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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–920–1430–PM] 

Notice of Final Supplementary Rules 

for Visitor Use and Permits at 

Meadowood Special Recreation 

Management Area—Bureau of Land 

Management, Eastern States, 

Springfield, VA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Final Supplementary 

Rules. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Meadowood Integrated Activity Plan, 

the Bureau of Land Management, 

Eastern States Office (BLM–ES) 

implements these final supplementary 

rules which include certain rules of 

conduct and other limitations on public 

lands administered by BLM–ES. These 

final supplementary rules implement 

the management decisions made in the 

Meadowood Farm Proposed 

Management Program Analysis/ 

Environmental Assessment and the 

Meadowood Integrated Activity Plan for 

the Meadowood Special Recreation 

Management Area. These final 

supplementary rules will protect natural 

resources and provide for the safety of 

visitors and property on public lands 

located within the boundaries of the 

Meadowood Special Recreation 

Management Area (MSRMA) in Fairfax 

County, Virginia. 

DATES: These final supplementary rules 

are effective February 16, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may send inquiries or 

suggestions to Director, Eastern States 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, VA 

22153. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

McCusker, Outdoor Recreation Planner 

at 703–339–3463. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

may contact Mr. McCusker through the 

Federal Information Relay Service at 1–

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On Thursday, July 28, 2005, BLM 

published a Notice of Proposed 

Supplementary Rules for the 

Meadowood Special Recreation 

Management Area (MSRMA), Fairfax 

County, VA (70 FR 43707). The BLM 

received no comments on the document 

during the 30-day comment period. The 

BLM is now finalizing these 

supplementary rules for the MSRMA. 

When these supplementary rules 

become effective, the MSRMA will be 

fully open for the uses and purposes 

identified the Meadowood Farm 

Proposed Management Program 

Analysis/Environmental Assessment 

(PA/EA) and the Meadowood Integrated 

Activity Management Plan for the 

Meadowood SRMA including the 

following stipulations. These final 

supplementary rules also rescind the 

temporary closure of these lands that 

was published in the Federal Register 

on October 22, 2001 (66 FR 53431). 

II. Final Rule 

The BLM is implementing these final 

supplementary rules to finalize the 

management decisions made in the 

Meadowood Farm Management PA/EA 

and the Meadowood Integrated Activity 

Management Plan for the Meadowood 

SRMA. The BLM developed these plans 

through a series of public meetings, a 

30-day comment period, and an appeal 

and protest period. 

III. Procedural Matters 

E.O. 12866 Regulatory Planning and 

Review: Clarity of the Regulations. 

These final supplementary rules are not 

a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ as 

defined in section 3(f) of Executive 

Order 12866. These final supplementary 

rules do not constitute a significant 

regulatory action and are not subject to 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget under Executive Order 12866. 

They will not have an effect of $100 

million or more on the economy. They 

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. 

The final supplementary rules will not 

create a serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with an action taken 

or planned by another agency. They do 

not alter the budgetary effects of 

entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan 

programs or the rights or obligations of 

their recipients, or raise novel legal or 

policy issues. These final 

supplementary rules merely impose 

rules of conduct and impose other 

limitations on certain recreational 

activities on certain lands to protect 

natural resources and human health and 

safety. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. Congress 

enacted the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 

1980 (RFA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. 601–

612, to ensure that Government 

regulations do not unnecessarily or 

disproportionately burden small 

entities. The RFA requires a regulatory 

flexibility analysis if a rule would have 

a significant economic impact, either 

detrimental or beneficial, on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

These final supplementary rules do not 

have an effect on business entities of 

any size. They merely impose 

reasonable restrictions on certain 

recreational activities on specific public 

lands to protect natural resources and 

the environment, and human health and 

safety. Therefore, BLM has determined 

under the RFA that these final 

supplementary rules would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA). 

These final supplementary rules are not 

a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined at 5 U.S.C. 

