Correction to Description of Occupancy and Camping Closure on Certain Public Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas Field Office

Résumé

This notice corrects the legal and geographic description of a closure notice published in the Federal Register Vol. 63, No. 38, page 9858 and 9859 on February 26, 1998 wherein the Field Office Manager of the Las Vegas Field Office announced the Closure of certain public lands in the Las Vegas Valley to occupancy and camping. The original description listed the southern boundary as generally following Lake Mead Blved. (State Route 147). The correct description should have been Lake Mead Drive (State Route 146). A correction has also been made to remove certain restrictions listed in the original Closure Notice that were confusing, redundant or gave the impression of Federal enforcement of State statute. The increase in population and growth in employment in the Las Vegas area, has attracted many short term and transient residents and workers. Many of these individuals set up residence on public lands under the guise of ``camping.'' This problem is particularly prone to occur on public lands within the urban Las Vegas Valley. Trash accumulation and human refuse are impacting public and private lands. There are no public facilities on any of these lands. The existing 14 day camping s