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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Meeting of the California Desert 

District Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in 

accordance with Public Laws 92–463 

and 94–579, that the California Desert 

District Advisory Council to the Bureau 

of Land Management, U.S. Department 

of the Interior, will participate in a field 

tour of BLM-administered public lands 

on Friday, January 27, 2006, from 7:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m., and meet in formal 

session on Saturday, January 28 from 8 

a.m. to 4 p.m. at the La Casa Del Zorro 

Desert Resort, located at 3845 Yaqui 

Pass Road in Borrego Springs, 

California. 

The Council and interested members 

of the public will depart from the resort 

for a field tour at 7:30 a.m. The public 

is welcome to participate in the tour, 

but should plan on providing their own 

transportation, drinks, and lunch. Tour 

stops and presentations will be 

announced via a public letter and news 

release at a later date.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All Desert 

District Advisory Council meetings are 

open to the public. Public comment for 

items not on the agenda will be 

scheduled at the beginning of the 

meeting Saturday morning. Time for 

public comment may be made available 

by the Council Chairman during the 

presentation of various agenda items, 

and is scheduled at the end of the 

meeting for topics not on the agenda. 

Meeting agenda topics with 

timeframes will be announced via a 

public letter and news release at a later 

date. While the Saturday meeting is 

tentatively scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 

p.m., the meeting could conclude prior 

to 4 p.m. should the Council conclude 

its presentations and discussions. 

Therefore, members of the public 

interested in a particular agenda item or 

discussion should schedule their arrival 

accordingly. 

Written comments may be filed in 

advance of the meeting for the 

California Desert District Advisory 

Council, c/o Bureau of Land 

Management, Public Affairs Office, 

22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, 

Moreno Valley, California 92553. 

Written comments also are accepted at 

the time of the meeting and, if copies 

are provided to the recorder, will be 

incorporated into the minutes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doran Sanchez, BLM California Desert 

District Public Affairs Specialist (951) 

697–5220.

Dated: November 2, 2005. 

Robert D. Roudabush, 

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 05–22346 Filed 11–8–05; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–200–1220–PA] 

Notice of Proposed Supplementary 

Rules for Public Lands in Park County, 

CO: Guffey Gorge/Guffey Gulch

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed 

supplementary rules. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM)’s Royal Gorge Field 

Office is proposing supplementary rules 

to regulate conduct on specific public 

lands within Park County, Colorado. 

The rules apply to the public lands 

called Guffey Gorge, also known as 

Guffey Gulch. BLM has determined 

these rules necessary to protect the 

area’s natural resources and to provide 

for public health and safe public 

recreation.

DATES: You should submit your 

comments by December 9, 2005. In 

developing final supplementary rules, 

BLM need not consider comments 

postmarked, received in person or by 

electronic mail after this date.

ADDRESSES: Mail, personal, or 

messenger delivery: Bureau of Land 

Management, Royal Gorge Field Office, 

3170 East Main Street, Can ̃ on City, 

Colorado 81212. Internet e-mail: 

rgfo_comments@blm.gov (Include ‘‘Attn: 

Guffey Gorge’’)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy 

L. Masinton, Field Manager, or Leah 

Quesenberry, Outdoor Recreation 

Planner, Royal Gorge Field Office, at the 

address listed above or by telephone at 

719–269–8500. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may contact them individually 

through the Federal Information Relay 

Service at 1–800/877–8339, 24 hours a 

day, seven days a week.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Public Comment Procedures 

II. Background 

III. Discussion of the Supplementary Rules 

IV. Procedural Matters

I. Public Comment Procedures 

Please submit your comments on 

issues related to the proposed 

supplementary rules, in writing, 

according to the ADDRESSES section, 

above. Comments on the proposed 

supplementary rules should be specific, 

confined to issues pertinent to the 

proposed supplementary rules, and 

explain the reason for any 

recommended change. Where possible, 

your comments should reference the 

specific section or paragraph of the 

proposal that you are addressing. BLM 

need not consider or include in the 

Administrative Record for the final rule 

comments that we receive after the close 

of the comment period (see DATES) or 

comments delivered to an address other 

than those listed above (see ADDRESSES). 

