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described in paragraphs (f)(1) and 

(b)(4)(i) of this section; 

BeginPoint = Begin Milepost of each section 

p or t; 

EndPoint = End Milepost of each section p 

or t; and 

Through_lanes = the number of lanes 

designated for through-traffic 

represented by a section p or t. 

(4) For § 490.307(a)(3) the measure for 

percentage of lane-miles of the nonInterstate NHS in Good condition in 

§ 490.307(a)(3) shall be computed to the 

one tenth of a percent as follows: 

Where: 

Good = total number of mainline highway 

non-Interstate NHS sections where the 

overall condition is Good; 

g = a section’s overall condition is 

determined Good per paragraph (b), (c) 

or (d) of this section; 

t = a non-Interstate NHS section; 

Total = total number of mainline highway 

non-Interstate NHS sections excluding 

bridges, unpaved surface and ‘‘other’’ 

surface types, and missing data sections, 

described in paragraphs (f)(1) and 

(b)(4)(i) of this section; 

BeginPoint = Begin Milepost of each section 

g or t; 

EndPoint = End Milepost of each section g 

or t; and 

Through_lanes = the number of lanes 

designated for through-traffic 

represented by a section g or t. 

(5) For § 490.307(a)(4) the measure for 

percentage of lane-miles of the nonInterstate NHS in Poor condition in 

§ 490.307(a)(4) shall be computed to the 

one tenth of a percent as follows: 

Where: 

Poor = total number of mainline highway 

non-Interstate NHS sections where the 

overall condition is Poor; 

p = a section’s overall condition is 

determined Poor per paragraph (b), (c) or 

(d) of this section; 

t = a non-Interstate NHS section; 

Total = total number of mainline highway 

non-Interstate NHS sections excluding 

bridges, unpaved surface and ‘‘other’’ 

surface types, and missing data sections, 

described in paragraphs (f)(1) and 

(b)(4)(i) of this section; 

BeginPoint = Begin Milepost of each section 

p or t; 

EndPoint= End Milepost of each section p or 

t; and 

Through_lanes = the number of lanes 

designated for through-traffic 

represented by a section p or t. 

■ 16. Amend § 490.317 by adding 

paragraphs (c)(1) and (2) to read as 

follows: 

§ 490.317 Penalties for not maintaining 

minimum Interstate System pavement 

condition. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) FHWA shall use the determination 

from the previous year to carry out 

paragraph (a) of this section when 

FHWA determines a State DOT is not in 

compliance with § 490.315(a) or 

§ 490.315(b) due to an extenuating 

circumstance listed in § 490.109(e)(5) 

related to the collection or submittal of 

data. 

(2) State DOTs will provide a 

description of any applicable 

extenuating circumstances for FHWA’s 

consideration by the date specified in 

§ 490.317(b). 

* * * * * 

■ 17. Amend § 490.319 by revising 

paragraph (c)(1)(ii) to read as follows: 

§ 490.319 Other requirements. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(ii) Certification process for persons 

performing data collection; 

* * * * * 

Subpart E—National Performance 

Management Measures To Assess 

Performance of the National Highway 

System 

■ 18. In § 490.509 amend paragraph (d) 

by removing the text ‘‘and/or’’ and 

adding, in its place, the text ‘‘or’’. 

Subpart G—National Performance 

Management Measures for Assessing 

the Congestion Mitigation and Air 

Quality Improvement Program—Traffic 

Congestion 

■ 19. In § 490.709, amend paragraph 

(e)(1)(i) by removing the text ‘‘and/or’’ 

and adding, in its place, the text ‘‘or’’. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

43 CFR Part 8360 

[BLM_CO_FRN_MO4500172299] 

Public Lands in the Colorado River 

Valley, Grand Junction and Kremmling 

Field Offices, and the DominguezEscalante National Conservation Area, 

CO 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed supplementary rule. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is proposing a 

supplementary rule to protect natural 

resources and public health and safety. 

The proposed supplementary rule 

would apply to public lands and BLM 

facilities managed by the Colorado River 

Valley, Grand Junction, and Kremmling 

Field Offices, and the DominguezEscalante National Conservation Area 

(NCA) in Colorado managed by the 

Grand Junction and Uncompahgre Field 

Offices. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

March 25, 2024. Comments received 

after this date may not be considered in 

the development of the final 

supplementary rule. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by the following methods: ePlanning 

https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/90071/510, mail or hand deliver 

to Proposed Supplementary Rule, 

Attention: Erin Jones, Upper Colorado 


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River District, 2815 H Road, Grand 

Junction, CO, 81506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Jones, Upper Colorado River District 

Associate District Manager (see address 

listed earlier), or by phone: (970) 244– 

3008; or email: erjones@blm.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

Written comments on the proposed 

supplementary rule should be specific, 

confined to issues pertinent to the 

proposed supplementary rule, and 

explain the reason for any 

recommended change. Where possible, 

comments should reference the specific 

section or paragraph of the proposed 

supplementary rule that the comments 

are addressing. The BLM will consider 

comments received before the end of the 

comment period (see DATES), including 

those that are postmarked before the 

deadline and delivered to the address 

listed earlier (see ADDRESSES). 

Comments, including names, street 

addresses, and other contact 

information of respondents will be 

available for public review during 

regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. Monday through Friday, except on 

Federal holidays) in the Colorado River 

Valley, Grand Junction, Kremmling, and 

Uncompahgre Field Offices. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email 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 publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

II. Background 

The Colorado River Valley, Grand 

Junction, and Kremmling Field Offices, 

and Dominguez-Escalante NCA 

completed new resource management 

plans (RMPs) in recent years. 

Supplementary rules are necessary to 

implement the decisions in the RMPs, 

which would facilitate enforcement of 

these decisions and protect natural 

resources and public health and safety. 

The field offices completed their RMP 

processes and issued Records of 

Decision (RODs) after inviting the 

public to comment during scoping and 

public-comment periods. The field 

offices review each public comment 

received during each step of the process 

and responded to all comments received 

during the public-comment periods (see 

the individual RMPs for responses to 

public comments). Some parts of the 

proposed rule have already been in 

effect under previous RMPs; for 

example, the 14-day camping limits and 

restrictions on mechanized travel. Other 

proposed rule restrictions are from the 

new RMPs published in 2015, such as 

the restrictions on rock climbing in the 

Colorado River Valley Field Office and 

on metal detectors and paintball guns in 

Dominguez-Escalante NCA. 

