Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 133 / Monday, July 13, 1998 / Notices 37587

Florida International University Library,

FIU University Park, 11200 SW A St.,

Miami, Florida 33199

University of South Florida Library,

4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, Florida

33620

Florida Gulf Coast University Library,

19501 Ben Hill Griffin Parkway, Ft.

Myers, Florida 33965–6565

Archbold Biological Station Library,

P.O. Box 2057, Old State Road 8, Lake

Placid, Florida 33852

Fairchild Tropical Garden Library,

11935 Old Cutler Road, Miami,

Florida 33156

Big Pine Key Branch Library, 213 Key

Deer Boulevard, Big Pine Key, Florida

33043

Public Comments Solicited

The Service solicits written comments

on the recovery plan described. All

comments received by the date

identified above will be considered

prior to approval of the plan.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1533(f).

Dated: June 24, 1998.

James J. Slack,

Project Leader.

[FR Doc. 98–17671 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–930–08–1210–00]

Notice of Closure of Public Lands;

Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of a temporary closure to

off highway vehicle use for portions of

the Moquith Mountain Wilderness

Study Area including the Coral Pink

Sand Dunes.

SUMMARY: This notice closes to off

highway vehicle (OHV) use

approximately 14,140 acres of the

Moquith Mountain Wilderness Study

Area (WSA) including some 800 acres

within the Coral Pink Sand Dunes.

Areas within the WSA that will remain

open to vehicle use include designated

routes within closed areas and

approximately 700 acres within the

Coral Pink Sand Dunes. OHV access to

the open portion of the dunes will be

provided by three designated access

routes. Five designated routes within

the non sand dune portion of the WAS

on Moquith Mountain will also remain

open. Temporary fencing and signing

will be used as necessary to facilitate

this action. The authority for this action

is 43 CFR 8341.2.

DATES: This closure will begin

immediately and remain in effect

pending amendment of the Vermilion

Land Use Plan, which is expected to be

completed by the end of April 1999.

ADDRESSES: Copies of maps are available

at the Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Kanab Area Field Office, 318

North First East, Kanab, Utah 84741 and

BLM Utah State Office, 324 South State

Street, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City,

Utah 84145–0155.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Verlin Smith, Kanab Area Field Office,

at (435) 644–2672, ext. 2646 or Ronald

Bolander, BLM, Utah State Office, at

(801) 539–4065.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

14,830-acre Moquith Mountain WSA

was established in 1980 and includes

the northern segment of the Coral Pink

Sand Dunes (about 1,500 acres). The

remaining 2,000 acres of the dunes are

part of the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State

Park which was established in 1963.

The sand dunes are a historic and

popular OHV and other recreational use

area. Most of the WSA is currently

designated as open to OHV use as

documented in the Vermilion

Management Framework Plan,

completed in 1981.

In 1994, BLM implemented

management actions through the

Moquith Mountain WSA Management

Guidance and Schedule (Guidance) to

protect wilderness resource values. In

1998, an interdisciplinary team was

established to review the effectiveness

of the Guidance and determine if

impairment of wilderness values was

occurring. BLM policy allows for an

open OHV category in sand dune areas

as long as impairment of wilderness

suitability does not occur.

The team determined that no

impairment of wilderness values is

occurring on the majority of the dunes.

However, impairment is occurring in

peripheral areas of the northern portion

of the dunes where vegetation is more

prevalent. Therefore, BLM is

temporarily closing to OHV use the sand

dunes north and west of an existing

allotment fence with the exception of a

portion of a dry lake bed and designated

OHV access routes which will remain

open. The three designated OHV access

routes are located as follows: (1) Sand

Spring; (2) the dry lake bed east of the

Yellowjacket Road and, (3) the Hancock

Road near the Ponderosa Grove

Campground.

BLM is also concerned that vehicle

routes may be forming in other portions

of the WSA. Therefore, the non sand

dune portion of the WSA will also be

temporarily closed with the exception of

the following designated routes that will

remain open: the Sand Spring Road,

South Fork Indian Canyon Petroglyph

Road, the Moquith Mountain Loop, Hell

Drive and Lamb’s Point routes.

Dated: July 7, 1998.

Linda S. Colville,

Acting State Director.

[FR Doc. 98–18536 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–910–0777–51]

Notice of Iditarod Advisory Council

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Iditarod Advisory

Council Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Iditarod Advisory

Council will conduct an open meeting

Tuesday, August 4, 1998, and

Wednesday, August 5, 1998, from 9 a.m.

until 4 p.m. each day. The purpose of

the meeting is to discuss the formation

of a non-profit organization to assist in

the management of the Iditarod National

Historic Trail. The meeting will be held

at the BLM Anchorage Field Office,

6881 Abbott Loop Road, Anchorage, AK.

Public comments pertaining to

management of the Iditarod National

Historic Trail will be taken from 1–2

p.m. Tuesday, August 4. Written

comments may be submitted at the

meeting or mailed to the address below

prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Inquiries about the meeting

should be sent to External Affairs,

Bureau of Land Management, 222 W.

7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska

99513–7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Teresa McPherson, (907) 271–5555.

Dated: July 1, 1998.

Nick Douglas,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–18607 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

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