 30. 

The areas described contain approximately 

1,920 acres. 

The Big Fire closure is necessary 

because occupied and potential habitat 

for slickspot peppergrass, a species 

listed as threatened under the 

Endangered Species Act, is at risk from 

further damage by motorized vehicles. 

The closure area includes a designated 

management area for slickspot 

peppergrass (MA–2C). The closure will 

allow burned areas to re-establish a 

vegetative cover which protects the soil 

from erosion and provides for moisture 

retention. The closure will help to 

ensure the long-term viability of 

slickspot peppergrass plants and their 

associated habitat in this area. 

The Hot Tea closure affects public 

lands in Elmore County, Idaho, burned 

August 27–29, 2010, by the Hot Tea 

Fire, 12 miles northwest of Mountain 

Home, Idaho. Unburned public lands in 

the Thorn Creek Pasture (#4) of the 

Hammett #6 Allotment and north of the 

powerline in the Lower Bennett Creek 

Allotment will also be closed. The legal 

description of the affected public lands 

is: 

Boise Meridian, Idaho 

T. 2 S., R. 8 E., 

Secs. 24 through 26, inclusive; 

Secs. 34 through 35, inclusive. 

T. 2 S., R. 9 E., 

Secs. 30 through 31, inclusive. 

T. 3 S., R. 8 E., 

Sec. 2; 

Secs. 12 through 13, inclusive; 

Secs. 24 through 25, inclusive. 

T. 3 S., R. 9 E., 

Secs. 5 through 8, inclusive; 

Secs. 17 through 20, inclusive; 

Secs. 28 through 30, inclusive. 

The areas described contain approximately 

6,900 acres. 

The Hot Tea Fire closure is necessary 

to protect critical winter habitat for elk 

and mule deer as well as important 

sage-grouse habitat. The closure will 

help to slow the spread of noxious 

weeds; allow planted shrub, forb, and 

grass species to become established; and 

allow existing plants to recover from the 

effects of the fire. The closure will help 

ensure the long-term viability of habitat 

for wildlife populations in the area. 

The BLM will post closure signs at 

main entry points to the closed areas 

and/or other locations on-site. This 

closure will also be posted in the BLM 

Boise District office. Maps of the 

affected area and other documents 

associated with this closure are 

available at 3948 Development Avenue, 

Boise, Idaho 83705. 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 within the Big Fire and 

Hot Tea Fire closures: 

Motorized Vehicles Must Not Be Used 

in the Closed Area 

Exemptions: 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. 

Penalties: Any person who violates 

the above rule may be tried before a 

United States Magistrate and fined no 

more than $1,000, imprisoned for no 

more than 12 months, or both. Violators 

may also be subject to the enhanced 

fines provided for in 18 U.S.C. 3571. 

Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1. 

Terry Humphrey, 

Four Rivers Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5130 Filed 3–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[Account No. 3950–SZM] 

President’s Park—Environmental 

Assessment for Proposed Permanent 

Roadway Closures, Re-Design of 

Security Elements, and Preservation of 

Historic Landscape 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment by the 

National Park Service and the United 

States Secret Service, and notice of 

scoping for re-designing the security 

elements and preserving the landscape 

within President’s Park South, which 

includes a portion of E Street, NW., in 

Washington, DC. 

SUMMARY: The proposed actions are as 

follows: The United States Secret 

Service deciding whether to 

permanently close (1) the section of E 

Street, NW. between 15th and 17th 

Streets, NW., South Executive Avenue, 

and the Ellipse roadways to 

unauthorized vehicular traffic, and (2) 

State Place and West South Executive 

Avenue and adjacent sidewalks 

(contiguous to First Division 

Monument) and Hamilton Place and 


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