33824 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 102 / Thursday, May 25, 2000 / Notices

SUMMARY: A meeting of the Dakotas

Resource Advisory Council will be held

July 10 & 11, 2000, at the Travel Lodge,

Dickinson, North Dakota. The session

will convene at 8 a.m. on July 10th and

resume at 8 a.m. on the 11th. Agenda

items will include OHV followup, South

Dakota Land Exchange, grazing permit

renewal update, Schnell signing,

Endangered Species (sage grouse and

prairie dogs), Grasslands Stewardship

Initiative, Field Trip to Schnell

Recreation Area.

The meeting is open to the public and

a public comment period is set for 8

a.m. on July 11th. The public may make

oral statements before the Council or file

written statements for the Council to

consider. Depending on the number of

persons wishing to make an oral

statement, a per-person time limit may

be established. Summary minutes of the

meeting will be available for public

inspection and copying.

The 15-member Council advises the

Secretary of the Interior, through the

BLM, on a variety of planning and

management issues associated with

public land management in the Dakotas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas Burger, Field Office Manager,

North Dakota Field Office, 2933 3rd

Ave. W., Dickinson, North Dakota.

Telephone (701) 225–9148.

Dated: May 10, 2000.

Douglas J. Burger,

Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–13122 Filed 5–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–020–00–0777–XX]

Sierra Front/Northwestern Great Basin

Resource Advisory Council; Notice of

Meeting Location and Time

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting location and

time for the Sierra Front/Northwestern

Great Basin Resource Advisory Council

(Nevada).

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), a

meeting of the U.S. Department of the

Interior, Bureau of Land Management

(BLM) Sierra Front/Northwestern Great

Basin Resource Advisory Council

(Nevada) will be held as indicated

below. The topic of discussion will be

a review of the Black Rock Management

Plan being prepared by the Winnemucca

Field Office, and other topics the

council may raise.

The meetings is open to the public.

The public may present written and/or

comments to the council. The public

comment period for the council meeting

will be at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June

14th. Individuals who plan to attend

and need special assistance such as sign

language interpretation or other

reasonable accommodations, or who

desire a hard copy of the agenda, should

contact Mike Holbert, Winnemucca

Field Office, 5100 East Winnemucca

Blvd., Winnemucca, NV 89445,

telephone (775) 623–1514 no later than

June 10, 2000.

DATES: The council will meet on

Wednesday, June 14, 2000, from 9:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Best Western

Inn-Fernley, 1405 East Newlands Drive,

Fernley, Nevada. Public comment on

individual topics will be received at the

discretion of the Council Chairperson,

as meeting moderator, with a general

public comment period on Wednesday,

June 14, 2000, at 4:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Holbert, Associate Field Manager,

Winnemucca Field Office, 5100 East

Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, NV

89445. Telephone (775) 623–1514.

Dated: May 12, 2000.

Michael R. Holbert,

Associate Field Manager, Winnemucca Field

Office.

[FR Doc. 00–13165 Filed 5–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[CA–330–1220–AB]

King Range National Conservation

Area, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed establishment of

supplementary rules.

SUMMARY: The Arcata Field Office is

proposing the establishment of the

following Supplementary Rules for the

King Range National Conservation Area

as provided for under title 43 Code of

Federal Regulations subpart 8365.1–6.

The implementation of fees is

authorized under the Land and Water

Conservation Fund Act of 1965 as

Amended, and the Omnibus

Consolidated Rescissions Act of 1996 as

Amended (Pub. L. 104–134).

A. Camping Closure

BLM administered lands within the

following areas are closed to camping

(overnight occupancy) outside of

developed campsites: Public lands

within 500 feet of the perimeter of the

Mattole Campground.

B. Overnight Trail Head Parking Fees

An overnight trailhead parking fee

will be implemented at the Mattole and

Black Sands Beach Recreation Sites to

meet the goals described in the

supplementary information below. The

fee will be set at $2 per night (any future

fee changes would be published locally

prior to implementation) and will be in

effect from 1⁄2 hour after sunset to 1⁄2

hour before sunrise. There will be no

fees for day use.

C. Overnight Camping Fees

Campground use fees of $5.00 per

night are established for the Mattole and

Honeydew Creek Campgrounds (any

future fee changes would be published

locally prior to implementation).

Campsite occupancy is limited to two

vehicles and 8 persons per site. Fees are

in effect from 1⁄2 hour after sunset to 1⁄2

hour before sunrise at the Mattole

Campground, and from 1⁄2 hour after

sunset until 8:00 a. m. at the Honeydew

Creek Campground.

D. Black Sands Beach, Nighttime Use

This site is closed to all overnight

camping. Nighttime occupancy is

limited to vehicle parking for off-site

backcountry use. For the purposes of

this rule, off-site means traveling north

of Telegraph Creek for camping/

backpacking or other overnight uses.

Use of the site itself is limited to 30

minutes for unloading/loading purposes

during the nighttime restriction period.

The nighttime restriction is in place

from 1⁄2 hour after sunset to 1⁄2 hour

before sunrise. This rule does not affect

day-time use.

EFFECTIVE DATE: These Supplementary

Rules will be effective on July 1, 2000.

Comment Period

The BLM is requesting comments

concerning these supplemental rules.

The comment period will be open for 30

days from the date of publication of this

notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lynda Roush, Bureau of Land

Management, Arcata Field Office, 1695

Heindon Rd., Arcata, CA 95521. Phone

(707) 825–2300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The above

supplementary rules are being proposed

for the following purposes:

A. Camping Closure

The closure is intended to reduce

resource damage and fire danger in the

riparian area and beach dunes

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surrounding the Mattole Campground. It

will also allow for enforcement of the

site capacity limits at the Mattole

Campground by requiring that visitors

hike into the backcountry or travel to

other available campgrounds when this

site is full. Currently, visitors are

impacting undeveloped areas

immediately adjacent to the

campground so they can camp nearby

and use the facilities.

