[Federal Register: March 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 57)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[MT-952-1010-00-EAA1]

 
Order--Vehicle Route Closure in Lawrence County, SD

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of vehicle route closures.

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SUMMARY: A portion of contiguous vehicle routes on Federal public lands 
in the vicinity of the Belle Eldridge Mine, east of Deadwood, South 
Dakota, are being closed to all motorized and mechanized (bicycles, 
etc.) vehicular traffic, and foot access, except as noted below, under 
the provisions of 43 CFR 8364.1. These closures are being initiated to 
protect the public from heavy metals contamination as well as physical 
hazards at the mine site.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The closures are within a portion of:

Legal Description

Black Hills Principal Meridian

T. 5 N., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 25, NW\1/4\,

    Lawrence County, South Dakota.

and include the following routes within this legal description:
    (1) The route in Spruce Gulch beginning 1.0 miles upstream from the 
intersection of Railroad Avenue and Sampson Street within the city of 
Deadwood, South Dakota, to the intersection of the Spruce Gulch road 
and the East Spruce Gulch road, for 0.2 miles, then continuing up 
Spruce Gulch to the point where the Spruce Gulch road crosses the 
Spruce Gulch stream, for 0.05 miles, and also from the intersection of 
the Spruce Gulch road and the East Spruce Gulch road, continuing up 
East Spruce Gulch road, for a distance of 0.2 miles.
    These routes are being closed to all motorized and mechanized 
vehicles with the following exceptions:
    1. Law enforcement and other emergency personnel while engaged in 
emergency operations and official duties.
    2. BLM employees while engaged in approved official duties.
    3. Contractors, cooperating entities, and regulators involved in 
approved reclamation actions designed to restore the Belle Eldridge 
Mine site.
    4. Individuals or other entities, and their agents, having 
ownership of lands necessitating passage through the closed road, who 
apply for an exception and whose need for access is found to be 
legitimate.
    Failure to comply with this closure may result in a fine of not 
more than $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months, or both, in 
accordance with 43 CFR 8360.0-7.
    These closures are being initiated to protect the public from heavy 
metals contamination as well as physical hazards at the mine site.
    A Removal Site Evaluation (RSE) and Engineering Evaluation/Cost 
Analysis Report (EECA) for the Belle Eldridge Mine, addressing the 
closure and other activities, is available for inspection at the 
address listed below.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The closures will be effective upon posting and 
closure of the route(s) by the Authorized Officer. The closure will be 
in effect until completion of the rehabilitation of the Belle Eldridge 
Mine site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles A. Berdan, South Dakota Field 
Office, Acting Field Manager, or Russell Pigors, Natural Resource 
Specialist, 310 Roundup Street, Belle Fourche, South Dakota 57717, 
telephone (605) 892-2526.

    Dated: March 10, 1999.
Charles A. Berdan,
Acting South Dakota Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-7239 Filed 3-24-99; 8:45 am]
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