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This preliminary information may be 

revised due to public comment received 

in response to this notice and is based 

on information contained in the EA and 

HCP. 

The Service will evaluate the HCP 

and comments submitted thereon to 

determine whether the application 

meets the issuance criteria requirements 

of section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. By 

conducting an intra-Service section 7 

consultation the Service will also 

evaluate whether issuance of the section 

10(a)(1)(B) ITP would comply with 

section 7 of the Act. The results of this 

consultation, in combination with the 

above findings, will be used in the final 

analysis to determine whether or not to 

issue the ITP for the five species of sea 

turtle and the Anastasia Island beach 

mouse. 

Dated: August 6, 2005. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

[FR Doc. 05–17677 Filed 9–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–025–1232–NX–NV06; Special 

Recreation Permit #NV–025–04–02] 

Notice to the Public of Temporary 

Public Lands Closures and Prohibition 

of Certain Activities on Public Lands 

Administered by the Bureau of Land 

Management, Winnemucca Field 

Office, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary closure. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

certain lands located in northwestern 

Nevada partly within the Black Rock 

Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant 

Trails National Conservation Area will 

be temporarily closed or restricted and 

certain activities will be temporarily 

prohibited in and around the Burning 

Man event site administered by the BLM 

Winnemucca Field Office in Pershing 

and Washoe Counties, Nevada. 

The specified closures, restrictions 

and prohibitions are made in the 

interest of public safety at and around 

the public lands location of an event 

known as the Burning Man Festival. 

This event is authorized on public lands 

under a special recreation permit and is 

expected to attract approximately 

35,000 participants this year. 

These lands will be closed or 

restricted as follows: 

• August 15, 2005 through September 

19, 2005 inclusive: Discharge of 

firearms, possession of weapons, waste 

water disposal, and closed or restricted 

to camping. 

• August 26, 2005 through September 

5, 2005 inclusive: Aircraft landing, 

possession of fireworks, possession of 

alcohol by minors, and closed to all 

public uses. 

• August 29, 2005 through September 

5, 2005 inclusive: Closed or restricted to 

vehicle use. 

Public camping and vehicle use that 

creates dust plumes higher than the top 

of the vehicle are prohibited from 

August 29, 2005 through September 5, 

2005 inclusive in the following legally 

described locations outside the permit 

area (defined by a temporary event 

perimeter fence): 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., 

Sec. 1, W1⁄2; 

Secs. 2, 3 and 4; 

Secs. 9, 10 and 11; 

Sec. 12, W1⁄2; 

Sec. 13, NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 14, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 15, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 16, N1⁄2. 

Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 33, 34 and 35; 

Sec. 36, W1⁄2. 

Burning Man event ticket holders who 

are camped in designated areas 

provided by Black Rock City LLC 

(limited liability company) and ticket 

holders who are camped in the 

authorized ‘‘pilot camp’’ and BLMauthorized event management-related 

camps are exempt from the camping 

closure. 

Public camping is prohibited from 

August 15, 2005 through August 28, 

2005 inclusive and from September 6, 

2005 through September 19, 2005 

inclusive in the following legally 

described locations inside the permit 

area (defined by a temporary event 

perimeter fence), within 50 yards 

outside the perimeter fence boundary, 

and within the airport/airstrip area 

located contiguous with and south of 

the perimeter fence boundary: 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 2, 3 and 4; 

Secs. 9, 10 and 11. 

Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 33, 34 and 35. 

These areas described above are 

closed two weeks preceding and 

following the Burning Man event. Black 

Rock City LLC authorized staff, 

contractors, volunteers, and participants 

constructing or taking down art exhibits 

and theme camps are exempt from the 

camping closure. 

Operation of motorized vehicles is 

prohibited from August 29, 2005 

through September 5, 2005 inclusive in 

the following legally described locations 

inside the permit area (defined by a 

temporary event perimeter fence) and 

within 50 yards outside the perimeter 

fence boundary: 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11; 

Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 33, 34 and 35. 

The following exceptions apply: The 

main playa road that provides access 

between the 3-Mile and Trego playa 

entrances; participant arrival and 

departure on designated routes; mutant 

vehicles registered with Burning Man; 

Black Rock City LLC staff and support; 

BLM, medical, law enforcement, and 

firefighting vehicles; and motorized 

skateboards or ‘‘Go Peds’’ with or 

without handlebars. Mutant vehicles 

must be registered with Burning Man/ 

Black Rock City LLC and drivers must 

provide evidence of registration at all 

times. 

