Notice2022-09205
Notice of Closure of Public Lands at Challis Bridge Recreation Site in Custer County, Idaho
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Published
April 29, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is giving notice that 11.5 acres of public lands within the Challis Bridge Recreation Site is closed to all activities and forms of access. The closure is for the protection of public health and safety due to excessive flooding and ice jams within the recreation site.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 83 (Friday, April 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 25523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09205]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLIDI03000.L12200000.MA0000.223]
Notice of Closure of Public Lands at Challis Bridge Recreation
Site in Custer County, Idaho
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of closure.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is giving notice that 11.5
acres of public lands within the Challis Bridge Recreation Site is
closed to all activities and forms of access. The closure is for the
protection of public health and safety due to excessive flooding and
ice jams within the recreation site.
DATES: The Challis Bridge Recreation Site will be closed until safe
conditions return or April 30, 2022, whichever occurs sooner.
ADDRESSES: The BLM will post closure signs at the main entry point to
the Challis Bridge Recreation Site. The closure order will be posted in
the Challis Field Office. Information about the closure can be found at
<a href="https://www.blm.gov/press-release/temporary-emergency-closure-public-lands-within-challis-bridge-day-use-site">https://www.blm.gov/press-release/temporary-emergency-closure-public-lands-within-challis-bridge-day-use-site</a>. Maps of the affected area and
other documents associated with this closure are available at the
Challis Field Office, 721 East Main Avenue, Suite 8, Challis, ID 83226
or may be requested through email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6e2c222331272a312d060f0202071d210808070d0b2e0c020340090118"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5a7a9a8baaca1baa68d8489898c96aa83838c8680a5878988cb828a93">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Marsh, Challis Field Office
Manager, 721 East Main Avenue, Suite 8, Challis, ID 83226 (physical
address), P.O. Box 817, Challis, ID 83226 (mailing address), (208) 879-
6200. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in
the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This closure affects public lands at the
Challis Bridge Recreation Site, Custer County, Idaho. The closure
affects 11.5 acres of BLM-managed public land within the site. The
legal description of the affected public lands is section 10, Township
13 North, Range 19 East, Boise Meridian, Idaho. 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, the BLM will
enforce the following closure within the Challis Bridge Recreation
Site.
Closure: The Challis, Idaho region has experienced extended periods
of freezing to below freezing temperatures resulting in excessing
flooding and ice jams along the Salmon River. For the protection of
public health and safety, the BLM is closing the Challis Bridge
Recreation Site until water levels and weather conditions improve. All
activities and forms of access are prohibited within the closure area.
Exemptions: The following persons are exempt from this order:
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.
Enforcement: Any person who violates this closure or these
restrictions 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 8360.07, or both. In accordance with
43 CFR 8365.1-7, state or local officials may also impose penalties for
violations of Idaho law.
Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1.
Mary D'Aversa,
District Manager, Idaho Falls District.
[FR Doc. 2022-09205 Filed 4-28-22; 8:45 am]
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