48300 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 178 / Monday, September 15, 1997 / Notices
Office of the Bureau of Land DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Northern District Manager is prohibited Management, Las Vegas Field Office, in the Nome Creek valley. 4765 W. Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) d. Using motorized equipment, Nevada. [AK±020±07±1220±00±241A] including generators and chainsaws, in the Nome Creek valley must be in Upon publication of this notice in the accordance with posted rules. Federal Register, the above described Notice of Special Rules and e. Using hovercraft or airboats is land will be segregated from all other Regulations for the White Mountains National Recreation Area (WMNRA) prohibited. forms of appropriation under the public and Associated Recreation Facilities land laws, including the general mining 2. Occupancy and Use laws, except for lease/conveyance under This notice rescinds and replaces the a. Camping at one site within the area the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, White Mountains National Recreation covered by this order for a period longer leasing under the mineral leasing laws Area Special Rules and Regulations than ten (10) days in any one calendar and disposal under the mineral material previously published in the Federal year without written authorization from disposal laws. Register (53 FR 25696, July 8, 1988). BLM’s Northern District Manager is This notice corrects omissions made in For a period of 45 days from the date prohibited. Camping in a campground the original notice and has been of publication of this notice in the within the area covered by this order for updated pursuant to the White Federal Register, interested parties may a period longer than ten (10) Mountains Gateway Project consecutive days in any one calendar submit comments regarding the environmental assessment. proposed lease/conveyance for year without written authorization from These special rules and regulations BLM’s Northern District Manager is classification of the lands to the District apply to all lands and water surfaces prohibited. Manager, Las Vegas Field Office, 4765 within the White Mountains National b. Under the authorities of 36 CFR Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89108. Recreation Area, that portion of BLM- part 71 and 43 CFR 8372.1, a daily use Classification Comments managed lands between the WMNRA fee will be collected in advance for and the Steese and Elliott Highways, the overnight occupancy of public Interested parties may submit Colorado Creek Trailhead, the Fred Blixt recreation fee sites located in, and comments involving the suitability of Cabin, and the Cripple Creek associated with, the White Mountains the land for a community park facility. Campground and Cabin, as shown on National Recreation Area. Comments on the classification are the White Mountains National c. Users must register prior to restricted to whether the land is Recreation Area Off-Road Vehicle occupying a public recreation cabin. physically suited for the proposal, Designations Map. These rules and Reservations may be made up to 30 days whether the use will maximize the regulations are subject to valid existing in advance and must be paid for at the future use or uses of the land, whether rights. time they are made. The original permit This order is issued pursuant to 43 the use is consistent with local planning must accompany the user(s) during their CFR subpart 8364.1 and implements stay at the cabin(s). Maximum stay is and zoning, or if the use is consistent provisions of the White Mountains NRA with State and Federal programs. three consecutive nights per cabin. Resource Management Plan signed on The following recreation facilities Application Comments February 2, 1986. This order will remain located within or near the White in effect until rescinded or modified by Mountains National Recreation Area are Interested parties may submit BLM’s Northern District Manager. specialized sites requiring recreation comments regarding the specific use 1. Motorized Equipment use permits and site fees: proposed in the application and plan of Borealis-LeFevre Cabin development, whether the BLM a. Operating off-road vehicles (ORVs) Cache Mountain Cabin followed proper administrative is restricted in some areas. See the White Mountains National Recreation Caribou Bluff Cabin procedures in reaching the decision, or Colorado Creek Cabin any other factor not directly related to Area Off-Road Vehicle Designations Map available at BLM’s Northern Cripple Creek Cabin the suitability of the land for a Crowberry Cabin community park facility. District Office for information on designated ORV use areas. Fred Blixt Cabin Any adverse comments will be b. Using motorized equipment for Lee’s Cabin reviewed by the State Director. In the mineral collection for personal use is Moose Creek Cabin absence of any adverse comments, the prohibited. Mineral collection for Windy Gap Cabin classification of the land described in personal recreation, using a gold pan, Wolf Run Cabin this Notice will become effective 60 shovel, portable sluice box (maximum