Notice to the Public of Temporary Public Lands Closures and Prohibitions of Certain Activities on Public Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca Field Office, NV, 45060-45062 [E7-15616]
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management decisions and identifies
refuge goals, long-range objectives, and
strategies for achieving refuge purposes.
Each refuge in the NWRS has specific
purposes for which it was established.
Those purposes are used to develop and
prioritize management goals and
objectives within the NWRS mission
and to guide which public uses will
occur on a given refuge.
The planning process will consider
many elements, including wildlife and
habitat management, habitat protection
and acquisition, wilderness
preservation, public recreational
activities, and cultural resource
protection. Public input into the
planning process is essential. The
planning process is a way for the
Service and the public to evaluate
refuge management goals and objectives
for the best possible conservation efforts
of this important wildlife habitat.
Concurrently, this process is also
providing for wildlife-dependent
recreation opportunities that are
compatible with each refuge’s
establishing purposes and the mission
of the NWRS.
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge
is located in Liberty County, Texas, and
encompasses 22,000 acres of bottomland
hardwood forest along a portion of the
Trinity River in southeastern Texas. The
Refuge, which is a remnant of what was
once a much larger natural area is a
broad, flat floodplain made up of
numerous sloughs, oxbows lakes,
artesian wells, and tributaries. The CCP
will provide other agencies and the
public with a clear understanding of the
desired conditions for the Refuge and
how the Service will implement
management strategies for the
conservation and development of these
natural resources.
The Service, through this notice of
intent, formally begins the
comprehensive conservation planning
process for Trinity River National
Wildlife Refuge. The Service requests
input on any and all issues concerning
management or public recreation.
Comments regarding the protection of
threatened and/or endangered species,
migratory birds, native species, and
their habitats are encouraged.
The Service has provided the above
questions for optional use only.
Comments received will be used as part
of the planning process. Individual
comments will not be referenced in our
reports or directly responded to. The
Service will continue to solicit
information from the public and other
agencies via open houses, meetings, and
written comments. Special mailings,
newspaper releases, and
announcements will continue to inform
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people of the time and place of
opportunities for further input to the
CCP.
Review of this project will be
conducted in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy act of
1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.), NEPA Regulations (40 CFR parts
1500–1508) found at https://
www.thecrecom/fedlaw/default.htm,
other appropriate Federal laws, and
Service policies and procedures for
compliance with those regulations.
The Service will prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA) in
accordance with procedures for
implementing NEPA found in the
Department of the Interior Manual (DM
Part 516, Chap 6). The decision to
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement instead of an EA would be
contingent upon the complexity of
issues following the scoping phase of
the CCP process.
We estimate that the draft
environmental documents will be
available in fall 2009 for public review
and comment.
Authority: This notice is published under
the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge
System Improvement Act of 1997, Public
Law 105–57.
Dated: November 3, 2006.
Christopher T. Jones,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Editorial Note: This document was
received at the Office of the Federal Register
on August 7, 2007.
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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV–025–5105–NX–SF13; Special
Recreation Permit #NV–025–06–01]
Notice to the Public of Temporary
Public Lands Closures and
Prohibitions of Certain Activities on
Public Lands Administered by the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
Winnemucca Field Office, NV
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
Notice of temporary closure.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: 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 site of the Burning Man event
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administered by the BLM Winnemucca
Field Office in Pershing County,
Nevada. These lands are referred to in
this notice as the ‘‘Event Area’’ and the
‘‘Public Closure Area,’’ respectively.
The specified closures, restrictions and
prohibitions are made in the interest of
public safety, to protect public
resources, and to enable BLM law
enforcement personnel to support State
and local law enforcement agencies
with enforcement of the law. The
Burning Man event is authorized on
public lands under a special recreation
permit and is expected to attract
approximately 40,000 participants this
year.
From August 10, 2007 through
September 17, 2007, inclusive, closures
and restrictions affecting the following
uses in the Public Closure and Event
Area will occur: Public uses, public
camping, aircraft landing, possession of
alcohol by minors or open containers in
vehicles, possession of firearms,
discharge of weapons, procedures and
circumstances for eviction of persons
from public lands, waste water
discharge, motor vehicle use, possession
or use of fireworks, and ignition of fires.
