[Federal Register: November 6, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 215)]
[Notices]               
[Page 60017-60018]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-360-1220-00]

 
Supplementary Rules

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.


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ACTION: Establishment of open hours for the Reading Island Recreation 
Site in Shasta County, California.

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SUMMARY: The BLM is prohibiting persons from occupying the Reading 
Island Recreation Site between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. (Pacific 
Standard Time) without written authorization from a BLM authorized 
officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Reading Island is a 40 acre recreation site 
within Shasta County, California that is adjacent to a residential 
area. Although most public use at the site is lawful and orderly, night 
time vandalism, littering and drug use has been a problem. The night 
time activity deters lawful public use, damages natural resources, and 
creates a public nuisance. The BLM can reduce this type of unlawful 
activity and enhance the setting for valid recreation use by requiring 
a permit for night time occupation of the premises and/or overnight 
camping.

    The Reading Island Recreation Site is open to the general public 
between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. 
After those hours, visitors to the site must obtain written 
authorization from a BLM authorized officer. Written authorization will 
be in the form of a Special Recreation Use Permit or equivalent 
instrument as determined by the BLM authorized officer. Law enforcement 
personnel and other public servants specifically authorized by the BLM 
are exempt from this closure.
    The authority for these closures and rule makings is 43 CFR 8365.1-
6. Any person who fails to comply with a supplemental rule is subject 
to arrest and fines of up to $100.000 and/or imprisonment not to exceed 
12 months. Unauthorized vehicles left at the Reading Island Recreation 
Site while it is closed will be subject to towing at the owners 
expense.

DATES: This supplementary rule will take effect November 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles M. Schultz, Field Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management, 355 Hemsted Drive, Redding, CA 96002.
Charles M. Schultz,
Redding Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-29716 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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