Notice2021-23495
Notice of Proposed Restrictions on Public Lands in Jackson County, OR
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Published
October 28, 2021
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to restrict recreational target shooting for 2 years on certain public lands administered by the Ashland Field Office.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 206 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59751-59752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23495]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLORM06000-L630000000.DF00000-21X.HAG21-0052]
Notice of Proposed Restrictions on Public Lands in Jackson
County, OR
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed restrictions.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to restrict
recreational target shooting for 2 years on certain public lands
administered by the Ashland Field Office.
DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments regarding the
proposed restriction until December 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments regarding the
proposed restriction by any of the following methods:
BLM National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Website: <a href="https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/123432/510">https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/123432/510</a>.
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#73313f3e2c3c212c32353c2c321d171601001c1d2c31060707162c202333111f1e5d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fddd3d2c0d0cdc0ded9d0c0def1fbfaedecf0f1c0ddeaebebfac0cccfdffdf3f2b1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a>.
Mail: BLM, Medford District Office, Attention: Tye Morgan, 3040
Biddle Road, Medford, Oregon 97526.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Brown, Ashland Field Office
Manager; telephone: (541) 618-2232; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3955495b4b564e57795b5554175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bf7ebf9e9f4ecf5dbf9f7f6b5fcf4ed">[email protected]</span></a>; Tye Morgan,
Planner and Environmental Specialist; telephone: (541) 618-2229; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3d495c50524f5a5c537d5f5150135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="483c2925273a2f2926082a2425662f273e">[email protected]</span></a>. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339
to contact the above individuals during normal business hours. The FRS
is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or
question. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM Ashland Field Office proposes to
restrict recreational target shooting on public lands at 11 sites
totaling 50 acres in the Anderson Butte area for 2 years to address
public safety issues.
In compliance with the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation,
Management, and Recreation Act (Dingell Act; 16 U.S.C. 7913(a)(1)) and
43 CFR 8364.1, notice is hereby given that the BLM proposes to
implement this 2-year restriction on recreational target shooting on 11
identified sites (approximately 50 acres) in Jackson County. These
proposed restrictions are necessary to ensure public safety. These
recreational target shooting restrictions were proposed and analyzed in
conformance with NEPA under the 2021 Anderson Butte Safety Project
Environmental Assessment. The BLM solicited and incorporated public
comment during the NEPA process.
The Anderson Butte area has a long history of local community
residents enjoying public lands for a wide variety of uses, including
hiking, horseback riding, hunting, riding off-highway vehicles, and
recreational target shooting. As the Rogue Valley's population has
continued to increase, so has the recreational use of the Anderson
Butte area, as well as an increase in home construction in close
proximity to the public lands that lie within it. These increasing
pressures have resulted in a number of public safety issues and
recreational user conflicts from public land visitors participating in
a variety of recreational target shooting activities. There have been
reported instances of these activities resulting in bullets hitting
nearby private residences and other private property and bullets
passing over hikers' heads while they are on designated BLM trails.
Under the Dingell Act, the BLM is required to consider public
comments when temporary closures are proposed that would affect
recreational target shooting on public lands. This notice announces the
beginning of the 60-day comment period for the proposed temporary
restriction of approximately 50 acres of public lands to recreational
target shooting. Following the public comment period, the BLM will
issue a final decision that will include a summary of comments received
and will respond in a reasonable manner to substantive comments. The
final decision will also explain how significant issues were resolved
and will be made available on the project website at: <a href="https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/123432/510">https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/123432/510</a>.
The BLM will be monitoring recreation uses and site conditions
during the closure period to determine if target shooting restrictions
resolve safety issues. The findings will help guide long-term solutions
to these land management challenges.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in any comment, be aware that
your entire comment, including your personal identifying information,
may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in
your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from
public review, the BLM cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
The legal description of the affected public lands:
Table 1--Center Point of Restriction Site Locations, 250' Buffer From Center
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Site No. Latitude, longitude Township, range, section, and subsection
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1 42[deg]13'50.92'' N, 122[deg]55'32.47'' W T38S, R2W, Sec. 27, SW\1/4\.
2 42[deg]13'05.97'' N, 122[deg]55'42.47'' W T38S, R2W, Sec. 34, SW\1/4\.
3 42[deg]12'22.14'' N, 122[deg]55'59.83'' W T39S, R2W, Sec. 3, SW\1/4\.
4 42[deg]13'02.40'' N, 122[deg]54'26.51'' W T38S, R2W, Sec. 35, SW\1/4\.
5 42[deg]12'31.66'' N, 122[deg]54'10.50'' W T39S, R2W, Sec. 2, NE\1/4\.
6 42[deg]12'29.14'' N, 122[deg]54'23.39'' W T39S, R2W, Sec. 2, NW\1/4\.
7 42[deg]12'08.84'' N, 122[deg]54'56.21'' W T39S, R2W, Sec. 3, SE\1/4\.
8 42[deg]11'42.75'' N, 122[deg]53'15.56'' W T39S, R2W, Sec. 12, NW\1/4\.
9 42[deg]11'43.92'' N, 122[deg]53'27.04'' W T39S, R2W, Sec. 12, NW\1/4\.
10 42[deg]10'41.22'' N, 122[deg]55'47.82'' W T39S, R2W, Sec. 15, SW\1/4\.
11 42[deg]11'16.57'' N, 122[deg]56'33.62'' W T39S, R2W, Sec. 9, SE\1/4\.
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More details on the proposed closure, including maps, are available
on the project website located at: <a href="https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/123432/510">https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/123432/510</a>. A copy of this notice and map of the restricted
areas will be posted at least 30 days in advance of the effective date
of the restriction at the main entry points to each of these sites, at
the Medford District Office, 3040 Biddle Road, Medford, OR, 97526, and
on the project website.
The BLM provides notice under 43 CFR 8364.1 that, unless the BLM
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advises differently through the final decision and a subsequent Federal
Register notice, the public lands listed earlier will be closed to
recreational shooting for 2 years, starting on December 27, 2021.
Therefore, the restriction authorized in the final decision would be
enforced by the BLM under the authority of Section 303(a) of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a)), 43
CFR 8360.0-7, and 43 CFR 8364.1 within the closure area for each site.
Any person who violates restrictions authorized in a final decision
may be tried before a United States Magistrate and fined in accordance
with 18 U.S.C. 3571, imprisoned no more than 12 months under 43 U.S.C.
1733(a) and 43 CFR 8360.0-7, or both. In accordance with 43 CFR 8365.1-
7, State or local officials may also impose penalties for violations of
State law.
(Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1 and 16 U.S.C. 7913)
Lauren P. Brown,
Ashland Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 2021-23495 Filed 10-27-21; 8:45 am]
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