The timing and location of the uses
prohibited and/or regulated are more
fully set forth herein.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These
closures are authorized under the
provisions of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1701 et seq. In accordance with the
applicable provisions of 43 U.S.C. 1733
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
applicable provisions of 18 U.S.C. 3571,
or both.
1. The public closure area is located
within the following legally described
locations:
DATES:
Mount Diablo Meridian
Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E.,
Secs. 1 and 2, portion west of the east
playa road;
Sec. 3;
Sec. 4, portion east of Washoe Co. Rd. 34;
Sec. 5, E1⁄2, portion east of Washoe Co. Rd.
34;
Sec. 10, N1⁄2;
Sec. 11; E1⁄2, portion west of the east playa
road.
Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E.,
Secs. 25 and 26;
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Sec. 28, portion east of the west playa road;
Sec. 33, portion east of Washoe Co. Rd. 34
and east of the west playa road;
Secs. 34, 35 and 36.
Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 24 E.,
Sec. 34, S1⁄2, portion east of the west playa
road;
Sec. 35, portion east of the west playa road;
Sec. 36;
T. 33 N., R. 25 E.,
Sec. 4, Lots 3, 4 and 5; portions west of the
east playa road.
Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 25 E.,
Sec. 33, SW1⁄4.
1.1. Between August 10, 2007 and
September 17, 2007 inclusive:
1.1.1. Public Use
Public use is prohibited except as
provided within the event area as
described below.
1.1.2. Public Camping
Public camping is prohibited except
as provided within the event area as
described below.
1.1.3. Aircraft Landing
Aircraft as defined in Title 18, U.S.C.,
section 31 (a)(1) and includes lighterthan-air craft, ultra-light craft, and
remotely controlled powered craft are
prohibited from landing, taking off, or
taxiing. The following exceptions apply:
• Aircraft operations conducted
through the authorized event landing
strip and such ultra-light and helicopter
take-off and landing areas designated for
Burning Man event staff and
participants, law enforcement, and
emergency medical services.
• 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.
• Landings or take-offs of lighterthan-air craft previously approved by
the BLM authorized officer.
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1.1.4. Possession of Alcohol
• Possession of an open container of
an alcoholic beverage by the driver or
operator of any motorized vehicle,
whether or not the vehicle is in motion
is prohibited.
• Definitions:
Æ Open container—any bottle can or
other container which contains an
alcoholic beverage, if that container
does not have a closed top or lid for
which the seal has not been broken. If
the container has been opened one or
more times, and the lid or top has been
replaced, that container is an open
container.
Æ Possession of an open container—
includes any open container which is
physically possessed by the driver or
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operator, or which is adjacent to and
reachable by that driver or operator.
This includes containers in a cup holder
or rack adjacent to the driver or
operator, containers on a vehicle floor
next to the driver or operator, and
containers on a seat or console area next
to a driver or operator.
• Possession of alcohol by minors is
prohibited.
Æ The following are prohibited:
I Consumption or possession of any
alcoholic beverage by a person under 21
years of age on public lands.
I Selling, offering to sell, or
otherwise furnishing or supplying any
alcoholic beverage to a person under 21
years of age on public lands.
Æ 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.
1.1.5. Weapons
Discharge and possession of firearms
is prohibited. Law enforcement officers
acting in their official capacity are
exempted from the prohibition.
1.1.6. Eviction of Persons From Public
Closure Area
The permitted event area and all other
parts of the public closure area are
closed to any person who:
a. Has been evicted from the event by
the permit holder, Black Rock City LLC,
whether or not such eviction was
requested by BLM.
b. Has been ordered by a BLM law
enforcement officer to leave the area of
the permitted event.
Any person evicted from the event
forfeits any privileges to be present
within the perimeter fence or anywhere
else within the public closure area even
if they possess a ticket to attend the
event.
Permit holder BRC LLC and BLM law
enforcement officers may evict event
ticket holders for ‘‘just cause’’ and the
event ticket holder must immediately
depart from the event public closure
area and not return to the event public
closure area during the closure period.