For event safety near the entrance 

road and airstrip, the following legally 

described locations outside the permit 

area (defined by a temporary event 

perimeter fence) are closed to all public 

use from August 29, 2005 through 

September 5, 2005 inclusive: 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., 

Sec. 4, NE1⁄4, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 5, SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 8, NE1⁄4, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 9; 

Sec. 10; 

Sec. 15, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 16, N1⁄2. 

Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E., 

Sec. 33, SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 34, SW1⁄4. 

The following exceptions apply: The 

main playa road that provides access 

between the 3-Mile and Trego playa 

entrances; participant arrival and 

departure on designated routes; aircraft 

operations conducted through the 

authorized event landing strip and such 

ultralight and helicopter take-off and 

landing areas for Burning Man staff and 

participants, law enforcement, and 

emergency medical services as may be 

included in the annual operation plan 

submitted by Black Rock City, LLC and 

approved by the authorized officer; and 

uses performed by BLM personnel as 

designated by the authorized BLM 

officer. 

The use, sale or possession of 

personal fireworks within the Burning 

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Man event perimeter fence is prohibited 

in the following legally described 

locations from August 29, 2005 through 

September 5, 2005 inclusive. 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11. 

Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 33, 34 and 35. 

The following exceptions apply: Uses 

of fireworks approved by Black Rock 

City LLC and used as part of an official 

Burning Man art burn event. 

Possession of weapons is prohibited 

in the following legally described 

locations inside the temporary event 

perimeter fence from August 15, 2005 

through September 19, 2005 inclusive: 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11. 

Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 33, 34 and 35. 

The following exceptions apply: 

County, state, and federal certified law 

enforcement personnel under the color 

of law. 

Note: ‘‘Weapon’’ means a firearm, 

compressed gas or spring powered pistol or 

rifle, bow and arrow, cross bow, blowgun, 

speargun, hand thrown spear, sling shot, 

irritant gas device, explosive device or any 

other implement designed to discharge 

missiles, and includes any weapon the 

possession of which is prohibited by state 

law. 

Discharge of firearms is prohibited in 

the following legally described locations 

from August 15, 2005, through 

September 19, 2005: 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; 

Sec. 6, E1⁄2; 

Secs. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12; 

Sec. 13, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 14, 15, and 16; 

Sec. 17, E1⁄2, NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 21, NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 22, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 23, NW1⁄4. 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 25 E., 

Sec. 4; 

Sec. 9, W1⁄2, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 

and 36; 

Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 24 E., 

Sec. 33, NE1⁄4, S1⁄2; 

Secs. 34 and 35; 

Sec. 36, S1⁄2. 

Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 25 E., 

Sec. 33. 

The following exceptions apply: Law 

enforcement officers under color of law. 

Aircraft are prohibited from landing, 

taking off, or taxiing in the following 

legally described locations from August 

26, 2005 through September 5, 2005 

inclusive: 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; 

Sec. 6, E1⁄2; 

Secs. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12; 

Sec. 13, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 14, 15, and 16; 

Sec. 17, E1⁄2, NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 21, NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 22, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 23, NW1⁄4. 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 25 E., 

Sec. 4; 

Sec. 9, W1⁄2, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 

and 36; 

Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 24 E., 

Sec. 33, NE1⁄4, S1⁄2; 

Secs. 34 and 35; 

Sec. 36, S1⁄2. 

Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 25 E., 

Sec. 33. 

The following exceptions apply: 

Aircraft operations conducted through 

the authorized event landing strip and 

such ultralight and helicopter take-off 

and landing areas for Burning Man staff 

and participants, law enforcement, and 

emergency medical services as may be 

included in the annual operation plan 

submitted by Black Rock City, LLC and 

approved by the authorized officer; and 

Emergency aircraft such as Care Flight, 

Sheriff’s Office, or Medical Ambulance 

Transport System helicopters engaged 

in official business may land in other 

locations when circumstances require it. 

Note: The authorized event airstrip is the 

only location where Burning Man staff and 

participant aircraft may land or take off. 

