California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 9 - Off-Road Vehicles and Engines Pollution Control Devices › Article 3 - Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles and Engines › Section 2415 - California off-Highway Vehicle Areas and Riding Seasons for off-Highway Recreational Vehicles with Use Restrictions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The following table lists public
				  off-highway vehicle (OHV) areas in California that are designated for
				  off-highway recreational vehicle operation. Although not every type of
				  off-highway recreational vehicle may be eligible to operate at every OHV area
				  due to restrictions by the designated Public Land Management Agency other than
				  this section, vehicles that meet the emission standards in section
				  2412(b) are not
				  subject to the riding season restrictions noted below. Model year 2003 through
				  2021 off-road motorcycles and ATVs that are certified pursuant to section
				  2412(c)(1)(B) are
				  permitted to operate in the public areas designated for OHV use noted below,
				  only during the applicable riding seasons noted. This table contains the
				  following information: Public Land Management entities, OHV riding area names,
				  and the applicable riding seasons. The OHV areas are listed in order of
				  location, from north to south.
Table 1 OHV Areas and Their Riding Seasons for
					 Vehicles With Use Restrictions
Public Land Management Ranger District: United
							 States Forest Service
Field
							 Office:
Bureau of Land
							 Management
Riding
							 Areas
Riding
							 Seasons
State Vehicular Recreation Area
							 (SVRA):
California State
							 Parks
OHV Area
							 Name
Beginning
End
Mc Cloud Ranger District
McCloud OHV
							 Area
Year round
Arcata Field Office
Samoa Dunes
Year round
Hayfork Ranger District
Hayfork OHV
							 Area
Year round
Redding Field Office
Chappie-Shasta ORV
							 Area
1-Oct
30-June
Eagle Lake Field Office
Fort Sage OHV
							 Area
Year round
Mt. Hough Ranger District
Mt. Hough OHV
							 Area
Year round
Feather River Ranger District
Feather River
							 OHV Area
Year round
Downieville Ranger District
Downieville OHV
							 Area
Year round
Beckworth Ranger District
Beckworth OHV
							 Area
Year round
Army Corps of Engineers
Black Butte
							 Lake
Year round
Upper Lake Ranger District
Upper Lake OHV
							 Areas
Year round
Grindstone Ranger District
Grindstone OHV
							 Areas
Year round
Ukiah Field Office
South Cow Mountain
							 Recreation
Area Year round
Ukiah Field Office
Knoxville Recreation
							 Area
Year round
SVRA
Clay Pit
1-Sep
30-Jun
City of Marysville
Eugene Chappie OHV
							 Park
Year round
SVRA
Mammoth Bar
Year
							 round
Nevada City Ranger District
Nevada City OHV
							 Areas
Year round
Truckee Ranger District
Truckee OHV
							 Areas
Year round
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lake Tahoe
							 OHV Area
Year round
American River Ranger District
American River
							 OHV Areas
Year round
Georgetown Ranger District
Georgetown OHV
							 Areas
Year round
Placerville Ranger District
Placerville OHV
							 Areas
Year round
Amador Ranger District
Amador OHV
							 Areas
Year round
Pacific Ranger District
Pacific OHV
							 Areas
Year round
SVRA
Prairie City
1-Oct
30-Apr
Calaveras Ranger District
Calaveras OHV
							 Areas
Year round
Summit Ranger District
Summit OHV
							 Areas
Year round
Mi-Wuk Ranger District
Mi-Wuk OHV
							 Areas
1-Oct
31-May
SVRA
Carnegie
1-Oct
30-Apr
Santa Clara County
Metcalf Motorcycle
							 Park
1-Oct
30-Apr
Stanislaus County
Stanislaus OHV
							 Areas
1-Oct
30-Apr
Groveland Ranger District
Groveland OHV
							 Areas
1-Oct
31-May
Bass Lake Ranger District