Cripple Creek Campground days from the date of the publication in size 16 inches x 5 feet), rocker box or Mount Prindle Campground the Federal Register. The lands will not other non-motorized means is allowed Ophir Creek Campground be offered for lease/conveyance until without written authorization in areas d. Discharging firearms within one- after the classification becomes where there are no existing mining quarter (1⁄4) mile of campgrounds and effective. claims or private lands, provided such public recreation cabins, as well as use does not cause unnecessary or across or along roads and trails, is Dated: August 27, 1997. undue damage to the environment. The prohibited. Michael F. Dwyer, use of motorized equipment permitted e. Leaving burning or smoldering District Manager, Las Vegas, NV. under 43 CFR subpart 3809 shall require campfires unattended is prohibited. [FR Doc. 97–24302 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am] written authorization from BLM’s f. Subject to valid existing rights, BILLING CODE 4310±HC±M Northern District Manager. constructing permanent or semi- c. Launching boats with motors permanent structures (including cabins, exceeding 15 horsepower without caches, water dams, or diversions) written authorization from BLM’s without written authorization from Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 178 / Monday, September 15, 1997 / Notices 48301
BLM’s Northern District Manager is Direct questions and responses to: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR prohibited. Northern District Manager, Bureau of National Park Service g. Camping and/or campfires are Land Management, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709–3899, prohibited within twenty-five (25) feet 60-day Notice of Intention to Request (907) 474–2200. of trails. Clearance of Collection of The foregoing provisions are not Dated: August 19, 1997. InformationÐOpportunity for Public applicable to any federal, state, or local Richard Bouts, Comment employee or law enforcement officer, or Associate Manager, Northern District Office. AGENCY: Department of the Interior, any member of any organized rescue or [FR Doc. 97–24300 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am] National Park Service, and 16 Units of fire suppression force in the BILLING CODE 4310±JA±P the National Park System. performance of an official duty. ACTION: Notice and request for Maps identifying designated areas are comments. available at the office listed below. Any person convicted of violating this order SUMMARY: The National Park Service is subject to the penalties prescribed in Visitor Services Project is proposing to 43 CFR subpart 8340.0–7 and/or 43 CFR conduct visitor studies at up to 16 parks 8360.0–7. during 1998:
Estimated numbers of
Responses Burden hours
Denali National Park ...... 600 120 Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area ...... 700 140 Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve ...... 800 160 Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park ...... 500 100 Glacier Bay National Park ...... 600 120 National Capital Parks Central (Lincoln, Jefferson, etc.) ...... 800 160 George Washington Memorial ParkwayÐTheodore Roosevelt Island ...... 500 100 Acadia National Park ...... 800 160 Whiskeytown National Recreation Area ...... 800 160 Cumberland Island National Seashore ...... 500 100 Cape Cod National Seashore ...... 600 120 Andersonville National Historic Site ...... 500 100 Eisenhower National Historic Site ...... 500 100 Big Cypress National Preserve ...... 500 100 Lassen Volcanic National Park ...... 700 140 Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve ...... 400 80
Annual totals ...... 9800 1960
Under provisions of the Paperwork DATES: Public comments will be visitor opinions about the services and Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR Part accepted on or before November 14, facilities that the National Park Service 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping 1997. provides in each of the parks proposed Requirements, the National Park Service SEND COMMENTS TO: Margaret Littlejohn, to be surveyed. The proposed is soliciting comments on the need for Visitor Services Project Coordinator, information to be collected from visitors gathering the information in the Cooperative Part Studies Unit, College in these parks is not available from proposed visitor studies listed above. of Forestry, Wildlife and Range existing records, sources, or The NPS is also asking for comments on Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, observations. the practical utility of the information Idaho 83844–1133, phone: 208–885– Automated data collection: At the being gathered; the accuracy of the 7863. present time, there is no automated way burden hour estimate; ways to enhance FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: to gather this information, since it the quality, utility, and clarity of the Margaret Littlejohn. Voice: 208–885– includes asking visitors to evaluate information to be collected; and ways to 7863, Fax: 208–885–4261, Email: services and facilities that they used minimize the burden to respondents,