[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 4 (Friday, January 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 1154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-44]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-360-1230-PA-1220]


Supplementary Rules

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Establishment of open hours for Reading Island Recreation Site, 
Swasey Drive-Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) and 
adjoining areas. The affected public land includes all BLM managed 
lands within:

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    Mount Diablo Meridian
    T. 29N., R. 3W Sec. 3, 10
    T. 31N., R. 5W Sec. 6, 7
    T. 31N., R. 6W Sec. 12

SUMMARY: The BLM is prohibiting persons from driving, parking, or 
leaving motorized vehicles within the Reading Island Recreation Day Use 
Area, Swasey Drive ACEC and adjoining areas from 1 hour after sunset to 
1 hour before sunrise. The use of these areas by motorized vehicles 
during the prohibited hours must have written authorization from a BLM 
authorized officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Reading Island Recreation Day Use Area, 
Swasey Drive ACEC and adjoining areas are recreation sites within 
Shasta County, California that are adjacent to residential areas. 
Although most public use at the site is lawful and orderly, night time 
vandalism, littering, shooting and drug use has been a problem. The 
night time activity deters lawful public use, damages natural and 
cultural resources, and creates a public nuisance. The BLM can reduce 
this type of unlawful activity and enhance the setting for valid 
recreation use by requiring a permit for night time motorized use. 
Reading Island Recreation Day Use Area, Swasey Drive ACEC and adjoining 
areas are open to the general public and motorized vehicles from 1 hour 
before sunrise until 1 hour after sunset. After those hours, visitors 
to the site must obtain written authorization from a BLM authorized 
officer to use motorized vehicles in the two areas mentioned. Written 
authorization will be in the form of a Special Recreation Use permit or 
equivalent instrument as determined by the BLM authorized officer. Law 
enforcement personnel and other public servants specifically authorized 
by the BLM are exempt from this closure. This closure shall remain in 
effect until further notice.
    The authority for these closures and rule making is 43 CFR 8364.1. 
Any person who fails to comply with closure or restriction orders is 
subject to arrest and fines of up to $100,000 and/or imprisonment not 
to exceed 12 months. Unauthorized vehicles left at the Reading Island 
Recreation Site or the Swasey Drive ACEC and adjoining areas described 
while closed will be subject to towing at the owners expense.

DATES: This supplementary rule will take effect January 30th, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Schultz, Field Manager, 
Redding Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 355 Hemsted Drive, 
Redding, CA 96002 (530) 224-2100. For a period of 45 days from the date 
of publication of this notice, interested parties may submit written 
comments or objections to the Field Manager, Redding Field Office at 
the above address.

    Dated: December 20, 2000.
Charles Schultz,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 01-44 Filed 1-4-01; 8:45 am]
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