Arizona: The Crossroads and Empire Landing Campgrounds Located on the Parker Strip (California); Establishment of Fees and Supplementary Rules, During FY 1998 and Subsequent Years

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-070-08-1230-00; 8300]

Arizona: The Crossroads and Empire Landing Campgrounds Located on

the Parker Strip (California); Establishment of Fees and Supplementary

Rules, During FY 1998 and Subsequent Years

AGENCY: Lake Havasu Field Office, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Implementation and increase of fees and supplementary rules of

overnight camping and day use at the Crossroads & Empire Landing

Campgrounds on the California side of the Colorado River, between

Parker, AZ, and Parker Dam, CA.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office

announces the implementation and increase of fees at the Crossroads &

Empire Landing Campgrounds. To be instituted during FY 1998, as a

federal fee campground under the authorities described in 36 CFR part

71. The purpose of the fee implementation and increase to the offset

management and maintenance costs of facility and equipment repair,

volunteer expenses, and sewage disposal. The fee is being established

to safely and properly accommodate the increasing costs of operating

and maintaining a public campground while helping provide natural

resource protection through improved management of this use. The fee

implementation assures that the campground will be available for public

use year after year.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Myron McCoy Outdoor Recreation Planner, Lake Havasu Field Office, 2610

Sweetwater Avenue, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 86406, telephone (520)

505-1200; e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority for the campground fee

implementation is contained in Title 43, Code of Federal Regulations,

Part 8360, Subpart 8365, Sections 2 and 2-3. Authority for the payment

of fees is in Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart 71.

Authority for including this project in the Fee Demonstration Pilot

Program is contained in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliations Act of 1993

(Public Law 103-66) and the FY 1996 Appropriations Act (Public Law 104-

134). The authority for establishing supplementary rules is contained

in Title 43, Subpart 8365, Section 1-6. The campground fee

implementation supplementary rules have been developed to manage

continued use of the site until a management plan can be completed.

These rules will be available in the local office having jurisdiction

over the site affected, and will be posted at the site. Violations of

supplementary rules are punishable as class A misdemeanors.

The following is the legal descriptions for the Campgrounds:

Crossroads: San Bernardino Meridian

T. 2 N., R. 26 E.,

Sec. 35, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

[[Page 27317]]

Empire Landing: San Bernardino Meridian

T. 2 N., R. 26E.,

Sec 36, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

Supplemental Rules

Recreation Use Permit

--Camping and day use permits are required for any use of the

designated site for each vehicle used as a primary means of

transportation. The fee for camping and day use permits will be as

posted. Golden Age/Access cardholders qualify for half price discounts.

The fee for a use permit will be in accordance with the fee schedule,

requirements, and procedures established under the Recreation Fee

Demonstration Pilot Program and are payable in U.S. funds only.

--Permit envelope receipts must be displayed (on the vehicle dashboard)

and presented upon demand to an authorized BLM officer. Should the

occupants be away from the campsite, the receipt must be visibly

displayed in a conspicuous place.

--Permits may not be reassigned or transferred.

--An authorized BLM officer may revoke, without reimbursement, any

permit when the permittee violates any BLM rule or regulation. Any

permittee whose permit is revoked must remove all property and leave

the campsite within 1 hour of notice.

--Camping checkout time is 2 pm of the following day.

--All pets must be on a leash and attended at all times. Leashes can

not be longer than 8 feet.

--Motorized vehicles not registered for street use are not allowed to

be driven in the campground.

--Fireworks are not allowed.

Site Occupation

--The maximum stay limit is 14 consecutive days, and 28 days in a

calendar year.

--Eight persons are the maximum capacity allowed per site, per night.

--A camp site is considered occupied after the appropriate permit fee

has been paid and the permittee has taken possession of the site by

leaving personal property at the site.

--No person shall occupy a camp site in violation of instructions from

a BLM official or when there is reason to believe that the unit is

occupied by another camper.

Quiet Hours

--Quiet hours are from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. in accordance with applicable

state time zone standards.

Campfires

--Fires must be confined to barbecue, stove, grill, fireplace or other

facility provided for such purpose.

Wood Collection

--Cutting or collecting any firewood is prohibited, including dead and

down wood and all other vegetative material.

Firearms

--All firearms must remain unloaded and locked in vehicles at all times

while occupying the campsite.

Sanitation

--Holding and sewage tank disposal is allowed at the dump station

provided at Empire Landing Campground. Dumping waste water or emptying

portable toilets in vault toilets is prohibited.

--Anyone using a campsite must keep their site free or litter and trash

during the period of occupancy and remove all personal equipment and

clean their sites upon departure.

--Persons bringing or allowing pets in camp areas shall be responsible

for proper removal and disposal, in sanitary facilities, or any waste

produced by these animals.

Alcoholic Beverages

The following are prohibited:

--The sale or gift of alcoholic beverage to a person under 21 years of

age.

--The possession of an alcoholic beverage by a person under 21 years of

age.

--The consumption of an alcoholic beverage by a person under 21 years

of age.

Authority and Penalties

This notice is published under the authority of Title 43, Code of

Federal Regulations, Subpart 8365, Section 1-6.

Dated: May 8, 1998.

Robert M. Henderson,

Acting Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 98-12934 Filed 5-15-98; 8:45 am]

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