III. Discussion of the Proposed 

Supplementary Rule 

This proposed supplementary rule 

would apply to public lands and BLM 

facilities managed by the Colorado River 

Valley Field Office, Grand Junction 

Field Office, Kremmling Field Office, 

and Dominguez-Escalante NCA. 

This proposed supplementary rule 

would address resource damage, public 

safety, wildland fire, and wildlife 

disruption concerns. The BLM 

consulted with the Shooting Sports 

Roundtable while preparing each RMP 

to coordinate on the shooting closures 

described in this proposed rule. 

We expect that concerns raised over 

restrictions to recreational activities in 

this proposed supplementary rule will 

be similar to those that the BLM 

addressed when it developed the 

supporting RMPs. Issues raised during 

the development of the supporting 

RMPs included concerns over the size 

and location of areas available for 

mechanized travel, target shooting, and 

camping in each field office or NCA, 

and the suitability of the areas for those 

uses. BLM examined the issues and 

comments submitted during the 

development of each RMP and struck a 

balance between making areas available 

for these types of activities and 

imposing restrictions where necessary 

to protect natural resources and public 

health and safety. 

The proposed supplementary rule 

conforms with management decisions 

contained in the following RMPs: 

D Colorado River Valley RMP (2015) 

as amended by the Sutey Ranch and 

Haines Parcel Approved RMP 

Amendment (2019); 

D Grand Junction RMP (2015); 

D Kremmling RMP (2015); and 

D Dominguez-Escalante NCA RMP 

(2017). 

The authority for this supplementary 

rule is set forth at sections 303 and 310 

of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. 

1733 and 1740, as well as 43 CFR 

8365.1–6, which authorizes BLM State 

Directors to establish a supplementary 

rule for the protection of persons, 

property, and public lands and 

resources. 

IV. Procedural Matters 

Regulatory Planning and Review 

(Executive Orders 12866 and 13563) 

The proposed supplementary rule is 

not a significant regulatory action and is 

not subject to review by the Office of 

Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866 as amended by 

Executive Order 14094. The proposed 

supplementary rule would not have an 

effect of $200 million or more on the 

economy and would not adversely affect 

in a material way productivity; 

competition; jobs; the environment; 

public health or safety; or State, local, 

or Tribal governments or communities. 

The proposed supplementary rule 

would not create a serious inconsistency 

or otherwise interfere with an action 

taken or planned by another agency. 

The proposed supplementary rule 

would not materially alter the budgetary 

effects of entitlements, grants, user fees, 

or loan programs, or the rights or 

obligations of their recipients, nor does 

it raise novel legal or policy issues. This 

proposed supplementary rule would 

merely impose limitations on certain 

activities on certain public 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. The proposed supplementary 

rule would have no effect on business 

entities of any size. The proposed 

supplementary rule would merely 

impose reasonable restrictions on 

certain activities on certain public lands 

to protect natural resources and the 

environment and human health and 

safety. Therefore, the BLM certifies 

under the RFA that this proposed 

supplementary rule would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

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Congressional Review Act 

This proposed supplementary rule is 

not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined at 5 U.S.C. 

804(2). This proposed supplementary 

rule would merely impose reasonable 

restrictions on certain recreational 

activities on certain public lands to 

protect natural resources, the 

environment and human health and 

safety. This proposed supplementary 

rule would not: 

(1) Have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more. 

(2) Cause a major increase in costs or 

prices for consumers; individual 

industries; Federal, State, or local 

agencies; or geographic regions; or 

(3) Have significant adverse effects on 

competition, employment, investment, 

productivity, innovation, or on the 

ability of United States-based 

enterprises to compete with foreignbased enterprises in domestic and 

export markets. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

The proposed supplementary rule 

would not impose an unfunded 

mandate on State, local, or Tribal 

governments or the private sector of 

more than $100 million per year; nor 

would it have a significant or unique 

effect on State, local, or Tribal 

governments or the private sector. The 

proposed supplementary rule would 

merely impose reasonable restrictions 

on certain recreational activities on 

specific public lands to protect natural 

resources, 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 (2 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Governmental Actions and Interference 

With Constitutionally Protected Property 

Rights—Takings (Executive Order 

12630) 

The proposed supplementary rule 

does not constitute a government action 

capable of interfering with 

constitutionally protected property 

rights. The proposed supplementary 

rule would not address property rights 

in any form and would not cause the 

impairment of constitutionally 

protected property rights. Therefore, the 

BLM has determined that this proposed 

supplementary rule would not cause a 

‘‘taking’’ of private property or require 

further discussion of takings 

implications under this Executive order. 

Federalism (Executive Order 13132) 

The proposed supplementary rule 

would 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. Therefore, 

in accordance with Executive Order 

13132, the BLM has determined that 

this proposed supplementary rule does 

not have sufficient federalism 

implications to warrant preparation of a 

Federalism Assessment. 

Civil Justice Reform (Executive Order 

12988) 

Under Executive Order 12988, the 

BLM has determined that this proposed 

supplementary rule would not unduly 

burden the judicial system and that it 

meets the requirements of sections 3(a) 

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

Consultation and Coordination With 

Indian Tribal Governments (Executive 

Order 13175 and Departmental Policy) 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13175, the BLM has found that this 

proposed supplementary rule does not 

include policies that have Tribal 

implications and would have no bearing 

on trust lands or on lands for which title 

is held in fee status by Indian Tribes or 

U.S. Government-owned lands managed 

by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This proposed supplementary rule 

does not contain information collection 

requirements that the Office of 

Management and Budget must approve 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

This proposed supplementary rule 

would implement key decisions in the 

following RMPs: Colorado River Valley 

Field Office, Grand Junction Field 

Office, Kremmling Field Office, and 

Dominguez-Escalante NCA. The BLM’s 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) reviews for these management 

plans analyzed the effects of 

implementing the RMP decisions 

through a supplementary rule. The BLM 

prepared a Determination of NEPA 

Adequacy to confirm that the prior 

analyses and public comment processes 

were sufficient to inform the decision to 

establish this supplementary rule. 