BLM will make your comments, 

including your name and address, 

available for public review at the 

address listed in ADDRESSES above 

during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

on Federal holidays). Under certain 

conditions, BLM can keep your personal 

information confidential. You must 

prominently state your request for 

confidentiality at the beginning of your 

comment. BLM will consider 

withholding your name, street address, 

and other identifying information on a 

case-by-case basis to the extent allowed 

by law. BLM will make available to the 

public all submissions from 

organizations and businesses and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses. 

II. Background 

Guffey Gorge/Guffey Gulch is a small 

tract (80 acres) of public land in Park 

County, Colorado. It is surrounded by 

private land with Park County Road 102 

providing legal public access. Until five 

years ago, recreational use of this area 

was light, and the area was used 

primarily by local residents for 

picnicking, hiking, and swimming. 

Recreational use of the area has 

increased significantly over the past five 

years—resulting in resource damage, 

user conflicts, and safety hazards for 

visitors and surrounding private 

landowners. 

III. Discussion of Supplementary Rules

These supplementary rules apply to 

approximately 80 acres of public lands 

known as Guffey Gorge, identified as 

follows:

Park County, Colorado, Sixth Principal 

Meridian 

T. 15 S., R. 71 W. 

Section 4: SE1⁄4SE1⁄4

Section 9: NE1⁄4NE1⁄4

These proposed supplementary rules 

are needed to address significant public 

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safety concerns and resource protection 

issues resulting from increased public 

use and unsafe user conduct on public 

lands known as Guffey Gorge. The 

supplementary rules are proposed under 

the authority of 43 CFR 8365.1–6, 

8341.1, and 8364.1. This notice, with a 

detailed map, will be posted at the 

Royal Gorge Field Office. 

IV. Procedural Matters 

Executive Order 12866, Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

These proposed supplementary rules 

are not a significant regulatory action 

and are not subject to review by Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866. These proposed 

supplementary rules will not have an 

annual effect of $100 million or more on 

the economy. They will not adversely 

affect in a material way the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

state, local, or tribal governments or 

communities. These proposed 

supplementary rules will not create a 

serious inconsistency or otherwise 

interfere with an action taken or 

planned by another agency. These 

proposed supplementary rules do not 

materially alter the budgetary effects of 

entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan 

programs or the rights or obligations of 

their recipients; nor do they raise novel 

legal or policy issues. They merely 

establish rules of conduct for public use 

of a limited area of public lands in order 

to protect natural resources and public 

health and safety. 

Clarity of the Supplementary Rules 

Executive Order 12866 requires each 

agency to write regulations that are 

simple and easy to understand. We 

invite your comments on how to make 

these proposed supplementary rules 

easier to understand, including answers 

to questions such as: (1) Are the 

requirements in the proposed 

supplementary rules clearly stated? (2) 

Do the proposed supplementary rules 

contain technical language or jargon that 

interferes with their clarity? (3) Is the 

description of the proposed 

supplementary rules in the ‘‘Discussion 

of Supplementary Rules’’ section of this 

preamble helpful to your understanding 

of the proposed supplementary rules? 

How could this description be more 

helpful in making the proposed 

supplementary rules easier to 

understand? 

Please send any comments you have 

on the clarity of the supplementary 

rules to either of the addresses specified 

in the ADDRESSES section. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

BLM has prepared an environmental 

assessment (EA) and has found that 

these proposed supplementary rules 

would not constitute a major Federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment under 

section 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C). The 

supplementary rules would merely 

establish rules of conduct for public use 

of a limited area of public lands in order 

to protect natural resources and public 

health and safety. Although some uses, 

such as camping, would be prohibited 

in the area, the area would still be open 

to other recreation uses. A detailed 

statement under NEPA is not required. 

