Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 158 / Friday, August 15, 1997 / Notices 43747

original restriction first published on

September 15, 1988, which appeared as

‘‘designated maintained roads.’’ This

action is taken to carry out the intent of

current land use plan decisions to

protect soil and watershed values in the

Jumbo/Bailey Watershed.

DATES: This Limited Use Designation

goes into effect on August 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Clifford Ligons, Assistant District

Manager, Division on Non-Renewable

Resources, Carson City District, 1535

Hot Springs Road, Carson City, Nevada

89707. Telephone (702) 885–6000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

authorities for this closure are 43 CFR

8341.1, and 43 CFR 8342.1. Any person

who fails to comply with a closure order

is subject to arrest and fines in

accordance with applicable provisions

of 18 USC 3571 and/or imprisonment

not to exceed 12 months.

This limited use are a designation

applies to all motorized vehicles

excluding (1) any emergency or law

enforcement vehicle while being used

for emergency purposes, and (2) any

vehicle whose use is expressly

authorized in writing by the Assistant

District Manager, Division of NonRenewable Resources.

The public lands affected by this

explanation of the Limited Use Area are

located in the Jumbo-Bailey Watershed

and include lands within:

Mt. Diablo Meridian

T.17N., R.20E.

Secs. 3, 9, 10, 11.

A map of the designated routes open

to motorized vehicles is posted in the

Carson City District Office.

Dated: August 1, 1997.

John O. Singlaub,

Carson City District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–21631 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–010–07–1020–00–241A]

Northwest Colorado Resource

Advisory Council Meetings

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The next meetings of the

Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory

Council will be held on Tuesday,

September 9, 1997, in Grand Junction,

Colorado; and Friday, November 7,

1997, in Eagle, Colorado.

DATES: Meetings are scheduled for

Tuesday, September 9, 1997, and

Friday, November 7, 1997.

ADDRESSES: For further information,

contact Joann Graham, Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Grand Junction

District Office, 2815 H Road, Grand

Junction, Colorado 81506; Telephone

(970) 244–3037.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Tuesday,

September 9, 1997. A business meeting

will be held from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. in the

Grand Junction District Office

conference room, 2815 H Road, Grand

Junction, Colorado. Agenda topics

include draft 3809 mining regulations

update, sanctioned subcommittee

reports, and wilderness review update.

The business meeting will be followed

by a raft trip down the Colorado River

through Ruby Canyon.

Friday, November 7, 1997. This

meeting will be held in Eagle, Colorado.

The meeting time, location, and agenda

will be posted at a later time.

All resource advisory council

meetings are open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements at the meetings or submit

written statements following the

meetings. Per-person time limits for oral

statements may be set to allow all

interested persons an opportunity to

speak.

Summary minutes of council

meetings are maintained in both the

Grand Junction and Craig District

Offices. They are available for public

inspection and reproduction during

regular business hours within thirty (30)

days following the meeting.

Dated: August 5, 1997.

Richard Arcand,

Grand Junction Associate District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–21632 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–050–1020–00: GP7–0258]

Notice of Meeting of John Day-Snake

Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Prineville District.

ACTION: Meeting of John Day-Snake

Resource Advisory Council: John Day,

Oregon; September 16–17, 1997.

SUMMARY: A field trip and meeting of the

John Day-Snake Resource Advisory

Council will be held on September 16

and September 17, 1997 in John Day,

Oregon. On September 16 the Council

will tour the Summit Fire on the

Malheur National Forest and the Nature

Conservancy Preserve on the Middle

Fork John Day River. On September 17,

the Council will hold a business

meeting at the Malheur National Forest

Office located at 431 Patterson Bridge

Road, John Day, Oregon, from 8 a.m. to

noon. The field tour will leave the John

Day Sunset Inn, 390 West Main Street,

at 7:30 a.m. on September 16. The field

tour and business meeting are open to

the public. However, no public

transportation will be provided for the

field trip. Public comments will be

received by the Council at 10:00 a.m. on

September 17. Topics to be discussed

include the Interior Columbia Basin

Ecosystem Management Project,

Standards for Rangeland Health and

Guidelines for Livestock Grazing on

public lands, current issues, and forest

health on Forest Service Lands and BLM

lands.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James L. Hancock, Bureau of Land

Management, Prineville District Office,

3050 NE Third Street, Prineville, Oregon

97754, or call 541–416–6700.

Dated: August 1, 1997.

James L. Hancock,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–21633 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–985–0777–66]

Emergency Closure for All Motorized

Vehicles on BLM-Administered Public

Land Along the Rome Hill Stock Drive

in T.47 N, R. 88 W., Sections 23, 24, 25

and 26 and T.47 N., R. 87 W., Section

19., Bighorn Basin Resource Area,

Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Closure.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

effective immediately, all public lands

administered by the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Worland District in

T.47 N, R. 88 W., sections 23, 24, 25 and

26 and T.47 N., R. 87 W., section 19 are

closed to all motorized vehicle use. The

Worland District BLM has determined

that immediate action is needed to stop

the spread of spotted knapweed.

EFFECTIVE DATES: This emergency

closure is effective immediately and

will remain in effect until rescinded or

modified by the authorized officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chuck Wilkie, Area Manager, Bighorn
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Basin Resource Area, P.O. Box 119, 101

South 23rd Street, 82401–0119.

