Arizona: Lake Havasu Shoreline Project for 1998-1999 and Subsequent Use Seasons; Establishment of Fee Campsites and Supplementary Rules, Lake Havasu Field Office, Arizona

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-070-07-1230-00; 8371]

Arizona: Lake Havasu Shoreline Project for 1998-1999 and

Subsequent Use Seasons; Establishment of Fee Campsites and

Supplementary Rules, Lake Havasu Field Office, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Establishment of fees and supplementary rules for the use of

boat-access shoreline campsites along Lake Havasu, a manmade lake on

the Arizona/California state line.

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

announces establishment of the Lake Havasu Shoreline Project. The

program, initiated in 1997, manages the shoreline riparian area. It

includes the preexisting shoreline camp sites as federal fee camp sites

under the authorities described in 36 CFR part 71. The camp sites had

been developed as designated fee sites by the Arizona State Parks

Department while these lands were under a lease from the Bureau of Land

Management. The lease was voluntarily terminated, leaving the developed

sites to return to the jurisdiction of the BLM.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 15, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Don Applegate, Project Manager, Lake Havasu Field Office, 2610

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

505-1244; E-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the Shoreline Project

is to provide long-term areas for boating and camping use. The sites

designated as campsites are, in most cases, the traditional use areas

of boat camping visitors. Designated sites were selected by Arizona

State Parks using criteria based on visitor use patterns, availability

of shoreline access, and a need to establish sanitation facilities in

heavily-used riparian areas.

This program is being established to safely and properly

accommodate the increasing demand for boat camping visits and to

provide natural resource protection through improved management of the

camping use and the riparian area. The designation of fee campsites

assures that specific locations are available for such use year after

year.

Authority for the designation of fee campsites is contained in

Title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 8360, Subpart 8365,

Sections 2 and 2-3.

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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

Reconciliation 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 shoreline campsite

supplementary rules have been developed to manage continued use of the

sites until a management plan can be completed. These rules will be

available in the local office having jurisdiction over the sites

affected, and will be posted at the sites. Violations of supplementary

rules are punishable as class A misdemeanors.

The following are the legal descriptions for each of the shoreline

campsites:

Legal Locations of Lake Havasu Shoreline Campsites

The following is a list of the 125 shoreline campsites with a legal

location to the nearest quarter-quarter-quarter section. The list is

organized to reflect that many of the camps are located in small

clusters under a single common name. In general, it starts with the

northermost sites and ends with the southernmost.

Northern Sites

Gila and Salt River Meridian

Bluebird 1, 2, & 3

T. 13 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 25, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\

Wren Cove 1, 2, & 3

T. 13 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 25, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\

Mallard Cove 1

T. 13 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 25, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Mallard Cove 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6

T. 13 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 25, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Teal Point 1, 2, & 3

T. 13 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 25, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Widgeon Key

T. 13 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 25, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\

Widgeon Key 1, 2, & 4 (There is no #3)

T. 13 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 25, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\

Road Runner 1, 2, 3, & 4

T. 13 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 25, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\

Heron Cove & Heron Cove 2

T. 13 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 36, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\

Cholla

T. 13 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 36, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\

Solitude Cove

T. 13 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 31, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\

Kingfisher

T. 13 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 31, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\

Balance Rock Cove

T. 13 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 31, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\

Frog Point

T. 13 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 31, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\

Friendly Island 1, 2, 3

T. 13 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 31, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Friendly Island 4

T. 13 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 31, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Friendly Island 5

T. 13 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 31, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Goose Bay 1 & 2

T. 13 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 31, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Pilot Rock 1 & 2

T. 12 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 1, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\

Sand Isle 4

T. 12 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 15, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\

Standard Wash 1

T. 12 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 15, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Standard Wash 2 & 3