Therefore, additional NEPA analysis is 

not required. Copies of the 

Environmental Impact Statements and 

RODs for each RMP, and the 

Determination of NEPA Adequacy for 

this proposed supplementary 

rulemaking, are on file at the BLM 

offices at the addresses specified in the 

ADDRESSES section and electronic copies 

are available online at https://eplanning.

blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/90071/ 

510. 

Actions Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution or Use (Executive Order 

13211) 

This proposed supplementary rule 

does not comprise a significant energy 

action. This proposed supplementary 

rule would not have an adverse effect on 

energy supply, production, or 

consumption and has no connection 

with energy policy. 

Information Quality Act 

In developing this proposed 

supplementary rule, the BLM did not 

conduct or use a study, experiment, or 

survey requiring peer review under the 

Information Quality Act (Section 515 of 

Pub. L. 106–554). 

Facilitation of Cooperative Conservation 

(Executive Order 13352) 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13352, the BLM has determined that the 

proposed supplementary rule would not 

impede facilitating cooperative 

conservation; would take appropriate 

account of and consider the interests of 

persons with ownership or other legally 

recognized interests in land or other 

natural resources; would properly 

accommodate local participation in the 

Federal decision-making process; and 

would provide that the associated 

programs, projects, and activities are 

consistent with protecting public health 

and safety. 

V. Proposed Rule 

Author 

The principal author of this proposed 

supplementary rule is Erin Jones, 

Associate District Manager BLM Upper 

Colorado River District Office. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, and under the authority of 43 

U.S.C. 1733(a) and 1740, and 43 CFR 

8365.1–6, the State Director proposes a 

supplementary rule for public lands and 

facilities in the Colorado River Valley 

Field Office, Grand Junction Field 

Office, Kremmling Field Office, and 

Dominguez-Escalante NCA. 

Proposed Supplementary Rule for the 

Colorado River Valley Field Office, 

Grand Junction Field Office, 

Kremmling Field Office, and 

Dominguez-Escalante National 

Conservation Area 

Definitions and Acronyms 

(1) As used in this Supplementary 

Rule, the term: 

Approved Portable Toilet means any 

non-biodegradable, durable container 

designated to receive and hold human 

waste, in any container position without 

leaking; and equipped with a dumping 


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system that allows the container to be 

emptied into a standard receiving or 

dump system designed for that purpose 

(such as a SCAT machine or recreational 

vehicle dump station), in a sanitary 

manner, without spills, seepage, or 

human exposure to human waste; or any 

approved biodegradable landfillapproved bag system designed for 

landfill or garbage can disposal (such as 

a ‘‘WAG’’ bag, a human waste disposal 

bag). 

Camp means erecting a tent or shelter 

of natural or synthetic material; 

preparing a sleeping bag or other 

bedding material; parking a motor 

vehicle, motor home, or trailer; or 

mooring a vessel for the apparent 

purpose of overnight occupancy. 

Campfire means a controlled fire 

occurring out of doors, used for cooking, 

branding, personal warmth, lighting, 

ceremonial, or aesthetic purposes. 

Designated campsite means a BLMdesignated campsite, marked with a 

visible number or identification 

mounted on a post or placard. 

Designated sites may be undeveloped or 

developed with basic amenities. 

Developed recreation site. See 

definition at 43 CFR 8360.0–5(c). 

Developed toilet facility means a 

vault-type, pit, or portable toilet 

provided by the BLM or its partners. 

Dispersed campsite means an 

undesignated campsite not located in a 

campground that is traditionally used 

for camping. 

Firearm means a weapon, by whatever 

name known, that is designed to expel 

a projectile by the action of powder; and 

be readily capable of use as a weapon. 

Fire pan means a durable metal fire 

pan at least 12 inches in diameter with 

at least a 1.5-inch lip around its outer 

edge and sufficient to contain fire and 

fire remains containing fire, charcoal, 

and ash, while preventing ashes or 

burning material from spilling onto the 

ground; and that is elevated above the 

ground. 

Fire ring means a ring designed to 

contain a fire on the ground and can be 

natural or manmade, constructed of 

non-flammable materials, and is not 

considered a designated trash 

receptacle. 

Intent to camp means any off-loading, 

or preparing for use of common 

overnight equipment, such as tents, 

sleeping bags or bedding, food, cooking 

or dining equipment, or lighting 

equipment; or preparing common 

camping equipment for use in or on any 

boat. 

Mechanized travel means moving by 

means of a mechanical device, such as 

a bicycle or game retrieval cart; not 

powered by a motor. 

Over-snow vehicle means a motor 

vehicle that is designed for use over 

snow and that runs on a track or tracks 

and/or a ski or skis, while in use over 

snow. 

Public lands means any lands and 

interests in lands owned by the United 

States and administered by the 

Secretary of the Interior through the 

Bureau of Land Management without 

regard to how the United States 

acquired ownership, except: 

1. lands located on the Outer 

Continental Shelf; and 

2. lands held for the benefit of 

Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos. 

Recreational Target Shooting means 

target shooting that uses any devices to 

propel a projectile, including but not 

limited to firearms, bow and arrow, 

sling shots, paint ball guns, and air 

guns. Target shooting is not considered 

hunting. Hunting with a valid hunting 

license is allowed in areas that are 

closed to target shooting. 

Resource damage means impacts to 

natural resources or public lands due to 

injury, destruction, or loss of natural 

resources, resulting in the necessary 

restoration or replacement of such 

natural resources. 

Sport rock climbing means a style of 

climbing that relies on fixed protection 

against falls, usually bolts and/or top 

anchors. 

Target means an object constructed of 

wood, paper, or biodegradable 

materials, or commercially 

manufactured and designed for target 

shooting, and that may be supported by 

a target frame (e.g., metal or PVC frame). 

Target backstop means an 

unobstructed earthen mound or bank at 

least 8 feet in height which must stop 

the progress of and contain all 

projectiles, fragments, and ricochets in a 

safe manner. 