804(2) because they will not have an 

annual effect on the economy greater 

than $100 million, nor will they result 

in major cost or price increases for 

consumers, industries, government 

agencies, or regions. They do not 

constitute a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined at 

5 U.S.C. 804(2) because they will not 

result in an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more, in an 

increase in costs or prices, or 

insignificant adverse effects on 

competition, employment, investment, 

productivity, innovation, or on the 

ability of United States-based 

enterprises to compete with foreign 

based enterprises in domestic and 

export markets. These final 

supplementary rules merely impose 

reasonable restrictions on certain 

recreational activities on specific public 

lands to protect natural resources and 

the environment, and human health and 

safety. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. 

These final supplementary rules do not 

impose an unfunded mandate on state, 

local, or tribal governments or on the 

private sector of more than $100 million 

per year; nor do these final 

supplementary rules have a significant 

or unique effect on state, local, or tribal 

governments or the private sector. They 

merely impose reasonable restrictions 

on certain recreational activities on 

certain public lands to protect natural 

resources and the environment, and 

human health and safety. Therefore, the 

BLM is not required to prepare a 

statement containing the information 

required by the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act (2U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Executive Order 12630, Government 

Action and interference with 

Constitutionally Protected Pro. In 

accordance with Executive Order 12360, 

BLM has found that these final 

supplementary rules do not have 

significant takings implications. These 

final supplementary rules will merely 

impose reasonable restrictions on 

certain recreational activities on specific 

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public lands to protect natural resources 

and the environment, and human health 

and safety. No takings of personal or 

real property will occur because of this 

final rule. 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism. In 

accordance with Executive Order 13162, 

BLM finds that the final supplementary 

rules do not have sufficient federalism 

implications to warrant the preparation 

of a federalism summary impact 

statement. The rules do not have 

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. This final rule 

does not preempt state law. 

Executive Order 13175, Consultation 

and Coordination with Indian Tribal 

Governments. In accordance with 

Executive Order 13175, BLM finds that 

these final rules will not result in 

significant changes to BLM policy and 

that Tribal Governments will not be 

unduly affected by these final 

supplementary rules. This rulemaking 

has no bearing on lands for which title 

is held in fee status by Indian tribes and 

U.S. Government-owned lands under 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform. In accordance with Executive 

Order 12988 the Department of the 

Interior’s Office of the Solicitor has 

determined that this rule does not 

unduly burden the judicial system and 

meets the requirements of sections 3(a) 

and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988. 

Paperwork Reduction Act. BLM has 

determined this rulemaking does not 

contain any new information collection 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget must approve under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

National Environmental Policy Act. 

BLM prepared an Environmental 

Assessment (EA), ‘‘The Meadowood 

Farm Proposed Program Analysis/ 

Environmental Assessment’’ and 

determined that these final 

supplementary rules would 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 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 

4332(2)(C). A detailed statement under 

NEPA is not required. The BLM has 

placed the EA and the Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) on file in the 

Administrative Record at the Bureau of 

Land Management, Eastern States 

Office, 7450 Boston Blvd. Springfield, 

VA 22153. 

Executive Order 13211 Effects on the 

Nation’s Energy Supply (Executive 

Order 13211). These final 

supplementary rules are a purely 

administrative regulatory action and 

have no implications under Executive 

Order 13211. 

Clarity of the Final Supplementary 

Rules. Executive Order 12866 requires 

each agency to write regulations that are 

simple and easy to understand. The 

BLM invites your comments on how to 

make these regulations easier to 

understand, including answers to 

questions such as the following: 

1. Are the requirements in the final 

supplementary rules clearly stated? 

2. Do the final supplementary rules 

contain technical language or jargon that 

interferes with clarity? 

3. Does the format of the final 

supplementary rules (grouping and 

order of sections, use of headings, 

paragraphing, etc.) aid or reduce their 

clarity? 

4. Would the final supplementary rule 

be easier to understand if it was divided 

into more (but shorter) sections? 

5. Is the description of the final 

supplementary rules in ‘‘Supplementary 

Information’’ section of this preamble 

helpful in making the final rules easier 

to understand? 

Please send any comments you have 

on the clarity of the regulations to the 

Bureau of Land Management, Eastern 

States Office, 7450 Boston Blvd. 