Possession of alcohol by minors is 

prohibited in the following legally 

described locations within and 

surrounding the event perimeter fence 

from August 29, 2005 through 

September 5, 2005 inclusive: 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; 

Sec. 6, E1⁄2; 

Secs. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12; 

Sec. 13, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 14, 15 and 16; 

Sec. 17, E1⁄2, NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 21, NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 22, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 23, NW1⁄4. 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 25 E., 

Sec. 4; 

Sec. 9, W1⁄2, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E., 

Sec. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 

and 36; 

Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 24 E., 

Sec. 33, NE1⁄4, S1⁄2; 

Secs. 34 and 35; 

Sec. 36, S1⁄2. 

Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 25 E., 

Sec. 33. 

a. The following are prohibited: 

i. Consumption or possession of any 

alcoholic beverage by a person under 21 

years of age on public lands. 

ii. Selling, offering to sell, or 

otherwise furnishing or supplying any 

alcoholic beverage to a person under 21 

years of age on public lands. 

b. This section does not apply to the 

selling, handling, serving or 

transporting of alcoholic beverages by a 

person in the course of his lawful 

employment by a licensed 

manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer of 

alcoholic beverages. 

Dumping wastewater (grey or black) is 

prohibited on public lands from August 

15, 2005 through September 19, 2005 

inclusive. This includes but is not 

limited to dumping wastewater on 

public lands directly from a vehicle, 

trailer, wash basin, shower stall, bath 

tub, barrel, pool, or large water 

containment receptacle. ‘‘Wastewater’’

is defined as any liquid that is 

contaminated with soap, food waste, 

human waste, gas or oils, or other 

chemical that could cause harm to the 

human or natural environment. Event 

participants must transport wastewater 

off-site to an approved disposal site. 

Black Rock City LLC/Burning Man 

will abide by fire restriction orders, 

except for the following when officially 

approved by BLM upon the request of 

Black Rock City LLC: Official art burns, 

authorized event fireworks, and other 

authorized fires using Black Rock City 

LLC/Burning Man-supplied fire barrels 

or approved platforms. Fire Restriction 

Orders may be in effect pursuant to 43 

CFR 9212.2 for all lands managed by the 

BLM Winnemucca Field Office. 

DATES: August 15, 2005, to September 

19, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Cooper, National Conservation 

Area Manager, Bureau of Land 

Management, Winnemucca Field Office, 

5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd., 

Winnemucca, NV 89445–2921, 

telephone: (775) 623–1500. 

Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1. 

Penalty: Any person failing to comply 

with the closure orders may be subject 

to imprisonment for not more than 12 

months, or a fine in accordance with the 

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applicable provisions of 18 U.S.C. 3571, 

or both. 

Rodger T. Bryan, 

Acting Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. 05–17643 Filed 9–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[OR–130–1020–PH; HAG–145] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare Resource 

Management Plan Revisions and an 

Associated Environmental Impact 

Statement for Six Western Oregon 

Districts of the Bureau of Land 

Management 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice that the BLM intends to revise six 

Resource Management Plans (RMP) with 

a single associated Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the Coos Bay 

District, Eugene District, Medford 

District, Roseburg District, Salem 

District, and the Klamath Falls Resource 

Area of the Lakeview District (planning 

area). 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process. Comments on the 

scope of the plan revisions, including 

issues or concerns that should be 

considered, must be submitted in 

writing to the address listed below by 

October 21, 2005. Dates and locations 

for public meetings or other events will 

be announced through mailings, the 

local news media, newsletters, and the 

BLM internet site at least 15 days prior 

to any event. These plan revisions are 

scheduled to be complete in 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to: BLM, Attn: Western 

Oregon Planning Revision (OR–930.1), 

P.O. Box 2965, Portland, OR 97208. In 

addition, the BLM intends to provide a 

Web site for the public to use to submit 

electronic comments. When the Web 

site is available, more information will 

be posted at http://www.or.blm.gov. 