Vehicle means any motorized 

transportation conveyance designed and 

licensed for use on roadways, such an 

automobile, bus, motorcycle, or truck, 

and any motorized conveyance 

originally equipped with safety belts. 

WAG Bag means any approved, 

commercially engineered, 

biodegradable, landfill-approved bag 

system containing enzymes, polymers, 

or waste-alleviating gelling compounds 

that is designed for landfill or garbage 

can disposal (such as a ‘‘Waste 

Alleviation and Gelling’’ bag, a human 

waste disposal bag). The double bag 

system must be made of puncture 

resistant material, must be spill proof, 

hygienic, and approved for disposal in 

any garbage can. 

(2) As used in this proposed 

Supplementary Rule, the following 

additional acronyms apply: 

ACEC means Area of Critical 

Environmental Concern. 

ERMA means Extensive Recreation 

Management Area. 

OHV means off-highway vehicle. 

NCA means National Conservation Area. 

RMA means Recreation Management Area. 

RMZ means Recreation Management Zone. 

SRMA means Special Recreation 

Management Area. 

USFS means United States Forest Service. 

WSA means Wilderness Study Area. 

Prohibited Acts on Public Lands 

Managed by the Colorado River Valley 

Field Office, Grand Junction Field 

Office, and Kremmling Field Office and 

in Dominguez-Escalante NCA 

1. You must not abandon animal 

carcasses, or any part of an animal 

carcass, within 100 feet of the outer 

perimeter of any campsite (designated 

or dispersed) or 100 feet from the edge 

of any roadway or any water source. 

2. You must not operate mechanical 

transport (e.g., bicycles, mountain bikes) 

other than on designated roads and 

trails allowing such use or in 

designated-open areas and within 

designated-open timeframes. 

3. You must not have a campfire 

outside of a designated campsite in the 

following areas: 

TABLE 1—NO CAMPFIRES OUTSIDE OF DESIGNATED CAMPSITES

[Accompanying maps in Appendix A] 

Grand Junction Field Office Dominguez-Escalante NCA 

D Pyramid Rock Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) 

D Unaweep Seep ACEC 

D Dolores River Riparian ACEC 

D In the Gunnison River SRMA Corridor and other riparian and wetland 

areas 

D Bangs SRMA Recreation Management Zone (RMZ) 1 

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TABLE 1—NO CAMPFIRES OUTSIDE OF DESIGNATED CAMPSITES—Continued 

[Accompanying maps in Appendix A] 

Grand Junction Field Office Dominguez-Escalante NCA 

D Bangs SRMA RMZ 2 in the portion of the RMZ north of the drainage 

at the bottom of Rough Canyon 

D Palisade Rim SRMA 

D Grand Valley Shooting Ranges ERMA 

D Gunnison River Bluffs ERMA 

D Horse Mountain ERMA RMZ 1 

D Horse Mountain ERMA RMZ 2 

D Horse Mountain ERMA RMZ 3 

D 18 Road Open OHV Area within the North Desert ERMA 

D Within 100 meters (or approximately 328 feet) of standing historic 

structures to include, but not limited to, Calamity Camp and New 

Verde Mine, unless administratively permitted 

4. You must not camp outside of 

designated campsites and developed 

campgrounds in the following areas: 

TABLE 2—CAMPING RESTRICTED TO DESIGNATED CAMPSITES AND DEVELOPED CAMPGROUNDS ONLY

[Accompanying maps in Appendix A] 

Colorado River Valley 

Field Office 

Grand Junction 

Field Office 

Kremmling 

Field Office 

Dominguez-Escalante 

NCA 

D Within 0.25-mile of the Fisher Creek 

Cemetery Road 

D Within 300 feet from the centerline of 

North Hardscrabble Access Road 

(Spring Creek) 

D Glenwood Canyon in the Horseshoe 

Canyon (Bend) area 

D Within 0.25-mile of Prince Creek 

Road (Pitkin County Road 7), including the Haines Parcel 

D Eagle River ERMA 

D Garfield Creek Colorado River Access Site and on surrounding BLM 

lands 

D Silt Mesa ERMA (BLM lands south of 

the crest of the Grand Hogback 

mountain) 

D Thompson Creek area within 0.25- 

mile of USFS Road 305 

D Red Hill SRMA (north of Carbondale, 

Colorado) 

D East Glenwood Canyon Trailhead 

area north of the Colorado River 

D South Canyon Recreation Site and 

surrounding area 

D Ute Trailhead (near Dotsero) west 

and north of the Colorado River 

D Sutey Ranch 

D Pyramid Rock ACEC 

D Unaweep Seep ACEC 

D Dolores River Riparian ACEC 

D Bangs SRMA RMZ 1 

D Bangs SRMA RMZ 2 in the portion of 

the RMZ north of the drainage at the 

bottom of Rough Canyon 

D Bangs SRMA RMZ 3 

D Dolores River SRMA 

D North Fruita Desert SRMA 

D Palisade Rim SRMA 

D Grand Valley Shooting Ranges 

ERMA 

D Gunnison River Bluffs ERMA 

D Horse Mountain ERMA (all RMZs) 

D 18 Road Open OHV Area within the 

North Desert ERMA 

D Miracle Rock Recreation Site 

D Mud Springs Campground 

D Within 100 meters (or approximately 

328 feet) of standing historic structures to include, but not limited to, 

Calamity Camp and New Verde 

Mine, unless administratively permitted 

D Within 0.25-mile of the Colorado 

River of the Upper Colorado River 

SRMA 

D The open OHV area south and east 

of Wolford Mountain 

D Wolford SRMA Recreation Management Zone 3—Lands west of Grand 

County Road 224, south of Wolford 

Mountain, west of Wolford Reservoir, 

and east of U.S. Hwy 40 

D Confluence Recreation Site, and adjacent BLM-managed public lands 

D Reeder Creek Fishing Access, and 

adjacent BLM-managed public lands 

D Sunset Fishing Access, and adjacent 

BLM managed public lands 

D Windy Gap Fishing Access Parking 

Area 

D Fraser River Fishing Access Parking 

Area 

D Sidewinder Jeep Trail Parking Area 

D Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite 

Site 

D Barger Gulch Paleo-Indian Site 

D Yarmony Pit House Site 

D Upper CO River SRMA Yarmony 

Jeep Trail Recreation Management 

Zone 4 

D Independence Mountain Tipi Site 

D Junction Butte Wetlands 

D Upper CO River SRMA Gore Canyon 

Ranch Recreation Management 

Zone 5 

D Hurd Peak and Tab Rock staging 

areas 

D Headwaters RMA Jacques staging 

area, and adjacent BLM-managed 

public lands 

D North Sand Hills Instant Study Area 

D Cactus Park SRMA 

D Gunnison River SRMA 

D Escalante Canyon SRMA, including 

the Escalante Potholes Recreation 

Site 

D RMZ 2 Sawmill Mesa/Wagon Park 

ERMA 

5. Equestrian travel is prohibited on/ 

in the following trails/areas: 


