[Federal Register: May 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 95)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-026-09-1220-00: GP9-0182]

 
Establishment of a Moratorium on the Number of Commercial 
Outfitting Permits for the Public Land Administered by the BLM, Burns 
District; Designation Order; Moratorium on Commercial Outfitting 
Permits for the Burns District

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Burns District, Portions of 
the Andrews and Three Rivers Resource Area, Burns, Oregon.

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SUMMARY: The BLM, Burns District will conduct an environmental review 
which will analyze various alternatives, and address numerous issues 
concerning resource protection, recreation opportunities, and number of 
Special Recreation Permits (SRPs) issued by BLM, Burns District.
    BLM has determined that a moratorium on the number of commercial 
outfitting permits is needed to hold commercial use at the existing 
1999 levels, until the environmental review and analysis is completed.
    By placing a moratorium on commercial permits for the District, 
this will allow BLM to collect baseline data, provide strategies for 
determining thresholds, and assess the kind of outfitter/guides and the 
services that they provide to the public. This environmental review 
will be specific to commercial outfitting and big game hunting.
    The moratorium will go into effect immediately and remain in affect 
until the final environmental review is approved. Only those commercial 
outfitters that have a current SRP for the BLM, Burns District, as of 
May 1, 1999, will be allowed to apply in future years until the 
environmental review is final.
    When the environmental review is approved, the moratorium will be 
lifted and constraints on the number of outfitting permits, kind of 
outfitters authorized associated with recreational activities, area of 
use, number of user days, if any, will be implemented.
    Sales of outfitting businesses and any transfer of permits that may 
apply during the period of moratorium will be dealt with through BLM 
Recreation Permit Administration, Manual/Policy Statement and User 
Guide.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information concerning this 
moratorium on commercial outfitting permits in the Burns District may 
be obtained from Fred McDonald, Natural Resource Specialist, Burns 
District Office, HC 74-12533 Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon 97738, 
(541) 573-4453, or Fred__McDonald@blm.gov.

    Authority: For implementing this action is contained in 43 CFR 
part 8372.

    Dated: May 10, 1999.
Thoams H. Dyer,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-12496 Filed 5-17-99; 8:45 am]
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