Bass Lake OHV
							 Areas
1-Oct
31-May
SVRA
Hollister Hills
1-Oct
31-May
Hollister Field Office
Clear Creek
							 Management. Area
1-Oct
31-May
High Sierra Ranger District
High Sierra OHV
							 Areas
1-Oct
31-May
Bishop Field Office
Bishop Resource
							 Area
Year round
Hume Lake Ranger District
Hume Lake OHV
							 Areas
1-Oct
31-May
SVRA
Oceano Dunes
Year
							 round
Santa Lucia Ranger District
Santa Lucia OHV
							 Areas
Year round
Kern River Ranger District
Kern River OHV
							 Areas
1-Oct
31-May
Tule River/Hot Springs Ranger District
Tule
							 River/Hot Springs OHV Areas
1-Oct
31-May
Ridgecrest Field Office
Olancha
							 Dunes
Year round
Ridgecrest Field Office
Jawbone Canyon, Dove
							 Springs
1-Sep
31-May
Ridgecrest Field Office
Spangler
							 Hill
1-Sep
31-May
White Mountain Ranger District
White Mountain
							 OHV Areas
Year round
Mt. Pinos Ranger District
Mt. Pinos OHV
							 Areas
1-Oct
30-Apr
SVRA
Hungry Valley
1-Oct
30-Apr
Santa Barbara Ranger District
Santa Barbara
							 OHV Areas
1-Oct
30-Apr
Ojai Ranger District
Ojai OHV
							 Areas
1-Oct
30-Apr
Santa Clara/Mojave Rivers Ranger
							 District
Santa Clara/Mojave Rivers OHV Areas
1-Oct
30-Apr
San Gabriel River Ranger District
San Gabriel
							 River OHV Areas
1-Oct
30-Apr
Front Country Ranger District
Front Country
							 OHV Areas
1-Oct
30-Apr
Mountain Top Ranger District
Mountain Top OHV
							 Areas
1-Oct
30-Apr
San Jacinto Ranger District
San Jacinto OHV
							 Areas
1-Oct
31-May
Barstow Field Office
Dumont Dunes
Year round
Barstow Field Office
El
							 Mirage
1-Oct
30-Apr
Barstow Field Office
Stoddard
							 Valley
1-Sep
31-May
Barstow Field
							 Office
Rasor
1-Sep
31-May
Barstow Field Office
Johnson
							 Valley
1-Sep
31-May
Needles Field Office
Eastern Mojave Desert
							 Areas
Year round
San Bernardino County
Park Moabi
Year round
Lake Havasu Field Office
Parker
							 Strip
Year round
Palm Springs Field Office
Colorado Desert
							 Areas
1-Oct
30-Apr
Trabuco Ranger District
Trabuco OHV
							 Areas
1-Oct
30-Apr
Descanso Ranger District
Descanso OHV
							 Areas
1-Oct
30-Apr
El Centro Field Office
Lark
							 Canyon
1-Oct
30-Apr
SVRA
Ocatillo Wells
1-Oct
31-May
SVRA
Heber Dunes
Year
							 round
El Centro Field Office
Arroyo
							 Salado
1-Oct
31-May
El Centro Field Office
Superstition
							 Mountain
1-Oct
31-May
El Centro Field Office
Plaster
							 City
1-Oct
31-May
El Centro Field Office
Imperial Dunes-Mammoth
							 Wash
Year round
El Centro Field Office
Imperial
							 Dunes-Glamis/Gecko
Year round
El Centro Field Office
Imperial
							 Dunes-Buttercup Valley
Year round
(b)
				  The Executive Officer shall publish in the California Regulatory Notice
				  Register and notify potentially affected OHV Area Managing Entities regarding
				  revisions to Table 1 in subsection (a) at least 30 days before the revisions
				  take effect, in the following situations:
(1)
				  The Executive Officer may revise Table 1 in subsection (a) where there is a
				  change in the designation (with respect to California Ambient Air Quality
				  Standards), from zone nonattainment to attainment, of an area in which an OHV
				  area is located, provided that the attainment area is not identified as an
				  upwind contributor to significant impacts to transport of ozone or ozone
				  precursors as identified and defined in Section
				  70500, Title 17, California Code
				  of Regulations.
(2) The Executive
				  Officer may revise Table 1 in subsection (a) to reflect changes in the physical
				  characteristics or identity of OHV Areas, including but not limited to changes
				  in ownership or control of listed areas, addition or deletion of areas, or
				  changes in the geographic domain of listed areas.