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TABLE 3—AREAS CLOSED TO EQUESTRIAN TRAVEL

[Accompanying maps in Appendix A] 

Colorado River Valley Field Office Grand Junction Field Office Kremmling Field Office 

D Storm King Trail 

D Sutey Ranch from December 1 through April 15 

D Pyramid Rock ACEC 

D Mica Mine Trail 

D Rough Canyon Trail 

D Free Lunch Trail 

D Pucker Up Trail 

D Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite ACEC/Resource 

Natural Area (RNA) 

D Fraser River Canyon Access Trail 

D Gore Canyon Trail 

D Argentine Trail 

6. Recreational target shooting is 

prohibited on the following BLMmanaged lands to protect visitor safety 

(discharge of firearms, other weapons, 

and fireworks on developed recreation 

sites and areas is prohibited under 43 

CFR 8365.2–5(a)). 

TABLE 4—AREAS WHERE RECREATIONAL TARGET SHOOTING IS PROHIBITED

[Accompanying maps in Appendix A] 

Colorado River Valley Field Office Grand Junction Field Office Kremmling Field Office Dominguez-Escalante NCA 

D Within 300 feet from the centerline of 

North Hardscrabble Access Road 

(Spring Creek) 

D Silt Mesa ERMA (BLM lands south of 

the crest of the Grand Hogback 

Mountain) 

D Bangs SRMA RMZs 1, 2, and 3 

D Coal Canyon and Main Canyon 

areas 

D Grand Valley OHV SRMA 

D Gunnison River Bluffs ERMA 

D Horse Mountain ERMA, including 

RMZ 1 west of Sink Creek, RMZ 2, 

and areas adjacent to residences at 

the end of C Road 

D Mt. Garfield ACEC 

D North Desert ERMA18 Road Open 

OHV area 

D North Fruita Desert SRMA 

D Palisade Rim SRMA 

D Pyramid Rock ACEC 

D Upper Colorado River SRMA 

D Barger Gulch fishing access 

D Highway 9 fishing access 

D Reeder Creek fishing area 

D Reeder Creek parking/access Sunset 

fishing access 

D Upper Colorado River corridor and 

Scenic Byway 

D Hebron Watchable Wildlife Area 

D Wolford SRMA, south portion 

D Strawberry SRMA, Strawberry/Hurd 

Peak Area 

D North Sand Hills SRMA and Cooperative Management Area 

D Headwaters ERMA 

D Kinney Creek trailhead 

D Jacques parking area 

D Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Zone 

1 

D Gunnison River SRMA 

D Escalante Canyon SRMA 

D East Creek ERMA 

7. Overnight use is prohibited in the 

following areas (day-use allowed only): 

TABLE 5—DAY USE ONLY—OVERNIGHT USE PROHIBITED

[Accompanying maps in Appendix A] 

Colorado River Valley Field Office 

(use prohibited from 

10:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m.) 

Grand Junction Field Office 

(use prohibited from sunset–sunrise) 

Kremmling Field Office 

(use prohibited from sunset–sunrise) 

Dominguez-Escalante NCA 

(use prohibited from sunset–sunrise) 

D BLM recreation sites where camping 

facilities are not provided 

D Deep Creek Canyon—within 0.25- 

miles of Deep Creek accessible from 

the Coffee Pot Road 

D 34 and C Roads (areas adjacent to 

the Horse Mountain ERMA) 

D Grand Valley Shooting Ranges 

ERMA (with an exception for authorized training exercises) 

D BLM recreation sites where camping 

facilities are not provided 

D Rambo/Little Dominguez Canyon 

Heritage Area 

D The Wilderness portion of Big 

Dominguez Heritage Area 

D The Wilderness portion of Leonard’s 

Basin Heritage Area 

D Sutey Ranch D Horse Mountain ERMA (RMZ 1 (portion of the RMZ west of Sink Creek), 

RMZ 2 and RMZ 3) 

D Wilderness Zone 1 

D Redlands Dam area along the Gunnison River 

D The Potholes on the Little Dolores 

River off of 9.8 Road in the Glade 

Park area 

D Wilderness portion of the Leonards 

Basin Heritage Area 

D East Creek ERMA 

8. The following areas are closed to 

mechanized travel during the specified 

timeframes to protect wintering big 

game species. 

TABLE 6—AREAS CLOSED TO MECHANIZED TRAVEL DURING WINTER/SPRING

[Accompanying maps in Appendix A] 

Colorado River Valley Field Office 

(December 1 through April 15) 

Grand Junction Field Office 

(December 1 through May 1) 

Kremmling Field Office 

(December 15 through April 15) 

Dominguez-Escalante NCA 

(December 1 through April 30) 

D Basalt Mountain (south portion— 

1,300 acres) 

D Boiler-East Elk Creek-New Castle 

(4,400 acres) 

D Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Range 

D Beehive Wildlife Emphasis Area 

(WEA) 

D Blue Mesa WEA 

D Strawberry SRMA Wolford Mountain 

Travel Management Area and SRMA 

D North Sand Hills SRMA 

D Gibbler Gulch 

D Wagon Park 

D Sowbelly 

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TABLE 6—AREAS CLOSED TO MECHANIZED TRAVEL DURING WINTER/SPRING—Continued 