Telephone (307) 347–5100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

closure is in response to a request from

the Washakie County Weed and Pest

District to control the spread of spotted

knapweed, a designated noxious weed.

Spotted knapweed is highly competitive

and readily establishes on any disturbed

soil. Once established, knapweed

releases chemical substances which

inhibit growth of surrounding

vegetation. Knapweed is easily caught

up in the undercarriage of motorized

vehicles, allowing seed to be spread for

miles.

This emergency closure applies to

approximately 1,520 acres of public

lands along the Rome Hill Stock Drive

in T. 47 N., R. 88 W., sections 23, 24,

25 and 26 and T. 47 N., R. 87 W.,

section 19, Sixth Principal Meridian,

Washakie County, Wyoming. Off-road

use designations apply to all motorized

vehicles with the exceptions of: (1) Any

fire, military, emergency, or law

enforcement vehicle when used for

emergency purposes or any combat

support vehicle when used for national

defense purposes; (2) Any vehicle

whose use is expressly authorized by

the Bureau of Land Management under

permit, license, or contract; and (3) Any

government vehicle on business.

Authority for closure order is

provided under 43 CFR subpart 8341.2

(a and b), 8364.1, 8372.0–7, 8372.1–2.

Violations of this closure are punishable

by a fine not to exceed $1,000 and (or)

imprisonment not to exceed 12 months.

Dated: July 31, 1997.

David Atkins,

Acting Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–21629 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–065–5700–10; NVN–57452]

Notice of Realty Action: Recreation

and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act

Classification, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The following described

public lands in Tonopah, Nye County,

Nevada, have been examined and found

suitable for conveyance (patent) to Nye

County under the provisions of the

Recreation and Public Purposes Act of

June 14, 1926, as amended (43 U.S.C.

869 et seq.). Nye County proposes to use

the lands for a municipal solid waste

disposal site to serve Tonopah, Nevada,

and the surrounding area.

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 2 N., R. 43 E.,

Sec. 4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and

NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Containing 80 acres, more or less.

The lands are not needed for Federal

purposes. The conveyance is consistent

with current Bureau land use planning

for this area and would be in the public

interest. The patent, when issued, will

be subject to the provisions of the

Recreation and Public Purposes Act and

applicable regulations of the Secretary

of the Interior, and will contain the

following reservations to the United

States:

1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches

and canals constructed by the authority

of the United States pursuant to the Act

of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945);

2. All mineral deposits shall be

reserved to the United States, together

with the right to prospect for, mine, and

remove such deposits from the same

under applicable laws and such

regulations as the Secretary of the

Interior may prescribe,

will contain the following provisions:

1. Nye County, its successors or

assigns, assumes all liability for and

shall defend, indemnify, and save

harmless the United States and its

officers, agents, representatives, and

employees (hereinafter referred to in

this clause as the United States), from

all claims, loss, damage, actions, causes

of action, expense, and liability

(hereinafter referred to in this clause as

claims) resulting from, brought for, or

on account of, any personal injury,

threat of personal injury, or property

damage received or sustained by any

person or persons (including the

patentee’s employees) or property

growing out of, occurring, or attributable

directly or indirectly, to the disposal of

solid waste on, or the release of

hazardous substances from Mount

Diablo Meridian, Nevada, T. 2 N., R. 43

E., sec. 4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and

NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, regardless of

whether such claims shall be

attributable to: (1) The concurrent,

contributory, or partial fault, failure, or

negligence of the United States, or (2)

the sole fault, failure, or negligence of

the United States;

2. Provided, that the title shall revert

to the United States upon a finding,

after notice and opportunity for a

hearing, that the patentee has not

substantially developed the land in

accordance with the approved plan of

development on or before the date five

years after the date of conveyance. No

portion of the land shall under any

circumstances revert to the United

States if any such portion has been used

for solid waste disposal or for any other

purpose which may result in the

disposal, placement, or release of any

hazardous substance;

3. If, at any time, the patentee

transfers to another party ownership of

any portion of the land not used for the

purpose specified in the application and

approved plan of development, the

patentee shall pay the Bureau of Land

Management the fair market value, as

determined by the authorized officer, of

the transferred portion as of the date of

transfer, including the value of any

improvements thereon;

4. The above described land has been

conveyed for utilization as a solid waste

disposal site by Nye County, Nevada.

Upon closure, the site may contain

small quantities of commercial and

household hazardous waste as

determined in the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976,

as amended (42 U.S.C. 6901), and

defined in 40 CFR 261.4 and 261.5.

Although there is no indication these

materials pose any significant risk to

human health or the environment,

future land uses should be limited to

those which do not penetrate the liner

or final cover of the landfill unless

excavation is conducted subject to

applicable State and Federal

requirements; and will be subject to

valid existing rights.

Detailed information concerning this

action is available for review at the

office of the Bureau of Land

Management, Tonopah Field Station,

102 Military Circle, Tonopah, Nevada.

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the above described

land will be segregated from all other

forms of appropriation under the public

land laws, including the general mining

laws, except for conveyance under the

Recreation and Public Purposes Act and

leasing under the mineral leasing laws.

For a period of 45 days from the date of

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register, interested parties may submit

comments regarding the proposed

conveyance or land classification to the

Field Station Manager, Tonopah Field

Station, P.O. Box 911, Tonopah, Nevada

89049.

Classification Comments

Interested parties may submit

comments involving the suitability of