Just cause includes, but is not limited
to:
a. Repeated violations of any permit
stipulations, closure orders or
regulations in Title 43 CFR;
b. Commission of an assault, fight,
threatening, menacing, or similar
conduct that is likely to inflict injury or
incite an immediate breach of the peace;
c. Possession of prohibited weapons;
d. Persons returning to the event after
they have been arrested by an event law
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enforcement officer, transported to a jail
facility and released from custody on
bail. (Note: persons returning after being
arrested and released will be allowed to
re-enter event only to obtain personal
property under the escort of law
enforcement officers and/or BRC LLC
staff.)
e. Persons cited and released for a
criminal offense by BLM and/or the
Pershing County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO)
whose identity information received
from the subject cannot be verified
through personal possession of ID/
documents, identity data base checks or
telephonic verification from a credible
person not at the event.
1.1.7. Waste Water Discharge
Dumping wastewater (grey or black) is
prohibited.
1.2. Between August 24, 2007 and
September 3, 2007 inclusive:
1.2.1. Public Camping
Public camping is prohibited. Burning
Man event ticket holders and BLM
authorized event management-related
camps within the event area as
described below are exempt from the
camping closure.
1.2.2. Motorized Vehicles
Motor vehicle use is prohibited. The
following exceptions apply: participant
arrival and departure on designated
routes; vehicles registered with Burning
Man; Black Rock City LLC staff and
support; BLM, medical, law
enforcement, and firefighting vehicles;
and motorized skateboards and scooters
with or without handlebars.
Vehicles must be registered with
Black Rock City LLC and drivers must
display evidence of registration at all
times. Such registration must be
displayed so that it is visible to the rear
of the vehicle while it is in motion.
Vehicle use that creates a dust plume
higher than the top of the vehicle is
prohibited.
1.2.3. Fireworks
The use, sale or possession of
personal fireworks within the public
closure area is prohibited.
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.
1.2.4. Fires
The ignition of fires on the surface of
the Black Rock Playa without a burn
blanket or burn pan is prohibited. The
following exceptions apply: Registered
Burning Man art burn events, licensed
mutant vehicles, and portable
barbeques, grills or elevated torches or
lanterns.
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2. The Event Area is located within
the following legally described
locations:
possession of which is prohibited by
state law.
Mount Diablo Meridian
Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E.,
Secs. 1 and 2; the area within the event
perimeter fence, within 50 yards outside
the fence, and the aircraft parking area;
Sec. 3, the area within the event perimeter
fence, within 50 yards outside the fence,
and within 50 yards of the event
entrance road;
Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E.,
Secs. 25, 26 and 27, areas within the event
perimeter fence and within 50 yards
outside the fence;
Sec. 34, areas within the event perimeter
fence and within 50 yards outside the
fence;
Sec. 35;
Sec. 36, areas within the event perimeter
fence and within 50 yards outside the
fence.
Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 24 E.,
Secs. 34, 35 and 36, areas within the event
perimeter fence and within 50 yards
outside the fence.
Public camping is prohibited. Burning
Man event ticket holders who are
camped in designated areas provided by
Black Rock City LLC and ticket holders
who are camped in the authorized
‘‘pilot camp’’ and BLM authorized event
management-related camps are exempt
from the camping closure. Black Rock
City LLC authorized staff, contractors,
and other authorized participants are
exempt from the camping closure.
2.2.3. Public Camping
2.1. Between August 10, 2007 and
August 25 and between September 4
and September 17, 2007 inclusive:
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2.2.1. Public Use
No person shall be present within the
event area unless that person: possesses
a valid ticket to attend the event; is an
employee or authorized volunteer with
the BLM, a law enforcement agency,
emergency medical service provider,
fire protection provider, or another
public agency working at the event and
the employee is assigned to the event;
or is a person working at or attending
the event on behalf of the event
organizers, BRC LLC.
2.2.2. Weapons
Possession of weapons is prohibited,
subject to the following exceptions:
County, state, tribal and federal law
enforcement personnel, or any person
authorized by federal law to possess a
weapon.
‘‘Weapon’’ means a firearm,
compressed gas or spring powered
pistol or rifle, bow and arrow, cross
bow, blowgun, spear gun, hand
throwable spear, sling shot, irritant gas
device, explosive device or any other
implement designed to discharge
missiles, and includes any weapon the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR–930–6350–DP–047H; HAG–07–0140]
2.1.1. Camping
Public camping is prohibited. Black
Rock City LLC authorized staff,
contractors, and others authorized to
assist with construction or clean-up of
art exhibits and theme camps are
exempt from the camping closure.