[Accompanying maps in Appendix A] 

Colorado River Valley Field Office 

(December 1 through April 15) 

Grand Junction Field Office 

(December 1 through May 1) 

Kremmling Field Office 

(December 15 through April 15) 

Dominguez-Escalante NCA 

(December 1 through April 30) 

D Cottonwood Creek (13,800 acres) 

D Dry Rifle Creek (2,200 acres) 

D East Salt Creek WEA 

D Rapid Creek WEA 

D Chalk Mountain 

D Dry Mesa 

D East Eagle except for the following 

bike trails: (a) Boneyard Trail; (b) 

Redneck Ridge Trail; and (c) Western 

portion of Pool and Ice Trail (6,000 

acres) 

D Fisher Creek-Cattle Creek (2,800 

acres) 

D Coal Canyon 

D Demaree Canyon outside of the Wilderness Study Area (WSA) 

D Garvey Canyon 

D Grand Mesa Slopes 

D Howard Canyon Flats 

D Indian Point 

D Post Canyon 

D Flatiron Mesa (800 acres) 

D Hardscrabble (24,600 acres) 

D Light Hill (3,800 acres) 

D Red Canyon-Hells Pocket-Bocco 

Mountain-East Castle Peak (14,500 

acres) 

D Lapham Canyon 

D Coal Gulch 

D Fruita Slopes 

D Rapid Creek 

D Red Hill SRMA (north side) (2,600 

acres) 

D The Crown, except for the bike trail 

system paralleling Prince Creek Road 

(9,200 acres) 

D Thompson Creek/Holgate Mesa 

(9,500 acres) 

D West Rifle Creek (1,100 acres) 

D Williams Hill (1,500 acres) 

D Winter Ridge, Black Mountain, Pisgah 

Mountain,Windy Point, Boore Flat, 

and Domantle (33,500 acres) 

Restrictions on Activities on Public 

Lands Managed by the Colorado River 

Valley Field Office 

1. You must not engage in target 

shooting without a target backstop. 

2. You must not build or maintain a 

fire more than 3 feet in diameter, unless 

otherwise authorized. 

3. Unless the campsite is marked and 

designated by the BLM, you must not 

camp within 100 feet from any spring, 

pond, lake, or perennial stream. 

4. You must keep dogs and other 

domesticated animals on a leash or 

other similar constraint (e.g., voice 

control, shock collar) where indicated 

by a BLM sign, brochure, or map. This 

regulation does not apply to livestock 

working or hunting dogs engaged in 

those activities. You must remove and 

properly dispose of all pet waste from 

developed recreation sites and areas. 

5. You must not cut live or dead 

standing trees unless otherwise 

permitted. You may collect only dead 

and down wood for campfires. 

6. You must not camp or otherwise 

occupy any location or site for more 

than 7 consecutive days from April 1 to 

August 31, unless otherwise authorized 

in writing by the BLM. 

7. You must not camp or otherwise 

occupy any location or site for more 

than 14 consecutive days between 

September 1 and March 31, unless 

otherwise authorized in writing by the 

BLM. 

8. In areas with limited travel 

designations, mechanized travel is 

limited to designated routes. 

9. In areas with limited travel 

designations, mechanized and 

motorized travel up to 300 feet from 

designated motorized/mechanized 

routes is permitted for direct access to 

dispersed campsites provided that: (a) 

no resource damage occurs; (b) no new 

routes beyond the campsite are created; 

and (c) such access is not otherwise 

prohibited (such as in WSAs). 

10. In areas open for over-snow travel, 

travel off designated routes is prohibited 

unless a minimum of 12 inches of snow 

cover exists and no resource damage 

will occur from over-snow travel. 

11. In the Thompson Creek ERMA, 

(a) You may reestablish old rockclimbing routes and permanent fixed 

climbing anchors (bolts and pitons) only 

at the BLM-recognized sport rock 

climbing area (rock fins, narrow walls of 

hard sedimentary rock). 

(b) You must not develop additional 

bolted routes outside of the BLMrecognized sport rock climbing area 

(rock fins). 

(c) You may use mechanical devices 

(e.g., power drills) only at the BLMrecognized sport rock climbing area 

(rock fins). 

(d) You must not exceed a climbing 

group size (per route) of four people per 

day, including staff, at the BLMrecognized sport rock climbing area 

(rock fins). 

12. In the Upper Colorado SRMA, 

(a) You must not exceed a group size 

of 25 people per group (including 

guides) for commercial and private river 

groups. 

(b) You must not camp or display an 

intent to camp during an overnight river 

trip without an approved fire pan. 

(c) You must not camp, or display an 

intent to camp overnight, without an 

approved portable toilet. 

(d) You must carry and use an 

approved portable toilet on an overnight 

trip. The system must be adequate for 

the size of the group and length of the 

trip. All solid human bodily waste, 

including WAG bags, must be contained 

in a leak-proof, hard-sided container 

with a screw-on or ratchet-locking lid. 

(e) You must not fail to set up an 

approved portable toilet, ready for use, 

as soon as practical upon arriving at the 

campsite to be occupied on an overnight 

trip if a toilet facility (porta-potty or 

vault toilet) is not provided by the BLM. 

(f) You must not empty an approved 

portable toilet into a developed toilet 

facility, or any other facility not 

developed and identified especially for 

that purpose. Leaving solid human 

waste on public lands or dumping it 

into vault toilets or trash receptacles at 

BLM-managed facilities is prohibited 

unless using a WAG-bag system that is 

specifically designed for disposal in 

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(g) You must remove and properly 

dispose of all pet waste from developed 

recreation sites/areas. 

13. On the Sutey Ranch, 

(a) You must not enter from December 

1 through April 15 when closure orders 

are in effect to protect wintering big 

game, except when allowed under other 

applicable laws. 

(b) You must not harvest timber, 

firewood, or special forest products. 

(c) You must not travel by 

mechanized vehicle from October 1 

through May 31. 

Restrictions on Activities on Public 

Lands Managed by the Grand Junction 

Field Office 

1. You must use an approved portable 

toilet at designated undeveloped sites in 

the following areas: North Fruita Desert 

SRMA, Bangs SRMA RMZ 2, and 

Dolores River SRMA. 