B. Overnight Parking Fees

The overnight parking fees will be

implemented as a management tool for

encouraging distribution of overnight

use away from the crowded Black Sands

Beach and Mattole trailheads, and to

discourage large nighttime group

gatherings at these trailheads. Neither

facility is designed to accommodate

large nighttime group events, and this

use is not compatible with the goals of

the King Range Management Program

(1974) and King Range Visitor Services

Plan (1992). All parking fees will be

used within the King Range to cover

maintenance costs of the sites and

recreation opportunities that they

support. Mattole Campground users will

not have to pay the parking fee for

vehicles (up to two) parked at their

campsite.

C. Camping Fees

Camping fees are established at

Honeydew Creek and Mattole

Campgrounds to cover a portion of the

maintenance costs; to be commensurate

with fees charged at other public and

private camping areas in the region; and

for use as a management tool to

discourage nighttime group gatherings

in the campgrounds. These nighttime

group events are not compatible with

the purpose of the site development and

management as an overnight camping

facility, nor with the goals of the King

Range Management Program (1974) and

King Range Visitor Services Plan (1992).

D. Black Sands Beach Nighttime Use

The Black Sands Beach Recreation

Site is designed to be a backcountry

trailhead parking area and day use

facility. This rule is intended to limit

nighttime use of the trailhead facilities

to a parking area for backcountry use

only. The parking facilities are located

immediately adjacent to a residential

area, and nighttime use of the area as a

destination would cause unreasonable

noise within the neighborhood. This

restriction would not affect overnight

backcountry users who park at the site,

and will also not affect day use.

Violation of any of the above rules is

punishable by a fine not to exceed

$1000 and/or imprisonment not to

exceed 12 months (43 CFR 8360.0–7).

Daniel E. Averill,

Acting Arcata Field Manager.

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BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–958–6333–ET; GP0–0220; OR–55753]

Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity

for Public Meeting; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Forest Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, proposes to

withdraw approximately 960 acres of

National Forest System lands, lying

within the Siskiyou National Forest, to

protect the recreation, fisheries, scenic,

and water quality values of the Scenic

section of the North Fork Smith Wild

and Scenic River. This notice closes the

lands for up to 2 years from surface

entry and mining. The public lands

have been and will remain open to

mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Comments and requests

for a public meeting must be received by

August 24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meetings

requests should be sent to the Oregon/

Washington State Director, BLM, P.O.

Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208–

2965.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles R. Roy, BLM Oregon/

Washington State Office, 503–952–6189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May

19, 2000, the Forest Service filed an

application to withdraw the following

described National Forest System lands

from location and entry under the

United States mining laws (30 U.S.C.

Ch. 2 (1994)), but not the mineral

leasing laws, subject to valid existing

rights:

Willamette Meridian

Siskiyou National Forest

All lands lying on the right (west)

bank of the river corridor, including the

river bed, and extending 1⁄4 mile from

the centerline of the North Fork Smith

River, from Horse Creek downstream 4.5

miles to the confluence of Baldface

Creek, as described in the following:

T. 40 S., R. 11 W., unsurveyed

Sec. 15, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 16, E1⁄2;

Sec. 21, E1⁄2E1⁄2 and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 22, W1⁄2W1⁄2 and SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 27, W1⁄2E1⁄2, E1⁄2W1⁄2 and NW1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Sec. 28, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4;

Sec. 34, W1⁄2E1⁄2 and E1⁄2W1⁄2.

T. 41 S., R. 11 W.,

Sec. 2, W1⁄2;

Sec. 3, NE1⁄4;

Sec. 11, N1⁄2NW1⁄4.

AND all lands lying on the left (east)

bank of the river corridor, including the

river bed, and extending 1⁄4 mile from

the centerline of the North Fork Smith

River as described in the following:

T. 41 S., R. 11 W.,

Sec. 2, those portions of the E1⁄2SW1⁄4 and

W1⁄2SE1⁄4, lying outside the boundaries

of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness Area;

Sec. 11, those portions of the NW1⁄4NE1⁄4

and NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, lying outside the

boundaries of the Wild segment of the

North Fork Smith Wild and Scenic River.

The areas described aggregate

approximately 960 acres in Curry County.

The purpose of the proposed

withdrawal is to protect the outstanding

recreation, fisheries, scenic, and water

quality values for which the North Fork

Smith River was designated Wild and

Scenic.

For a period of 90 days from the date

of publication of this notice, all persons

who wish to submit comments,

suggestions, or objections in connection

with the proposed withdrawal may

present their views in writing to the

State Director at the address indicated

above.

Notice is hereby given that an

opportunity for a public meeting is

afforded in connection with the

proposed withdrawal. All interested

parties who desire a public meeting for

the purpose of being heard on the

proposed withdrawal must submit a

written request to the State Director at

the address indicated above within 90

days from the publication of this notice.

Upon determination by the authorized

officer that a public meeting will be

held, a notice of the time and place will

be published in the Federal Register at

least 30 days before the scheduled date

of the meeting.

The application will be processed in

accordance with the regulations set

forth in 43 CFR 2300.

For a period of 2 years from the date

of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the lands will be

segregated as specified above unless the

application is denied or canceled or the

withdrawal is approved prior to that

date. The temporary land uses which

may be permitted during this

segregative period include licenses,

permits, rights-of-way, and disposal of

vegetative resources other than under

the mining laws.