2.2. Between August 24, 2007 and
September 3, 2007 inclusive:
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Gail G. Givens,
Field Manager.
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Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Revision of Resource Management
Plans of the Western Oregon Bureau of
Land Management Districts
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act, the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act, and the Revested Oregon and
California Railroad and Reconveyed
Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands Act
(O&C Lands Act), the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft
Resource Management Plan/Draft
Environmental Impact Statement
(DRMP/DEIS) to revise selected portions
of the 1995 Resource Management Plans
(RMPs) for six BLM districts in western
Oregon. These revisions will address the
sustained yield timber production
provisions of the O&C Lands Act as well
as resource protection provisions of the
Endangered Species Act and the Clean
Water Act. The alternatives in the
DRMP/DEIS also comply with the 2003
settlement agreement between the
Secretary of the Interior and the
American Forest Resource Council
(AFRC, et al v. Clarke).
DATES: The 90-day public comment
period on the DRMP/DEIS will begin the
date the Environmental Protection
Agency publishes their Notice of
Availability (NOA) in the Federal
Register. Comments must be received
on or before the end of the comment
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period at the address listed below.
Public meetings to gather comments on
the DRMP/DEIS will be held in a
number of locations throughout the
western Oregon planning area. Public
meetings and any other public
involvement activities will be
announced at least 15 days in advance
through public notices, media news
releases, newsletter mailings, and on the
Western Oregon Plan Revisions Web site
at: www.blm.gov/or/plans/wopr/
index.php.
ADDRESSES: To request paper or
compact disc copies of the document,
contact: the BLM’s Western Oregon Plan
Revisions Team, 333 SW. First Avenue,
P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208;
fax: (503) 808–6630 (please address fax
to: ‘‘Western Oregon Plan Revisions
DEIS’’). The DRMP/DEIS may also be
accessed on line at: https://www.blm.gov/
or/plans/wopr/index.php. Copies of the
DRMP/DEIS will also be available for
inspection at public libraries and BLM
offices in western Oregon.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan Hoffmeister, Western Oregon Plan
Revisions Public Outreach Coordinator;
telephone (503) 808–6629; or e-mail:
orwopr@or.blm.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
DRMP/DEIS for the Revision of
Resource Management Plans of the
Western Oregon BLM Districts has
developed and analyzed four
alternatives (including the No Action
Alternative) for managing
approximately 2,550,000 acres of
Federal land, mostly revested Oregon
and California Railroad and Coos Bay
Wagon Road Grant lands, within the
Western Oregon planning area. BLM has
analyzed revision of six RMPs with this
single EIS. The RMPs being revised are
the Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Medford,
and Coos Bay District RMPs and the
Klamath Falls Resource Area RMP in
the Lakeview District.
Public comments received during
scoping played an important role in
shaping the alternatives, which are
described and analyzed in the DRMP/
DEIS.
The No Action Alternative maintains
the decisions in the existing RMPs.
Alternative One creates latesuccessional management areas similar
to the large late-successional reserves in
the no action alternative, applies new
criteria for designating the width of
riparian management areas, and
provides for intensive forest
management on other areas.
Alternative Two designates late
successional management areas based
on habitat requirements for the northern
spotted owl and marbled murrelet,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-025-5105-NX-SF13; Special Recreation Permit NV-025-06-01]
Notice to the Public of Temporary Public Lands Closures and
Prohibitions of Certain Activities on Public Lands Administered by the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca Field Office, NV
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of temporary closure.
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SUMMARY: 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 site of the
Burning Man event administered by the BLM Winnemucca Field Office in
Pershing County, Nevada. These lands are referred to in this notice as
the ``Event Area'' and the ``Public Closure Area,'' respectively. The
specified closures, restrictions and prohibitions are made in the
interest of public safety, to protect public resources, and to enable
BLM law enforcement personnel to support State and local law
enforcement agencies with enforcement of the law. The Burning Man event
is authorized on public lands under a special recreation permit and is
expected to attract approximately 40,000 participants this year.