Springfield, VA 22153. 

Author: The principle author of these 

final supplementary rules is Jeff 

McCusker, Outdoor Recreation Planner, 

Bureau of Land Management, Eastern 

States Office, assisted by Cynthia Ellis, 

Office of Regulatory Affairs, 

Washington, DC. 

These final supplementary rules 

implement the management decisions 

made in the Meadowood Farm Proposed 

Management Program Analysis/ 

Environmental Assessment and the 

Meadowood Integrated Activity Plan for 

the Meadowood Special Recreation 

Management Area. These final 

supplementary rules will protect natural 

resources and provide for the safety of 

visitors and property on public lands 

located within the boundaries of the 

Meadowood Special Recreation 

Management Area (MSRMA) in Fairfax 

County, Virginia. Accordingly, for the 

reasons stated above and under the 

authorities for supplementary rules 

found in 43 CFR 8341.2, 8364.1, and 

8365.1–6, and 43 U.S.C. 1740, the State 

Director, Bureau of Land Management, 

Eastern States Office, issues these final 

supplementary rules for public lands 

managed by the BLM in the Lower 

Potomac Field Stations to read as 

follows: 

Final Supplementary Rules for Certain 

Public Lands Managed by the Lower 

Potomac Field Station Office, Bureau of 

Land Management 

Unless otherwise authorized by the 

Field Station Manager, the following 

acts are prohibited within the 

Meadowood Special Recreation 

Management Area (MSRMA) boundary: 

1. You must not hunt unless you are 

participating in a managed hunt 

following Commonwealth of Virginia 

hunting regulations, and planned by the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 

2. You must not use fireworks or 

explosive devices. 

3. You must not enter the MSRMA 

between sunset and sunrise. 

4. You must not swim or bathe in the 

ponds or streams. 

5. You must not operate motorized 

vehicles or devices in the MSRMA 

except on the following established 

roads: 

a. From Old Colchester Road to the 

control line flying circles in the west 

parcel. 

b. From Belmont Boulevard to the 

visitor parking area. 

c. From Gunston Road to the parking 

areas at the horse barn and the BLM 

compound. 

6. You must not enter the fenced 

pastures at 10406 Gunston Road unless 

you have a contract or other written 

permission from the BLM to board or 

maintain horses at the property. 

7. You must not enter into any area 

posted as closed to entry or use. 

8. You must not camp. 

9. You must not use a bicycle on the 

property, except on the roads listed 

above in rule 5 unless it is on a 

designated bicycle trail. 

10. You must not store fuel or 

accelerants. 

11. You must not use control line 

model airplanes outside of designated 

times and places. 

12. You must not use model rockets 

or explosive devices. 

13. You must not use or possess 

weapons, other than for permitted hunts 

planned by the BLM. 

Exception for Official Use of Site. 

Federal, state, and local law 

enforcement officers, government 

employees, and BLM volunteers are 

exempt from these supplementary rules 

in the course of their official duties. 

Limitations on the use of motorized 

vehicles do not apply to emergency 

vehicles, fire suppression and rescue 

vehicles, law enforcement vehicles, and 

other vehicles performing official 

duties, or as approved by an authorized 

officer of the BLM. 

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Penalties 

1. Violations of these supplementary 

rules are punishable as follows: By a 

sentence of incarceration not more than 

one year, and a fine as provided by law 

under 43 U.S.C. 1733(a); 43 CFR 

8360.0–7. Such violation may also be 

subject to the enhanced fines provided 

for by 18 U.S.C. 3571. 

2. You may also be subject to civil 

action for unauthorized use of the 

public lands or related waters and their 

resources, for violations of permit terms, 

conditions, or stipulations, or for uses 

beyond those allowed by the permit. 

