Federal Register, Volume 75 Issue 132 (Monday, July 12, 2010)

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39705-39706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16911]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNV0100000 L10600000.JJ0000 LXSS130F0000 241A; 10-08807; 
MO4500013593; TAS: 14X1109]


Notice of Temporary Closures on Public Lands in Northwestern Elko 
County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Temporary Closures.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that temporary closures to public 
access, use, and occupancy will be in effect for the dates and times 
specified in this Notice on public lands administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM), Tuscarora Field Office, Elko, Nevada within the 
Owyhee, Rock Creek, and Little Humboldt Wild Horse Herd Management 
Areas (HMAs) in the northwestern portion of Elko County, Nevada.

DATES: This temporary closure will be in effect on the Owyhee, Rock 
Creek and Little Humboldt Wild Horse HMAs from 12:01 a.m. PST on 
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 until Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. PST, 
or up to 30 days after the start of the gather operation.

ADDRESSES: Tuscarora Field Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada 
89801; Web site: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/elko_field_office.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Overcast, Tuscarora Field 
Manager, 775-753-0320. Persons who use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 
1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individuals during normal business 
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to 
leave a message or question with the above individuals. You will 
receive a reply during normal hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This temporary closure affects public land 
in the Owyhee, Rock Creek and Little Humboldt Wild Horse HMAs in Elko 
County, Nevada. The legal description of the affected public lands is:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 45 N., R. 48 E.,
    secs. 11, 13, and 14,
    sec. 24, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
S\1/2\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 25, NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 35, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and W\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    sec. 36, E\1/2\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 45 N., R. 49 E.,
    secs. 19, 20, and 29 to 32, inclusive.
T. 44 N., R. 48 E.,
    sec. 2, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 11, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 13;
    sec. 14, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    sec. 24, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\.
T. 44 N., R. 49 E.,
    sec. 19, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 43 N., R. 50 E.,
    sec. 27, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 28;
    sec. 29, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    secs. 30 and 31;
    sec. 32, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    secs. 33 and 34.
T. 42 N., R. 50 E.,
    secs. 3, and 4;
    sec. 5, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 6, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\;
    sec. 19, E\1/2\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SW\1/
4\;
    sec. 20, E\1/2\;
    sec. 29, NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 30.
T. 42 N., R. 49 E.,
    sec. 33, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
and E\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 41 N., R. 49 E.,
    sec. 4, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\;
    sec. 9, NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 41 N., R. 48 E.,
    secs. 6, 7, and 18.
T. 41 N., R. 47 E.,
    secs. 1, 12, and 13.
T. 40 N., R. 48 E.,
    sec. 27, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    sec. 28, W\1/2\;
    sec. 29, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 32, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The temporary closure areas encompass 26,813 acres, more or 
less.

    This temporary closure will limit public access to protect persons, 
property, public lands and public land resources. The closure will 
ensure the safety and welfare of the public, contractors, and 
government employees, and provide for the orderly implementation of 
authorized actions to gather excess wild horses. The temporary closure 
will prevent public access, use, and occupancy during wild horse 
capture operations scheduled to occur between July 6, 2010, and July 
31, 2010.
    Not all subject lands will be temporarily closed during the entire 
period. Areas temporarily closed to public access will be posted at 
main entry points with signs, barricades, if appropriate, and copies of 
this temporary closure notice. The sites identified for temporary 
closures are historically used gather sites and holding locations. Some 
of the sites are on public land and some are on privately owned land. 
The temporary closures will be in effect only on public lands. The 
public will be authorized to use those areas where capture operations 
are not in progress. Areas from which the public will be temporarily 
excluded will be dependent upon the actual area of operation which will 
vary according to the needs of the contractor. The gather operation 
includes the authorized use of low-flying aircraft to herd and capture 
wild horses from various portions of the Owyhee, Rock Creek and Little 
Humboldt Wild Horse HMAs and adjacent public and private lands outside 
of the established boundaries of the identified HMAs. In order to 
operate the aircraft in a safe and effective manner, and based on 
experience gained from previous gathers, it is necessary to temporarily 
close the affected areas (gathering and temporary holding facilities) 
to all public use during actual capture operations. It is anticipated 
that the gather operation will take approximately 15-20 days, but could 
last up to 26 days depending on weather, location of herds, success of 
capture operations, and other variable conditions. Maps of the affected 
area and other documents associated with this temporary closure are 
available at the Tuscarora Field Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, Elko, NV 
89801 and at the BLM Elko Web site at http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/elko_field_office.html.
    Horses will be held temporarily in holding facilities on public 
lands within the Owyhee, Rock Creek and Little Humboldt HMAs and on 
adjacent private lands until July 31, 2010, for day-to-day care, 
veterinary treatment, and preparation for transport to BLM adoption 
preparation and holding facilities in Nevada and Utah.
    The temporary closures may be rescinded prior to July 31, 2010, if 
gather operations are successfully completed before that date. On 
specifically scheduled and escorted visitation days, the public and 
media

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will be allowed to view the gather operations as well as the horses 
being temporarily held prior to release or being transported to BLM 
adoption preparation and holding facilities.
    Further information may be obtained from the Owyhee, Rock Creek, 
and Little Humboldt Herd Management Areas Gather Plan and Environmental 
Assessment, DOI-BLM-NV-N020-2010-0014. The document also is available 
from the Field Manager, Tuscarora Field Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, 
Elko, NV 89801, and is available on the BLM Elko District Web site at 
http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/elko_field_office.html. This Notice 
will be posted in the local BLM office with jurisdiction over the lands 
to which the order applies (43 CFR 8364.1(b)(5)).
    Penalties: In accordance with Section 303(a) of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a)) and 43 CFR 
8360.0-7, the BLM will enforce the temporary closures on public lands 
in Northwestern Elko County, Nevada.
    The following persons are exempt from this temporary closure: 
Federal, state, and local officers and employees in the performance of 
their official duties; members of organized rescue or fire-fighting 
forces in the performance of their official duties; and persons with 
written authorization from the BLM.
    A person who violates the above order may be tried before a United 
States Magistrate and fined no more than $1,000, imprisoned for no more 
than 12 months, or both. Such violations may also be subject to the 
enhanced fines provided for by 18 U.S.C. 3571.

Kenneth E. Miller,
District Manager, Elko.
[FR Doc. 2010-16911 Filed 7-9-10; 8:45 am]
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