T. 12 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 22, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\

Standard Wash 4 & 5

T. 12 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 22, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\

Standard Wash 6

T. 12 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 22, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\

Echo Cove 1, 2, & 3

T. 12 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 23, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\

Echo Cove 4

T. 12 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 23, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\

Coyote Cove 1 & 2

T. 12 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 23, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\

BLM 1

T. 12 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 23, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\

BLM 2

T. 12 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 23, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\

Whyte's Retreat 1 & 2

T. 12 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 32, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\

Rocky Landing 1

T. 12 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 32, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\

Rocky Landing 2 & 3

T. 12 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 32, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\

Rocky Landing 4

T. 12 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 32, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\

Satellite Cove 1 & 2

T. 12 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 32, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Satellite Cove 3

T. 12 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 32, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Satellite Cove 4

T. 12 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 32, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Hum Hum Cove 1 & 2

T. 12 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 32, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Cove of the Little Foxes

T. 12 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 32, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Disneyland 1 & 2

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 5, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\

Disneyland 3 & 4

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 5, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\

Gnat Keys 1 & 2

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 5, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\

Gnat Keys 3

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 4, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\

Gnat Keys 4

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 4, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\

Bass Isle

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Hi Isle 1

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 4, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\

Hi Isle 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 9, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\

Hi Isle 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 9, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\

Hi Isle 13

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 9, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\

Hi Isle 14 & 15

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 9, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\

Big Horn 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 9, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\

Big Horn 6

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 9, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\

Bass Bay 1, 2, & 3

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 9, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\

Larned Landing 1, 2, & 3

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 9, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\

Larned Landing 4 & 5

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 9, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\

Bill Williams 1 & 2

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 9, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\

Bill Williams 3

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 9, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\

Bill Williams 4 & 5

T. 11 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 10, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\

Supplemental Rules

The following are supplemental rules for the designated shoreline

campsites on the public lands described above. These special rules are

in addition to existing rules and regulations that apply to all public

lands as previously established in 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

as well as other Federal laws applicable to the use of public lands.

Recreation Use Permit

A use permit is required for any use of the designated camp site,

including occupying a campsite for any length of time. The mooring of

any watercraft or floating platform offshore in the vicinity or cove of

any campsite be will be considered an occupation of the campsite and

will require the purchase of a permit.

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 receipts must be displayed or presented upon demand to the

authorized BLM officer inspecting the site. Should the occupants be

away from camp, the receipt must be visibly displayed in a conspicuous

place.

Permits may not be reassigned or transferred between individuals

and/or camp sites.

An authorized BLM officer may revoke, without reimbursement, any

permit when the permittee (or permittees) violates any BLM rule or

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regulation. Any permittee (or permittees) whose permit is revoked must

remove all property and leave the campsite within 1 hour of notice.

Site Occupation

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 will 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. No person(s), other than authorized

personnel during the commission of their duties, will occupy a

permitted camp site without the consent of the permittee.

Campsites must not be left unoccupied overnight.

A single vessel and the occupants thereof may occupy only one site.

Quiet Hours

Quiet hours are from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. in accordance with

applicable state time zone standards.

Wood Collection

Cutting or collecting any firewood is prohibited, including dead

and down wood and all other vegetative material.

Mooring

The mooring of vessels to vegetation, signs, cabanas, tables,

grills or fire rings, toilets, trash receptacles, or other structures

not designed for such use is prohibited.

Glass Containers

No person will have in their possession glass or ceramic food or

beverage containers of any type while occupying a shoreline campsite.

Firearms

The discharge or use of firearms or weapons is prohibited inside or

within \1/2\ mile of any occupied campsite.

Sanitation

Persons using a campsite must keep their site free of 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 will be responsible

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

produced by these animals.

Alcoholic Beverages

The following are prohibited:

--The sale or gift of an alcoholic beverage to a person less than 21

years of age.

--The possession of an alcoholic beverage by a person less than 21

years of age.

--The consumption of an alcoholic beverage by a person less than 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. Violations are

punishable as Class A misdemeanors.

Dated: May 15, 1998.

Lonna M. O'Neal.

Acting State Director, Arizona.

[FR Doc. 98-13515 Filed 5-20-98; 8:45 am]

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