Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 41 / Friday, March 2, 2007 / Notices 9583 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–057–1630-NU] 

Shooting Closure on Certain Lands 

Managed by the Bureau of Land 

Management, Las Vegas Field Office 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Establishment of a shooting 

closure on selected public lands in Nye 

County, Nevada with request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Field Manager of the Las 

Vegas Field Office is proposing to close 

selected public lands under its 

administration within Nye County, 

Nevada, to target shooting. The 

proposed closure is to ensure the safety 

of persons and property adjacent to 

these selected public lands. The rapid 

increase in population and growth of 

Pahrump, Nevada has created conflicts 

between new residential areas and 

traditional public lands users 

accustomed to target shooting on public 

lands around Pahrump. There have been 

incidents of damage to private property 

and indiscriminate shooting towards 

residential areas by public land users. 

Trash accumulation from items used as 

targets is also affecting the condition of 

the public lands. This action is being 

taken to help ensure public safety and 

prevent environmental degradation. 

This proposed closure does not apply to 

hunting under the laws and regulations 

of the State of Nevada. 

DATES: We invite the public to submit 

written comments concerning the 

proposed shooting closure by April 2, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver all 

comments concerning the proposed 

shooting closure to the Bureau of Land 

Management, Las Vegas Field Office, 

4701 North Torrey Pines, Las Vegas, 

Nevada 89130; or, you may access the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Office of the Chief Ranger of Law 

Enforcement, Bureau of Land 

Management, Las Vegas Field Office, 

4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las 

Vegas, Nevada 89130, telephone number 

(702) 515–5000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

Written comments on the proposed 

shooting closure should be specific, 

confined to issues pertinent to the 

proposed closure, and should explain 

the reason for any recommended 

change. Where possible, comments 

should reference the specific section or 

paragraph of the supplementary rule 

that the comment is addressing. The 

BLM need not consider or include in the 

Administrative Record for the final 

shooting closure: 

a. Comments that BLM receives after 

the close of the comment period (see 

DATES) unless they are postmarked or 

electronically dated before the deadline, 

or; 

b. Comments delivered to an address 

other than those listed above (see 

ADDRESSES). 

You may also access and comment on 

the proposed shooting closure at the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal by 

following the instructions at that site 

(see ADDRESSES). 

Comments, including names, street 

addresses and other contact information 

of respondents, will be available for 

public review at the Las Vegas Field 

Office, 4701 N. Torrey Pines, Las Vegas, 

Nevada 89130, during regular business 

hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comments to 

withhold your personal information 

from public review, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

II. Background 

The BLM plans to establish a shooting 

closure under the authority of 43 CFR 

8364.1, which allows BLM Field 

Managers to establish closures for the 

protection of persons, property, and 

public lands and resources. 

This provision allows the BLM to 

issue closures of less than national 

effect without codifying the rules in the 

Code of Federal Regulations. 

III. Procedural Matters 

Executive Order 12866, Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

This proposed shooting closure is not 

a significant regulatory action and is not 

subject to review by the Office of 

Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866. This proposed 

shooting closure will not have an 

annual effect of $100 million or more on 

the economy. It is not intended to affect 

commercial activity, but contain rules of 

conduct for public use of certain public 

lands. It will not adversely affect, in a 

material way, the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

state, local, or Tribal governments or 

communities. This proposed shooting 

closure will not create a serious 

inconsistency or otherwise interfere 

with an action taken or planned by 

another agency. This proposed shooting 

closure does not materially alter the 

budgetary effects of entitlements, grants, 

user fees, or loan programs or the right 

or obligations of their recipients; nor 

does it raise novel legal or policy issues. 

It merely imposes certain rules on 

recreational use on a limited portion of 

public lands in Southern Nevada in 

order to protect human health, and 

safety. 

Clarity of the Proposed Shooting Closure 

Executive Order 12866 requires each 

agency to write regulations that are 

simple and easy to understand. We 

invite your comments on how to make 

this proposed shooting closure easier to 

understand, including answers to 

questions such as the following: 

a. Are the requirements in the 

proposed shooting closure clearly 

stated? 

b. Does the proposed shooting closure 

contain technical language or jargon that 

interferes with its clarity? 

c. Does the format of the proposed 

shooting closure (grouping and order of 

sections, use of headings, paragraphing, 

etc.) aid or reduce their clarity? 

d. Would the proposed shooting 

closure rules be easier to understand if 

they were divided into more (but 

shorter) sections? 

e. Is the description of the proposed 

shooting closure in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this preamble 

helpful in understanding the proposed 

shooting closure? How could this 

description be more helpful in making 

the proposed shooting closure easier to 

understand? 

Please send any comments you have 

on the clarity of the proposed shooting 

closure to the address specified in the 

ADRESSES section. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

This proposed shooting closure itself 

does not constitute a major Federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment under 

section 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C). 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Congress enacted the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601–612, 

to ensure that Government regulations 

do not unnecessarily or 

disproportionately burden small 

entities. The RFA required a regulatory 


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flexibility analysis if a rule would have 

a significant economic impact, either 

detrimental or beneficial on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The proposed shooting closure does not 

pertain specifically to commercial or 

governmental entities of any size, but to 

public recreational use of specific lands. 