DATES: From August 10, 2007 through September 17, 2007, inclusive,
closures and restrictions affecting the following uses in the Public
Closure and Event Area will occur: Public uses, public camping,
aircraft landing, possession of alcohol by minors or open containers in
vehicles, possession of firearms, discharge of weapons, procedures and
circumstances for eviction of persons from public lands, waste water
discharge, motor vehicle use, possession or use of fireworks, and
ignition of fires. The timing and location of the uses prohibited and/
or regulated are more fully set forth herein.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These closures are authorized under the
provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43
U.S.C. 1701 et seq. In accordance with the applicable provisions of 43
U.S.C. 1733 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 applicable provisions of 18 U.S.C. 3571, or both.
1. The public closure area is located within the following legally
described locations:
Mount Diablo Meridian
Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E.,
Secs. 1 and 2, portion west of the east playa road;
Sec. 3;
Sec. 4, portion east of Washoe Co. Rd. 34;
Sec. 5, E\1/2\, portion east of Washoe Co. Rd. 34;
Sec. 10, N\1/2\;
Sec. 11; E\1/2\, portion west of the east playa road.
Unsurveyed T. 33\1/2\ N., R. 24 E.,
Secs. 25 and 26;
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Sec. 28, portion east of the west playa road;
Sec. 33, portion east of Washoe Co. Rd. 34 and east of the west
playa road;
Secs. 34, 35 and 36.
Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 24 E.,
Sec. 34, S\1/2\, portion east of the west playa road;
Sec. 35, portion east of the west playa road;
Sec. 36;
T. 33 N., R. 25 E.,
Sec. 4, Lots 3, 4 and 5; portions west of the east playa road.
Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 25 E.,
Sec. 33, SW\1/4\.
1.1. Between August 10, 2007 and September 17, 2007 inclusive:
1.1.1. Public Use
Public use is prohibited except as provided within the event area
as described below.
1.1.2. Public Camping
Public camping is prohibited except as provided within the event
area as described below.
1.1.3. Aircraft Landing
Aircraft as defined in Title 18, U.S.C., section 31 (a)(1) and
includes lighter-than-air craft, ultra-light craft, and remotely
controlled powered craft are prohibited from landing, taking off, or
taxiing. The following exceptions apply:
Aircraft operations conducted through the authorized event
landing strip and such ultra-light and helicopter take-off and landing
areas designated for Burning Man event staff and participants, law
enforcement, and emergency medical services.
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.
Landings or take-offs of lighter-than-air craft previously
approved by the BLM authorized officer.
1.1.4. Possession of Alcohol
Possession of an open container of an alcoholic beverage
by the driver or operator of any motorized vehicle, whether or not the
vehicle is in motion is prohibited.
Definitions:
[cir] Open container--any bottle can or other container which
contains an alcoholic beverage, if that container does not have a
closed top or lid for which the seal has not been broken. If the
container has been opened one or more times, and the lid or top has
been replaced, that container is an open container.
[cir] Possession of an open container--includes any open container
which is physically possessed by the driver or operator, or which is
adjacent to and reachable by that driver or operator. This includes
containers in a cup holder or rack adjacent to the driver or operator,
containers on a vehicle floor next to the driver or operator, and
containers on a seat or console area next to a driver or operator.
Possession of alcohol by minors is prohibited.
[cir] The following are prohibited:
[squf] Consumption or possession of any alcoholic beverage by a
person under 21 years of age on public lands.
[squf] Selling, offering to sell, or otherwise furnishing or
supplying any alcoholic beverage to a person under 21 years of age on
public lands.
[cir] 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.
1.1.5. Weapons
Discharge and possession of firearms is prohibited. Law enforcement
officers acting in their official capacity are exempted from the
prohibition.
1.1.6. Eviction of Persons From Public Closure Area
The permitted event area and all other parts of the public closure
area are closed to any person who:
a. Has been evicted from the event by the permit holder, Black Rock
City LLC, whether or not such eviction was requested by BLM.
b. Has been ordered by a BLM law enforcement officer to leave the
area of the permitted event.
Any person evicted from the event forfeits any privileges to be present
within the perimeter fence or anywhere else within the public closure
area even if they possess a ticket to attend the event.
Permit holder BRC LLC and BLM law enforcement officers may evict
event ticket holders for ``just cause'' and the event ticket holder
must immediately depart from the event public closure area and not
return to the event public closure area during the closure period.
