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trails are open to public use in 

accordance with such limits and 

restrictions as are, or may be, specified 

in the resource management plan (RMP) 

or TMP, or in future decisions 

implementing the RMP. This definition 

excludes any road or trail with BLMauthorized restrictions that prevent use 

of the road or trail. Restrictions may 

include signs or physical barriers such 

as gates, fences, posts, branches, or 

rocks. 

Existing travel routes means 

immediately-recognizable motor vehicle 

travel routes or two-track trails that are 

not identified as closed to motorized 

vehicle use by a BLM sign or map and 

are recognized by the BLM as existing 

on the ground as of January 12, 2001. 

Public land means any land or 

interest in land owned by the United 

States and administered by the 

Secretary of the Interior through the 

BLM without regard to how the United 

States acquired ownership. 

Mechanized vehicle means a humanpowered mechanical device, such as a 

bicycle, not powered by a motor. 

Motorized vehicle means a vehicle 

that is propelled by a motor or engine, 

such as a car, truck, off-highway 

vehicle, motorcycle, or snowmobile. 

Prohibited Acts 

1. Except as provided by Rule 2 

below, you must not operate or possess 

a motorized or mechanized vehicle in 

an area designated as closed to such use 

by a BLM sign or map. 

2. You must not operate or possess a 

mechanized or motorized vehicle except 

in areas designated or routes identified 

for such use by a BLM sign or map, 

unless: 

• You are using a mechanized game 

cart for the purpose of retrieving a large 

game animal with a valid carcass tag 

outside of Congressionally-designated 

wilderness areas or wilderness study 

areas; or 

• You are using a motorized vehicle 

for the purpose of parking or camping 

within 30 feet of the edge of a 

designated travel route or on existing 

travel routes within 300 feet of a 

designated travel route. 

3. You must not operate or possess a 

motorized vehicle from March 15 to 

May 15 in specific areas of identified 

priority sage-grouse habitat as 

designated by a BLM sign or map. 

Exceptions 

These supplementary rules do not 

apply to emergency, law enforcement, 

and Federal or other government 

vehicles while being used for official or 

other emergency purposes, or to any 

other vehicle use that is expressly 

authorized or otherwise officially 

approved by the BLM. 

Penalties 

Under Section 303(a) of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a)) and 43 CFR 

8360.0–7, any person who violates any 

of these supplementary rules may be 

tried before a United States Magistrate 

and fined no more than $1,000 or 

imprisoned for no more than 12 months, 

or both. Such violations may also be 

subject to the enhanced fines provided 

for by 18 U.S.C. 3571. 

Ruth Welch, 

BLM Colorado State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2015–0001] 

Notice of Availability Environmental 

Assessment for Commercial Wind 

Lease Issuance and Site Assessment 

Activities on the Atlantic Outer 

Continental Shelf Offshore North 

Carolina; MMAA104000 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment. 

SUMMARY: BOEM is announcing the 

availability of an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for commercial wind 

lease issuance, site characterization 

activities (geological, geotechnical/

archeological and biological surveys) 

and site assessment activities (including 

the installation and operation of a 

meteorological tower and/or buoys) on 

the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf 

offshore North Carolina. The EA 

considers the potential impacts of the 

proposed action and analyzes 

reasonable alternatives to the proposed 

action. This Notice of Availability 

(NOA) also serves to announce the 

beginning of the public comment period 

on the EA. The EA and associated 

information are available on BOEM’s 

Web site at http://www.boem.gov/StateActivities-North-Carolina/. 

Authority: This NOA for an EA is in 

compliance with the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), and is published 

pursuant to 43 CFR 46.305. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

no later than February 23, 2015. BOEM 

will conduct public information 

meetings to explain the proposed 

activities analyzed in the EA and 

provide additional opportunity for 

public comment on the EA. The 

meetings will be held on the following 

dates: 

• Monday, February 9, 2015, in the 

Northern Outer Banks, NC 

• Wednesday, February 11, 2015, in 

Wilmington, NC 

• Thursday, February 12, 2015, in 

Carolina Shores or Sunset Beach, NC 

Additional information on specific 

times and venues will be posted online 

at: http://www.boem.gov/StateActivities-North-Carolina/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of 

Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden 

Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 

20170–4817, (703) 787–1340 or 

michelle.morin@boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal, 

state, tribal, and local governments and/ 

or agencies and the public may submit 

written comments on this EA through 

the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the field 

entitled ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter 

BOEM–2015–0001, and then click 

‘‘search.’’ Follow the instructions to 

submit public comments and view 

supporting and related materials 

available for this notice; 

2. In written form, delivered by hand 

or by mail, enclosed in an envelope 

labeled ‘‘Commercial Wind Lease 

Issuance and Site Assessment Activities 

on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf 

Offshore North Carolina Environmental 

Assessment’’ and addressed to Program 

Manager, Office of Renewable Energy, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

381 Elden Street, HM 1328, Herndon, 

Virginia 20170– 4817. 

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 us in your comments 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: December 31, 2014. 

Walter D. Cruickshank, 

Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01101 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

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