2. You must not enter the Pyramid 

Rock ACEC. 

3. You must not travel via any mode 

of transport (including foot and horse 

travel) off designated routes in the 

following areas: Bangs SRMA RMZ 1 

north of Little Park Road and Andy’s 

Loop, and Gunnison River Bluffs ERMA. 

4. You must not collect dead and 

down wood in the following areas, 

except for campfire use: Unaweep lands 

with wilderness characteristics area; 

riparian areas; Pyramid Rock ACEC; 

Unaweep Seep ACEC; Bangs SRMA 

RMZ 2. 

5. You must collect only dead and 

down wood for campfires in the North 

Desert ERMA. 

6. You must not harvest timber or cut 

firewood in the following areas: Bangs 

SRMA RMZ 1; RMZ 3; RMZ 4; North 

Fruita Desert SRMA; Palisade Rim 

SRMA. 

7. You must not exceed the following 

group-size limits, including guides and 

dogs, without written authorization 

from the BLM: 12 in WSAs and areas 

managed to protect wilderness 

characteristics; 25 for more than 2 hours 

in the remaining lands managed by the 

Grand Junction Field Office. For groups 

that exceed these limits, you must 

contact the BLM prior to the outing so 

that the BLM can determine whether an 

organized group Special Recreation 

Permit is required. 

8. You must have campfires within 

agency-provided fire rings or approved 

fire pans at designated undeveloped 

sites in the following areas: Dolores 

River SRMA, Bangs SRMA RMZ 2, 

North Fruita Desert SRMA. 

9. You must not install permanent 

climbing anchors that do not match the 

color of the rock surface (fixtures, 

hardware, and webbing, etc.). 

Restrictions on Activities on Public 

Lands Managed by the Kremmling Field 

Office 

1. You must not empty or dispose of 

sewage and/or gray water held in a 

containment tank on public lands or at 

any facility not specifically identified 

for such disposal. 

2. You must not build or maintain a 

fire more than 3 feet in diameter, unless 

otherwise authorized in writing by the 

BLM. 

3. You must not leave, deposit, or 

scatter human waste, toilet paper, or 

items used as toilet paper, when an 

approved portable toilet or developed 

toilet facility is available. Where a 

developed toilet facility is not provided, 

and an approved portable toilet is not 

required, all human waste and toilet 

paper, or material used as toilet paper, 

must be buried at least 6 inches below 

the surface of the ground in natural soil, 

and at least 100 feet from the edge of a 

river or any other water source. 

4. You must not dig in or level the 

ground at any campsite. 

5. In areas open to dispersed camping, 

you must not camp outside of 

designated sites within 50 feet of any 

spring, pond, lake, or perennial stream. 

6. You must keep dogs and other 

domesticated animals on a leash or 

other similar constraint (e.g., voice 

control, shock collar). This regulation 

does not apply to livestock working or 

hunting dogs engaged in those activities. 

You must remove and properly dispose 

of all pet waste from developed 

recreation sites/areas. 

7. Fuel wood collection is prohibited 

in developed recreation areas. Fuel 

wood for recreational campfires outside 

of developed recreation areas is limited 

to dead and downed vegetation, unless 

otherwise prohibited. 

8. You must not camp or otherwise 

occupy any location or site for more 

than 7 consecutive days from April 1 to 

August 31, unless otherwise authorized 

in writing by the BLM. 

9. You must not camp or otherwise 

occupy any location or site for more 

than 14 consecutive days between 

September 1 and March 31, unless 

otherwise authorized in writing by the 

BLM. 

10. In areas open for over-snow travel 

in the field office, travel off designated 

routes is prohibited unless a minimum 

of 12 inches of snow cover exists and no 

resource damage will occur from oversnow travel. 

11. In areas with limited travel 

designations, mechanized travel is 

limited to designated routes. 

12. In areas with limited travel 

designations, motorized and 

mechanized travel (bicycles) are 

allowed up to 300 feet from designated 

motorized or mechanized transport 

routes for direct access to dispersed 

campsites or parking provided that: (a) 

no resource damage occurs; (b) no new 

routes are created; and (c) such access 

is not otherwise prohibited. 

13. In the Wolford Mountain Travel 

Management Area, motorized and 

mechanized travel (bicycles) is allowed 

up to 50 feet from designated motorized 

or mechanized routes for direct access 

to dispersed campsites or parking 

provided that: (a) no resource damage 

occurs; (b) no new routes are created; 

and (c) such access is not otherwise 

prohibited. 

14. In the North Sand Hills SRMA, 

(a) You must not park a vehicle in 

such a manner as to impede or obstruct 

the normal flow of traffic or create a 

hazardous condition. 

(b) You must obey posted parking 

closures or restrictions. 

(c) You must not operate a motor 

vehicle or OHV in excess of the posted 

speed limit, or in excess of 15 mph 

around camping areas, 50 feet from any 

campsite, parked vehicle(s), person(s), 

or animal(s). 

(d) You must not possess or use any 

glass container on the open sand dunes 

or trails. Persons may possess glass 

containers within the confines of their 

camping area. 

(e) You must not cut, collect, or use 

live, dead, or down wood. 

15. In the Wolford Mountain SRMA, 

(a) You must possess and use a 

hazardous materials spill kit if 

necessary during travel on the 

Sidewinder Extreme 4x4 trail. 

(b) Travel is allowed on the 

Sidewinder Extreme 4x4 trail only when 

the top 1 inch of soil is dry and there 

is no rutting. 

16. In the Upper Colorado River 

SRMA, 

(a) You must not camp, or display 

intent to camp overnight, without an 

approved portable toilet. 

(b) You must carry and use an 

approved portable toilet when on an 

overnight trip. The system must be 

adequate for the size of the group and 

length of the trip. The toilet system 

must be a reusable, washable, leak-proof 

toilet system that allows for the carryout and disposal of solid human body 

waste in a responsible and lawful 

manner and must be accessible during 

the trip. 

