Permits for Recreation on Public Lands, 2899 [06-402]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Land Management
• Land Management Bureau

[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-402]


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Proposed Rules
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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 18, 2006 / 
Proposed Rules

[[Page 2899]]



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Part 2930

RIN 1004-AD68
[WO-250-1220-PA-24 1A]


Permits for Recreation on Public Lands

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects the regulatory text of a proposed rule 
published in the Federal Register of November 22, 2005, regarding 
permits for recreation on public lands. First, it corrects two 
prohibited acts provisions to make it clear that persons who fail to 
pay a permit fee will incur a maximum penalty of $100, as provided in 
the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (the Act), but that those 
who fail to obtain a permit will be subject to the higher penalties of 
the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act and other laws, as provided 
by the Act. Second, it corrects a penalty provision to be consistent 
with the correction in the prohibited acts provisions. Also, the 
document extends the comment period in light of the substantive nature 
of the corrections.

DATES: You should submit your comments by March 20, 2006. BLM will not 
necessarily consider comments postmarked or received by messenger or 
electronic mail after the above date in the decisionmaking process on 
the proposed rule.

ADDRESSES: Mail: Director (630), Bureau of Land Management, 
Administrative Record, Room 401-LS, Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston 
Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 22153. Personal or messenger delivery: 
Room 401, 1620 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036. Federal eRulemaking 
Portal: https://www.regulations.gov Internet e-mail: comments_
washington@blm.gov. (Include ``Attn: AD68'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Bobo at (202) 452-0333, as to 
the substance of the proposed rule, or Ted Hudson at (202) 452-5042, as 
to procedural matters. Persons who use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD) may contact either individual by calling the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at (800) 877-8339, 24 hours a day, 7 
days a week.

Correction

    In proposed rule FR Doc. 05-23113, beginning on page 70570 in the 
issue of November 22, 2005 (70 FR 70570), make the following 
corrections in the regulatory text:
    1. On page 70573 in the 2nd and 3rd columns, under item 3 of the 
regulatory text, correct Sec.  2932.57 by revising paragraphs (b)(1) 
and (2) to read as follows:


Sec.  2932.57  Prohibited acts and penalties.

* * * * *
    (b) Penalties. (1) If you are convicted of any act prohibited by 
paragraphs (a)(2) through (a)(7) of this section, or of failing to 
obtain a Special Recreation Permit under paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section, you may be subject to a sentence of a fine or imprisonment or 
both for a Class A misdemeanor in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 3571 and 
3581 et seq. under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1733(a)).
    (2) If you are convicted of failing to pay a fee required by 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section, you may be subject to a sentence of a 
fine not to exceed $100 for the first offense, or a sentence of a fine 
and or imprisonment for a Class A or B misdemeanor in accordance with 
18 U.S.C. 3571 and 3581 et seq. for all subsequent offenses.
* * * * *
    2. In the table at the bottom of page 70573 and the top of page 
70574, under item 4 of the regulatory text, correct Sec.  2933.33(d) by 
revising the first column of paragraphs (1) and (3) to read as follows:


Sec.  2933.33  Prohibited acts and penalties.

* * * * *
    (d) * * *
    (1) Failing to obtain a permit under paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section, or any act prohibited by paragraph (a)(4), (5), or (6) of this 
section. * * *
* * * * *
    (3) Failing to pay a Recreation Use Permit fee required by 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section, or any act prohibited by paragraph 
(a)(3) of this section. * * *

    Dated: January 10, 2006.
Johnnie Burton,
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 06-402 Filed 1-17-06; 8:45 am]
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