[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 226 (Tuesday, November 24, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 64969] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-31372] [[Page 64969]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [OR-034-08-1220-00: GPS-0027] Temporary Closure of Public Lands: Oregon AGENCY: Vale District, Bureau of Land Management, Interior Department. ACTION: Notice of emergency closure of certain activities within Snively Hot Springs Recreation Site. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EFFECTIVE DATE: November 24, 1998. SUMMARY: Effective November 24, 1998 all camping activities and the use of all open fire is prohibited at Snively Hot Springs Recreation Site. The site will remain open for day use activities, only. The closure is the minimum action determined needed to provide visitor safety, protection of the site's resource values, and to enhance recreational enjoyment. The site has been subject to an increased level and frequency of unlawful and inappropriate activities, including but not limited to disorderly conduct, assault, and the illegal use of alcohol and illicit drugs, unattended camp fires that have escaped resulting in destruction of riparian vegetation and scorched top soils; the destruction and vandalism of developed facilities and improvements; and extensive littering. This closure order is authorized under Title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations, subpart 8364.1. The following acts are prohibited throughout the year on all public lands within the Snively Hot Springs Recreation Site, located in Township 21 S., Range 45 E., section 22, Willamette Principal Meridian, Malheur County, Oregon. 1. The starting or maintaining of any open fire; 2. The use or occupancy of the recreation site daily from sunset to sunrise. This closure order remains in affect until superseded by the Record of Decision for the Southeastern Oregon Resource Management Plan (SEORMP), which, in part, affects BLM management of the recreation site, or until other approved planning provides for defined public uses and restrictions within the recreation site. PENALTY: Any person failing to comply with this closure order 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy L. Masinton, Malheur Resource Area Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 100 Oregon Street, Vale, Oregon 97918, Telephone (541) 473-3144. Roy L. Masinton, Malheur Resource Area Manager. [FR Doc. 98-31372 Filed 11-23-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-33-M