Sue E. Richardson, 

Acting State Director, Eastern States Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AZ–931–07, 1430–ET, AZA 33648] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and 

Opportunity for Public Meeting; 

Arizona 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Agriculture, Forest Service, has filed 

an application requesting the Secretary 

of the Interior to withdraw 387.50 acres 

of National Forest System land from 

mining for protection and conservation 

of the Arizona Hedgehog Cactus 

(Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. 

arizonicus) located in the Tonto 

National Forest, Arizona. This notice 

segregates the land for up to 2 years 

from location and entry under the 

United States mining laws. The land 

will remain open to all other uses which 

may by law be authorized on National 

Forest System lands. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than April 17, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting 

requests should be sent to both the 

Arizona Lands Program Lead, Division 

of Resources, Bureau of Land 

Management, One N. Central Avenue, 

Suite 800, Phoenix, Arizona 85004, and 

the Forest Supervisor, Tonto National 

Forest, 2324 E. McDowell Road, 

Phoenix, Arizona 85006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Harbour, Tonto National Forest, 

at the above address or at 602–225–

5200. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest 

Service has filed an application with the 

Bureau of Land Management, pursuant 

to Section 204 of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 

U.S.C. 1714, to withdraw the followingdescribed National Forest System land 

within the Tonto National Forest for a 

period of 20 years from location and 

entry under the United States mining 

laws, subject to valid existing rights: 

Gila and Salt River Meridian 

T. 1 S., R. 13 E. 

Sec. 12, S1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

E1⁄2E1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 13, S1⁄2N1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2S1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

T. 1 S., R. 14 E. 

Sec. 7, S1⁄2N1⁄2N1⁄2 of Lot 2, S1⁄2N1⁄2 of Lot 

2, S1⁄2 of Lot 2, Lot 3, Lots 7–10, 

inclusive, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

S1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2E1⁄2SW1⁄4, 

S1⁄2N1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and 

E1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 18, Lots 1 and 2, and E1⁄2NW1⁄4, 

excepting a portion of Mineral Survey 

No. 2337. 

The area described contains 387.50 acres, 

more or less, in Gila and Pinal Counties. 

The purpose of the proposed 

withdrawal would be to protect and 

conserve an ecologically viable 

population of Arizona Hedgehog Cactus 

to compensate for occupied habitat that 

will be lost as a result of open-pit mine 

and processing facilities located within 

the Tonto National Forest. The cactus is 

listed as a Federal Endangered Species 

and is also on the Forest Service 

Sensitive Species list. 

The use of a right-of-way, an 

interagency agreement, or a cooperative 

agreement would not adequately 

constrain nondiscretionary uses which 

could irrevocably damage the plants and 

their habitat. 

There are no suitable alternative sites 

that can be considered because the 

above-described land was identified as 

the best choice for mitigation by a 

committee of botanists familiar with the 

species. 

No water rights are needed to fulfill 

the purpose of the requested 

withdrawal. 

Records relating to the application 

may be examined by interested parties 

at the address of the Bureau of Land 

Management office stated above. 

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, by the 

date specified above, to both the 

Arizona Lands Program Lead, Division 

of Resources, Bureau of Land 

Management, and the Forest Supervisor, 

Tonto National Forest at the addresses 

stated above. 

Notice is hereby given that an 

opportunity for a public meeting is 

afforded in connection with the 

proposed withdrawal. All interested 

persons who desire a public meeting for 

the purpose of being heard on the 

proposed withdrawal must submit a 

written request, by the date specified 

above, to both the Arizona Lands 

Program Lead, Bureau of Land 

Management, and the Forest Supervisor, 

Tonto National Forest at the addresses 

stated above. Upon determination by the 

authorized officer that a public meeting 

will be held, a notice of 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 part 2300. 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the Tonto 

National Forest at the above address 

during regular business hours 8 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. Individual respondents 

may request confidentiality. If you wish 

to withhold your name or address from 

public review or from disclosure under 

the Freedom of Information Act, you 

must state this prominently at the 

beginning of your comments. Such 

requests will be honored to the extent 

allowed by law. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

On January 17, 2007 the abovedescribed land will be segregated from 

location and entry under the United 

States mining laws. The segregative 

effect of the application shall terminate 

upon denial or cancellation of the 

application; approval of the application; 

or January 19, 2009, whichever occurs 

first. 

Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–1. 

Dated: November 28, 2006. 

Michael A. Taylor, 

Deputy State Director, Resources Division. 

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