BLM has placed the EA and Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) on file in 

the BLM Administrative Record at the 

address specified in the ADDRESSES

section. BLM invites the public to 

review these documents and suggests 

that anyone wishing to submit 

comments in response to the EA and 

FONSI do so in accordance with the 

Written Comments section above. 

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. These proposed supplementary 

rules should have little effect on 

business, organizational, or 

governmental entities of whatever size. 

They merely would impose reasonable 

restrictions on certain recreational 

activities on certain public lands to 

protect natural resources, the 

environment, human health, and safety. 

Therefore, BLM has determined under 

the RFA that these proposed 

supplementary rules would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities.

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act (SBREFA) 

These proposed supplementary rules 

are not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined at 5 

U.S.C. 804(2). They would not result in 

an annual effect on the economy of $100 

million or more, in a major increase in 

costs or prices, or in 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. They merely would 

impose reasonable restrictions on 

certain recreational activities on certain 

public lands to protect natural 

resources, the environment, human 

health, and safety. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

These proposed supplementary rules 

do not impose an unfunded mandate on 

state, local or tribal governments, in the 

aggregate, or the private sector, of more 

than $100 million in any one year; nor 

do these proposed supplementary rules 

have a significant or unique effect on 

small governments. They would merely 

impose reasonable restrictions on 

certain recreational activities on certain 

public lands to protect natural resources 

and the environment, human health, 

and safety. Therefore, BLM is not 

required to prepare a statement 

containing the information required by 

the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act at 

2 U.S.C. 1532. 

Executive Order 12630, Governmental 

Actions and Interference With 

Constitutionally Protected Property 

Rights (Takings) 

The proposed supplementary rules 

are not a government action capable of 

interfering with constitutionally 

protected property rights. The 

reasonable restrictions that would be 

imposed by these supplementary rules 

would not deprive anyone of property 

or interfere with anyone’s property 

rights. Therefore, the Department of the 

Interior has determined that the rule 

would not cause a taking of private 

property or require further discussion of 

takings implications under this 

Executive Order. 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism 

The proposed supplementary rules 

will 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. The 

shooting restrictions in the 

supplementary rules do not apply to 

hunting with a state hunting license. 

Therefore, in accordance with Executive 

Order 13132, BLM has determined that 

the proposed supplementary rules do 

not have sufficient Federalism 

implications to warrant preparation of a 

Federalism Assessment. 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform 

Under Executive Order 12988, the 

Office of the Solicitor has determined 

that these proposed supplementary 

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rules would not unduly burden the 

judicial system and that the 

requirements of sections 3(a) and 3(b) 

(2) of the Order are met. 

Executive Order 13175, Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments

In accordance with Executive Order 

13175, we have found that these 

proposed supplementary rules do not 

contain policies that have tribal 

implications. As such, no duties under 

Executive Order 13175 are required. 

Executive Order 13211, Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13211, BLM has determined that the 

proposed supplementary rules are not 

significant energy actions. The rules are 

not likely to have a significant adverse 

effect on energy supply, distribution or 

use, including any shortfall in supply or 

price increase, and should have no 

substantial effect on fuel consumption. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

These supplementary rules do 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 et seq.

Author 

The principal author of these 

supplementary rules is Leah 

Quesenberry, Outdoor Recreation 

Planner, Royal Gorge Field Office, 

Bureau of Land Management. 

