Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 10.12.1999

Notice of Consent Judgment

The proposed consent judgment would govern use of off-highway vehicles (OHVs) on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in and around the Millican Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area (``OHV Area''), located in Central Oregon, until the BLM prepares a new environmental impact statement and issues a new decision regarding management of the OHV Area. On February 26, 1999, the District Court of Oregon held that BLM must prepare an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4370d, to analyze management alternatives and environmental impacts associated with use of the OVH Area. The proposed consent judgment would govern OHV use of the Millican Valley OHV area as well as the Millican Plateau, Badlands Wilderness Study area, West Butte area, and Horse Ridge/Skeleton Fire Area. It would: (1) Limit OHV use in the Millican Plateau Area and the West Butte Area to existing routes and trails; (2) Expand the area covered by the existing winter closure to protect additional habitat within the North Side of the OHV area; (3) Continue existing restrictions on OHV use in the Horse Ridge/Skeleton fire Area. [GP8-0194]; (4) Adopt specified