Rescinding of the Emergency Closure of Public Lands: Lane County, Oregon

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 25514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11776]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-094-03-6332-00: 4310-33]


Rescinding of the Emergency Closure of Public Lands: Lane County, 
Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Rescind the 1993 Emergency Closure of public lands in Lane 
County, Oregon.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that certain public lands in Lane 
County, Oregon are now rescinded from the temporary closure of water 
activities in Lake Creek. The closure was made under the authority of 
43 CFR 8364.1.
    The public lands affected by this closure are specifically 
identified as the Lake Creek Slide, a natural bedrock feature in the 
bed of Lake Creek, within public lands located as follows:

Willamette Meridian, Oregon

T. 16 S., R. 7 W., Sec. 19: Metes and Bounds within the SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\

    Containing approximately 2 acres.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The original closure was published 58 FR 
39222, July 22, 1993. The rationale to rescind this temporary closure 
follows: The ``temporary closure'' is now 6 years old, BLM realizes it 
needs to either make this a permanent closure or resend it. During the 
6 years of temporary closure, visitors have continued to ignore 2 
visibly posted Danger signs and slide down the rock slab, especially 
when BLM personnel are not around to enforce it. This behavior 
demonstrates that a permanent closure would be just as ineffective 
without full time BLM personnel on site to enforce it. BLM does not 
have the manpower or funding to provide for this presence. Most 
visitors are aware of the hazards. The Danger signs have been revised 
with new verbiage to increase visitor's awareness of the many hazards 
present on site. The revised signs read:

DANGER UNSUPERVISED AREA

HAZARDOUS TO SLIDE ON ROCKS, SWIM IN THIS AREA, OR DIVE INTO THE WATER

BEWARE OF SLIPPERY SURFACES, SUBMERGED ROCKS, AND SHIFTING TOPOGRAPHY

PARTICIPATING IN THESE OR SIMILAR ACTIVITIES CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS 
INJURY OR DEATH

DATES: This rescind is effective on May12, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Copies of this action and maps showing the location of this 
area are available from the Eugene District Office, P.O. Box 10226 
(2890 Chad Drive), Eugene, Oregon 97440.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Chung, Coast Range Field 
Manager, Eugene District Office, at (541) 683-6600 or 1-888-442-3061.

    Dated: May 4, 1999.
Dan Howells,
Acting Coast Range Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-11776 Filed 5-11-99; 8:45 am]
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