Just cause includes, but is not limited to:
a. Repeated violations of any permit stipulations, closure orders
or regulations in Title 43 CFR;
b. Commission of an assault, fight, threatening, menacing, or
similar conduct that is likely to inflict injury or incite an immediate
breach of the peace;
c. Possession of prohibited weapons;
d. Persons returning to the event after they have been arrested by
an event law enforcement officer, transported to a jail facility and
released from custody on bail. (Note: persons returning after being
arrested and released will be allowed to re-enter event only to obtain
personal property under the escort of law enforcement officers and/or
BRC LLC staff.)
e. Persons cited and released for a criminal offense by BLM and/or
the Pershing County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) whose identity information
received from the subject cannot be verified through personal
possession of ID/documents, identity data base checks or telephonic
verification from a credible person not at the event.
1.1.7. Waste Water Discharge
Dumping wastewater (grey or black) is prohibited.
1.2. Between August 24, 2007 and September 3, 2007 inclusive:
1.2.1. Public Camping
Public camping is prohibited. Burning Man event ticket holders and
BLM authorized event management-related camps within the event area as
described below are exempt from the camping closure.
1.2.2. Motorized Vehicles
Motor vehicle use is prohibited. The following exceptions apply:
participant arrival and departure on designated routes; vehicles
registered with Burning Man; Black Rock City LLC staff and support;
BLM, medical, law enforcement, and firefighting vehicles; and motorized
skateboards and scooters with or without handlebars.
Vehicles must be registered with Black Rock City LLC and drivers
must display evidence of registration at all times. Such registration
must be displayed so that it is visible to the rear of the vehicle
while it is in motion.
Vehicle use that creates a dust plume higher than the top of the
vehicle is prohibited.
1.2.3. Fireworks
The use, sale or possession of personal fireworks within the public
closure area is prohibited.
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.
1.2.4. Fires
The ignition of fires on the surface of the Black Rock Playa
without a burn blanket or burn pan is prohibited. The following
exceptions apply: Registered Burning Man art burn events, licensed
mutant vehicles, and portable barbeques, grills or elevated torches or
lanterns.
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2. The Event Area is located within the following legally described
locations:
Mount Diablo Meridian
Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E.,
Secs. 1 and 2; the area within the event perimeter fence, within
50 yards outside the fence, and the aircraft parking area;
Sec. 3, the area within the event perimeter fence, within 50
yards outside the fence, and within 50 yards of the event entrance
road;
Unsurveyed T. 33\1/2\ N., R. 24 E.,
Secs. 25, 26 and 27, areas within the event perimeter fence and
within 50 yards outside the fence;
Sec. 34, areas within the event perimeter fence and within 50
yards outside the fence;
Sec. 35;
Sec. 36, areas within the event perimeter fence and within 50
yards outside the fence.
Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 24 E.,
Secs. 34, 35 and 36, areas within the event perimeter fence and
within 50 yards outside the fence.
2.1. Between August 10, 2007 and August 25 and between September 4
and September 17, 2007 inclusive:
2.1.1. Camping
Public camping is prohibited. Black Rock City LLC authorized staff,
contractors, and others authorized to assist with construction or
clean-up of art exhibits and theme camps are exempt from the camping
closure.
2.2. Between August 24, 2007 and September 3, 2007 inclusive:
2.2.1. Public Use
No person shall be present within the event area unless that
person: possesses a valid ticket to attend the event; is an employee or
authorized volunteer with the BLM, a law enforcement agency, emergency
medical service provider, fire protection provider, or another public
agency working at the event and the employee is assigned to the event;
or is a person working at or attending the event on behalf of the event
organizers, BRC LLC.
2.2.2. Weapons
Possession of weapons is prohibited, subject to the following
exceptions: County, state, tribal and federal law enforcement
personnel, or any person authorized by federal law to possess a weapon.
``Weapon'' means a firearm, compressed gas or spring powered pistol
or rifle, bow and arrow, cross bow, blowgun, spear gun, hand throwable
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.
2.2.3. Public Camping
Public camping is prohibited. Burning Man event ticket holders who
are camped in designated areas provided by Black Rock City LLC and
ticket holders who are camped in the authorized ``pilot camp'' and BLM
authorized event management-related camps are exempt from the camping
closure. Black Rock City LLC authorized staff, contractors, and other
authorized participants are exempt from the camping closure.
Dated: July 23, 2007.
Gail G. Givens,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. E7-15616 Filed 8-9-07; 8:45 am]
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