32244 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 113 / Friday, June 12, 1998 / Notices

Dated: June 3, 1998.

Bob Hopper,

Acting Lakeview District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–15613 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–014–6332–00: GP8–0211]

Notice of Prohibited Acts in the

Klamath River Canyon Area of Critical

Environmental Concern (ACEC)/Wild

and Scenic River Corridor

AGENCY: Lakeview District, Klamath

Falls Resource Area, Bureau of Land

Management.

SUMMARY: The Lakeview District is

implementing certain closures and

restrictions as described in the 1995

Klamath Falls RMP. Personnel that are

exempt from the closures and

restrictions are described under 43 CFR

8351.2–1(b)(1–5). All of these

restrictions and closures had previously

been published in the Federal Register,

but had been written incorrectly. This

notice remedies the mistake. Pursuant to

43 CFR 8351.2–1(e)(7), the following

restrictions are in effect:

Klamath River Boat Access

—Closed to entry from one half hour

after sunset to one half hour before

sunrise.

—The following activities are prohibited

between the river and the access road

from one quarter mile above to one

quarter mile below the site: camping,

overnight parking, fire building, and

the discharge or use of firearms, other

weapons, or fireworks.

—No unattended vehicles in the posted

turn-around area located one eighth

mile past the boat access road.

Klamath River Campground

—Campsites are limited to no more than

12 people and 2 vehicles.

—No entry between 9 pm and 6 am,

except as an occupant.

Turtle Primitive Group Campground

—Campsites are limited to 8 to 35

people from May 1 to October 1; and

1 to 35 people from October 1 to April

30.

—No entry between 9 pm and 6 am,

except as an occupant.

—No discharge or use of firearms, other

weapons, or fireworks between the

river and the main access road from

one quarter mile above to one quarter

mile below the site.

Klamath River Canyon

—All public lands from the J.C. Boyle

Powerhouse to the Oregon/California

border are closed to firearms target

shooting, from May 1 to October 1.

—Vehicle use within the ACEC

boundary is limited to designated

roads and trails.

Salt Caves

—Closed to entry from May 1 to

September 15.

DATES: These closures and restrictions

are in effect immediately and shall

remain in effect until rescinded or

modified by the authorized officer.

PENALTIES: The authority for this

supplemental rule is found in 43 CFR

8351.2–1(e)(7). Violation of this rule is

punishable by a fine not to exceed

$5,000 and/or imprisonment not to

exceed 6 months.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barron Bail, Klamath Falls Resource

Area Manager, 2795 Anderson Ave.,

Bldg. 25, Klamath Falls, OR 97603, or

telephone (541) 883–6916.

Dated: June 3, 1998.

Bob Hopper,

Acting Lakeview District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–15614 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–015–1210–00: GP8–0210]

Notice of Vehicle Closures and

Restrictions in the Lakeview District

AGENCY: Lakeview District, Bureau of

Land Management.

SUMMARY: The following list of vehicle

closures and restrictions covers lands

within the Lakeview and Klamath Falls

Resource Areas of the Lakeview District

located in south central Oregon.

Lakeview Resource Area

The Lakeview Resource Area is

republishing certain vehicle closures

and restrictions as part of the

implementation of the following

documents: Warner Lakes and High

Desert Management Framework Plans

(MFPs; 1983), Off-Road-Vehicle

Implementation Plans (1981), Oregon

Wilderness EIS (1989), Warner Lakes

Plan Amendment for the Warner

Wetlands Area of Critical

Environmental Concern (ACEC; 1989),

High Desert Plan Amendment for the

Lake Abert ACEC (1996), and four small

emergency closures done under 43 CFR

8341.2 and/or 8342. All of these

restrictions and closures had previously

been published in the Federal Register,

but without the penalty cited. This

notice remedies the omission. Pursuant

to the regulations contained in 43 CFR

8364.1, the Bureau of Land Management

is limiting motorized vehicle travel as

detailed in the above documents.

Closed to Vehicles

Black Hills

Buck Creek

Fossil Lake

Crane Mountain

South Green Mountain (emergency)

Table Rock (emergency)

Cougar Mountain (emergency)

Westside gravel pit area (emergency)

Vehicles Limited to Designated Roads

and Trails

Lost Forest RNA

Warner Wetlands ACEC

Vehicles Limited to Existing Roads and

Trails

Alkali Lake Sand Dunes

Abert Lake ACEC

Wilderness Study Areas

Picture Rock Pass

Seasonal Vehicle Closures

Fort Rock/Silver Lake Deer Winter

Range (December 1 to March 31)

Two vehicle restrictions previously

listed in the 1983 MFPs are no longer

needed, and through this notice they are

dropped or included within newer

designations: Cox Creek Wildlife

Closure is no longer necessary and is

now ‘‘open’’ to vehicles; Lake Abert

Archeologic Zone is now within the

larger Lake Abert ACEC.

Klamath Falls Resource Area

The Klamath Falls Resource Area is

implementing vehicle closures and

restrictions in the following areas as

described in the 1995 Klamath Falls

Resource Management Plan (RMP) and

the 1995 Upper Klamath Basin and

Wood River Wetland RMP. Pursuant to

the regulations contained in 43 CFR

8364.1, the Bureau of Land Management

is limiting motorized vehicle travel as

detailed in both RMP’s:

Closed to Vehicles

Wood River Wetland Area of Critical

Environmental Concern (ACEC)

Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail

Lower Klamath Hills Wildlife area

Spencer Creek

Miller Creek ACEC

Old Baldy Research Natural Area (RNA)

Areas where water quality is being

adversely affected

Progeny test sites