Supplementary Rules for Guffey Gorge 

The Royal Gorge Field Office, 

Colorado, issues these supplementary 

rules under the authority of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act 

(FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. 1740, and 43 CFR 

8365.1–6. Enforcement authority for 

these supplementary rules on the public 

lands within the Guffey Gorge area is 

found in FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1733, and 

43 CFR 8360.0–7. 

These supplementary rules apply to 

approximately 80 acres of public lands 

known as Guffey Gorge, identified as 

follows:

Park County, Colorado, Sixth Principal 

Meridian 

T. 15 S., R. 71 W. 

Section 4: SE1⁄4SE1⁄4

Section 9: NE1⁄4NE1⁄4

Rules 

Guffey Gorge is designated as a dayuse only area with the following 

supplementary rules that you must 

follow: 

a. No person or persons shall enter or 

be upon these lands between the hours 

of sunset and sunrise. 

b. No person or persons shall have 

any type of fire except in a mechanical 

stove or other appliance fueled by gas, 

and equipped with a valve that allows 

the operator to turn the flame on and 

off. 

c. No person or persons shall bring or 

possess glass containers. 

d. No person or persons shall possess 

or discharge any fireworks. 

e. No person or persons shall 

discharge a firearm of any kind, 

including those used for target shooting 

or paintball. Licensed hunters in 

legitimate pursuit of game during the 

proper season with appropriate 

firearms, as defined by the Colorado 

Division of Wildlife, are exempt from 

this rule. 

f. All persons using these public lands 

shall keep the area free of trash, litter, 

and debris during the period of 

occupancy and shall remove all 

personal equipment upon departure. 

Penalties 

Under section 303(a) of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1733(a), and the 

Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, as 

amended, 18 U.S.C. 3571, if you violate 

any of these supplementary rules on 

public lands within the boundaries 

established in the rules, you may be 

tried before a United States Magistrate 

and fined no more than $100,000 or 

imprisoned for no more than 12 months, 

or both.

Douglas M. Koza, 

Acting State Director, Colorado State Office.

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BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[CA–360–1430–EU; CACA 28302] 

Notice of Realty Action: 

Classification of Public Land for 

Recreation and Public Purposes; Shasta 

County, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has examined and 

found suitable for classification for lease 

and or conveyance, under provisions of 

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act 

approximately 60.87 acres of public 

land in Shasta County, California. 

Shasta Service Guild, a non-profit 

organization, proposes to use the land 

for a park and community center.

DATES: Interested persons may submit 

written comments to the Field Manager 

at the address shown below until 

December 27, 2005. The land will not be 

offered for lease or conveyance until 

after January 9, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land 

Management, Redding Field Office, 355 

Hemsted Drive, Redding, California 

96002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ilene Emry, 530–224–2100 or by email 

to iemry@ca.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following described public land in 

Shasta County, California has been 

examined and found suitable for 

classification for lease and/or 

conveyance under the Recreation and 

Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 

U.S.C. 869 et seq.) and is hereby 

classified accordingly:

Mount Diablo Meridian, California 

T. 32 N., R. 5 W., 

Sec. 30, lots 16 and 19, S1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

and N1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 31, lot 29. 

The area described contains 60.87 acres in 

Shasta County.

The Shasta Service Guild’s goal is to 

preserve and interpret the history of 

Shasta County and especially the Shasta 

area. The 60.87 acres of public land has 

many historical features which will be 

incorporated into their plan of 

development along with many 

structures which include an old freight 

depot, blacksmith barn, church, school, 

and other such structures that may 

become available. The project will also 

include an area for their annual Art Fair 

and Fiddle Jamboree held in May each 

year. Part of their plan includes a fullservice Community Center and offices 

which will also include bays for 

emergency vehicles such as an 

ambulance or fire truck, along with a 

fire training site to help in the training 

of area fire personnel. 

The Shasta Service Guild is a nonprofit organization that provides family 

support services, social services, and 

local community project assistance in 

Shasta County. A portion of the above 

described lands (encompassing 

approximately 3 acres within lot 19) 

were previously classified as suitable for 

lease, for landfill purposes, to the 

County of Shasta. These lands are no 

longer needed for this purpose and are 

hereby classified for lease and or 

conveyance to the Shasta Service Guild