All public comments, including 

names and mailing addresses of 

respondents, may be published as part 

of the EIS. Individual respondents may 

request confidentiality. If you wish to 

withhold your name or street address 

from public review or from disclosure 

under the Freedom of Information Act, 

please state this prominently at the 

beginning of your written 

correspondence. The BLM will honor 

such requests to the extent allowed by 

law. All submissions from organizations 

and businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

available to the public in their entirety. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Individuals, organizations, and 

government agencies wishing more 

information or to have their name 

placed on an electronic or postal 

mailing list are urged to register on the 

Web site (when it is available; see 

above), or by sending a request to the 

Portland address above, or by contacting 

Alan Hoffmeister, Western Oregon 

Planning Revision Public Outreach 

Coordinator, at (503) 808–6629 or at 

alan_hoffmeister@or.blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

planning area for the RMPs includes 

approximately 2,550,000 acres of public 

land and 69,000 acres of split-estate, 

where the lands only involve the 

Federal mineral estate. 

The Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 requires the 

development, maintenance, and 

revision of land use plans. The vast 

majority of the public lands in the 

planning area are Revested Oregon and 

California Railroad (O&C) lands, or Coos 

Bay Wagon Road (CBWR) lands, and are 

managed under the statutory authority 

of the Oregon and California Revested 

Railroad Lands Act of 1937 (O&C Act, 

Pub. L. 75–405). Preparation of the 

RMPs and EIS will conform to the above 

land management laws and will also 

comply with other Federal laws such as 

the Endangered Species Act, Clean 

Water Act, and the National 

Environmental Policy Act. Additionally, 

plan revisions will follow Federal 

regulations and BLM management 

policies. 

Congress, in 1866, established a land 

grant to promote the completion of the 

Oregon and California Railroad from 

Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco, 

California. In 1916, Congress revested, 

or brought back into Federal ownership, 

the title to approximately 2.2 million 

acres of land deeded to the Oregon and 

California Railroad after the company 

violated the terms of the land grant. 

Congress also revested about 93,000 

acres of CBWR lands due to similar 

circumstances in 1919. The O&C Act of 

1937 placed management jurisdiction of 

these lands under the United States 

Department of the Interior and directed 

that timber thereon be managed for 

permanent forest production using the 

principle of sustained yield. The 

benefits of sustained yield forest 

management, as described in the O&C 

Act, are a permanent source of timber, 

protection of watersheds, regulation of 

streamflow, and a contribution to the 

stability of local communities and 

timber industries and recreation 

facilities. The O&C Act also required 

that 50 percent of the revenue generated 

for management of the lands be returned 

to the 18 counties that contained 

revested lands. 

The Northwest Forest Plan was 

completed in 1994 and provided 

direction to achieve the following five 

goals: (1) Never forget human and 

economic dimensions of the issues; (2) 

Protect the long-term health of forests, 

wildlife, and waterways; (3) Focus on 

scientifically sound, ecologically 

credible, and legally responsible 

strategies and implementation; (4) 

Produce a predictable and sustainable 

level of timber sales and nontimber 

resources; and (5) Ensure that Federal 

agencies work together. 

All of the BLM districts have current 

RMPs that were completed in 1995. 

These 1995 RMPs incorporated the land 

use allocations and Standards and 

Guidelines from the Northwest Forest 

Plan. They also included decisions on 

other issues or programs such as land 

tenure, off-highway vehicles, etc. The 

RMPs provide guidance for all activities 

that occur on BLM-administered lands. 

The BLM will continue to manage these 

lands in accordance with the existing 

RMPs until the revised RMPs are 

completed and a Record of Decision is 

signed. 

After the 1995 RMPs were completed, 

the American Forest Resource Council 

(AFRC) and others filed a lawsuit 

against the Secretaries of Agriculture 

and the Interior alleging that the Record 

of Decision for the Northwest Forest 

Plan violated the O&C Act and 

numerous other laws. The Secretary of 

the Interior, the Secretary of 

Agriculture, the AFRC, and the 

Association of O&C Counties agreed to 

settle this lawsuit in August of 2003. 

The settlement agreement requires the 

BLM, contingent on funding, to revise 

the current RMPs and consider at least 

one alternative that will not create any 

reserves on O&C lands except as 

required to avoid jeopardy to species 

listed as threatened or endangered 

under the Endangered Species Act or 

adverse modification to critical habitat 

for such species. 

The revisions to the existing RMPs 

will answer the question regarding how 

the BLM should manage the O&C lands 

to achieve the O&C Act requirement of 

permanent forest production [as 

interpreted by the United States Court of 

Appeals for the Ninth Circuit] while 

complying with applicable laws such as