Therefore, the BLM has determined 

under the RFA that these interim 

supplementary rules would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act (SBREFA) 

This proposed shooting closure does 

not constitute a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined 

by U.S.C. 804(2). The proposed shooting 

closure merely contains rules of conduct 

for recreational use of certain public 

lands. The proposed shooting closure 

has no effect on business, commercial, 

or industrial use of the public lands. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

The proposed shooting closure does 

not impose an unfunded mandate on 

state, local, or Tribal governments in the 

aggregate, or the private sector, of more 

than $100 million per year; nor does it 

have a significant or unique effect on 

small governments. The propsed 

shooting closure does not require 

anything of state, local, or Tribal 

governments. Therefore, the BLM is not 

required to prepare a statement 

containing the information required by 

the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 

U.S.C. 1532 et seq.). 

Executive Order 12630, Governmental 

Actions and Interference With 

Constitutionally Protected Property 

Rights (Takings) 

The proposed shooting closure is not 

a government action capable of 

interfering with constitutionally 

protected property rights. The proposed 

shooting closure does not address 

property rights in any form, and does 

not cause the impairment of anybody’s 

property rights. Therefore, the 

Department of the Interior has 

determined that this proposed shooting 

closure would not cause a taking of 

private property or require further 

discussion of takings implications under 

this Executive Order. 

Executive Order 13132 Federalism 

The proposed shooting closure will 

not have a substantial direct effect on 

the states, on the relationship between 

the national government and the states, 

or on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. The proposed 

shooting closure affects land in only one 

state, Nevada. Therefore, the BLM has 

determined that the proposed shooting 

closure does not have sufficient 

Federalism implications to warrant 

preparation of a Federalism Assessment. 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform 

Under Executive Order 12988, the 

Office of the Solicitor has determined 

that the proposed shooting closure will 

not unduly burden the judicial system 

and that the requirements of sections 

3(a) and 3(b)(2) of the Order are met. 

The proposed shooting closure includes 

rules of conduct and prohibited acts, but 

they are straightforward and not 

confusing, and their enforcement should 

not unreasonably burden the United 

States Magistrate who will try any 

persons cited for violating them. 

Executive Order 13175, Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13175, the BLM has found that this 

proposed shooting closure does not 

include policies that have Tribal 

implications. The proposed shooting 

closure does not affect lands held for the 

benefit of Indians, Aleuts or Eskimos. 

Paperwork Reduction Action 

The proposed shooting closure does 

not contain information collection 

requirements that the Office of 

Management and Budget must approve 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq. rules requiring 

special recreation permits for certain 

recreational users will involve 

collection of information contained on 

BLM Special Recreation Permit form 

2930–1. This permit form has been 

approved under OMB Number 10004–

0119. 

Author 

The principal author of these interim 

supplementary rules is Erika 

Schumacher, Chief Ranger, Las Vegas 

Field Office, Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Closure Area 

Public lands affected are within the 

following described area: Township 21 

Range 53 Sections 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 

26, 27, 34, 35, 36; Township 21 Range 

54 Sections 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 

31, 32, 33, 34, Township 22 Range 53 

Sections 1, 2 and 12; Township 22 

Range 54 Sections 5, 6 and 7, Mount 

Diablo Meridian, Nevada. 

Maps Depicting the area affected by 

this closure order are available for 

public inspection at the Las Vegas Field 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, 

Nevada. 

Exceptions to Closure 

a. Hunting with a valid state hunting 

license and in accordance with State 

laws, and 

b. Law Enforcement personnel in the 

performance of their duties. 

Closure Restrictions 

Unless otherwise authorized, within 

the closure area no person shall: 

a. Discharge any firearm. 

b. Possess an unregistered firearm, 

when registration of a firearm is 

required by the State of Nevada or Nye 

County. 

c. Possess an illegally obtained 

firearm. 

d. Possess any firearm in violation of 

Federal, state or county regulations. 

e. Unless specifically addressed by 

regulations set forth in 43 CFR, the laws 

and regulations of the State of Nevada 

and Nye County shall govern the use 

and possession of firearms. Such state 

and county laws and regulations, which 

are now or may later be in effect are 

hereby adopted and made part of this 

closure. 

Definitions 

Firearm: Any weapon capable of 

firing a projectile including but not 

limited to rifle, shotgun, handgun, BBgun, pellet gun, etc. 

This closure is issued under the 

authority of 43 CFR 8364.1. Violations 

of any terms, conditions, or restrictions 

contained in this closure order, may 

subject the violator to citation or arrest, 

with penalty of fine and imprisonment 

or both as specified by law. 

Juan Palma, 

Field Manager, Las Vegas Field Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–3642 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–120–1610–DO–022C] 

Notice of Intent to Prepare a Resource 

Management Plans for the Kremmling 

and Glenwood Springs Field Office and 

Associated Environmental Impact 

Statement, Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Kremmling and 

Glenwood Springs Field Office, 

Colorado intends to prepare Resource 


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