(c) All solid human waste, including 

WAG bags, must be contained in a leakproof, animal-proof, hard-sided 

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(d) You must set up an approved 

portable toilet, ready for use, as soon as 

practical upon arriving at the campsite 

to be occupied on an overnight trip. You 

must not empty an approved portable 

toilet into a developed toilet facility, or 

any other facility not developed and 

identified especially for that purpose. 

Leaving solid human waste on public 

lands or dumping it into vault toilets or 

trash receptacles at BLM-managed 

facilities is prohibited. 

(e) You must not camp or display 

intent to camp during an overnight river 

trip without an approved fire pan. 

(f) You must not build, ignite, 

maintain, or use a campfire not 

contained in an approved fire pan. 

(g) You must not leave fresh fire ash 

produced from a campfire in a fire pan 

or in a constructed, permanently 

installed metal fire pit provided by the 

BLM outside of the Pumphouse, 

Radium, and State Bridge Recreation 

Sites. Fire blankets under fire pans to 

facilitate total ash removal are 

recommended but are not required. 

(h) You must remove and properly 

dispose of all pet waste from developed 

recreation sites/areas. 

(i) You must not launch or take out a 

vessel in areas signed as prohibiting 

those activities. 

(j) You must not cut, collect, or use 

live, dead, or down wood except 

driftwood. 

Restrictions on Activities on Public 

Lands in the Dominguez-Escalante NCA 

1. You must not install permanent 

climbing anchors in outstanding 

geologic features identified on a BLM 

sign or map. 

2. You must not place or maintain 

permanent climbing anchors inside the 

Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area 

without a permit from the BLM. 

3. You must not install permanent 

climbing anchors that do not match the 

color of the rock surface (fixtures, 

hardware, and webbing, etc.). 

4. You must not collect or harvest 

firewood or native species in riparian 

and wetland areas, except for driftwood. 

5. You must not possess domestic 

goats. 

6. You must keep all domestic dogs 

on leashes, except those actively 

working on a livestock operation in 

Wilderness Zone 1 and in the Escalante 

Triangle RMZ in the Sawmill Mesa 

ERMA (after the loop trail system is 

constructed). 

7. You must not exceed group-size 

limit of 25 people in Wilderness Zone 

1. 

8. You must not exceed a group-size 

limit of 12 people in Wilderness Zones 

2 and 3. 

9. You must pack out all solid human 

waste in Wilderness Zone 2. 

10. You must pack out solid human 

waste or bury solid human waste in a 

cathole more than 100 meters 

(approximately 383 feet) from natural 

water sources (rivers, creeks, springs, 

and seeps) in Wilderness Zone 3. 

11. You must not place recreational 

geocaches without BLM authorization 

prior to placement. 

12. You must not use a metal detector. 

13. You must not use a paintball gun. 

14. You must not use glass containers 

in the Potholes Recreation Site 

(Escalante Canyon) and Gunnison River 

SRMA. 

15. Consistent with Public Law 111– 

11, you must not remove minerals from 

the NCA. 

16. You must pack out solid human 

waste and fire ash. You must use 

portable toilet systems and fire pans for 

all overnight camping in undeveloped 

camp sites in the following RMAs: 

Gunnison River, Cactus Park, Escalante 

Canyon. 

17. You must not rock climb (e.g., 

bouldering, scrambling, trad climbing or 

sport climbing) in the East Creek RMA 

or Escalante Canyon RMA in areas or on 

routes marked as closed by BLM. 

18. You must not ride a horse, 

donkey, mule, or burro in Wilderness 

Zone 1 except on existing routes 

identified on a BLM sign or map. 

19. In the Gunnison River RMA, 

(a) Motorized boat use is prohibited at 

BLM boat ramps and at campsites from 

May 1 through Labor Day Weekend. 

(b) You must not have your dog off 

leash at boat ramps and the mouth of 

Dominguez Canyon. 

(c) Exceeding a group size of 25 on the 

river (including guides and dogs) is 

prohibited. 

(d) You must not camp outside of 

designated campsites. 

(e) Non-boating overnight camping is 

prohibited at the mouth of Dominguez 

Canyon from May 1 through Labor Day 

Weekend. 

(f) You must not camp more than 7 

consecutive nights, unless otherwise 

authorized in writing by the BLM. 

20. In the Ninemile Hill Recreation 

Management Area (RMA), 

(a) You must not camp outside of 

designated campsites. Dispersed 

camping is allowed outside of 

designated campsites, so long as such 

camping takes place at least a 1⁄4 mile 

(approximately 1,320 feet) away from 

designated motorized routes. 

(b) You must not camp for more than 

7 consecutive days, unless otherwise 

authorized in writing by the BLM. 

21. In the Cactus Park RMA, 

(a) You must not camp outside of 

designated campsites. 

(b) You must not camp for more than 

7 consecutive days from April 1 through 

Labor Day Weekend unless otherwise 

authorized by the BLM. 

22. In the Hunting Ground RMA 

(a) You must not camp for more than 

7 consecutive days, unless otherwise 

authorized in writing by the BLM. 

Exemptions 

The following persons are exempt 

from this proposed supplementary rule: 

any Federal, State, local, and/or military 

employees acting within the scope of 

their official duties; members of any 

organized rescue or fire fighting force 

performing an official duty; and persons 

who are expressly authorized or 

approved by the BLM. 

Enforcement 

Any person who violates any part of 

this supplementary rule may be tried 

before a United States Magistrate and 

fined in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 

3571, imprisoned no more than 12 

months under 43 U.S.C. 1733(a) and 43 

CFR 8360.0–7, or both. In accordance 

with 43 CFR 8365.1–7, State or local 

officials may also impose penalties for 

violations of Colorado law. 

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1733(a), 1740; 43 CFR 

8365.1–6). 

Douglas Vilsack, 

BLM Colorado State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4331–16–P 

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49 CFR Parts 80 and 260 

[Docket Number DOT–OST–2024–0006] 

RIN 2105–AE69 

Amendment to the Railroad 

Rehabilitation and Improvement 

Financing Program and Transportation 

Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 

Act Program Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation, Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (‘‘DOT’’ or ‘‘the 

Department’’) proposes to implement 

provisions of the Infrastructure 

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that expand or modify the authorities 

applicable to the Railroad Rehabilitation 

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