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Federal Official Disc'usses !Organic Act'
By Terry Newfarmer
SANDY, UTAH, Oct. 13, 1971
Currently before the U.S. House of
Representatives is a bill that never
men tions the word ul)lotorcycle," or
"off-road vehicle", which could have
tremendous
implications
for
the
dirt-riding fraternity.
The threat or promise of the bill,
depending on your view, is that it would
set the stage for stringent controls on
the use of public domain - those huge
areas of the west which are pretty much
wide open now.
Described as an "organic act" to
replace the 3000-odd laws which govern
the Bureau of Land Management, the
general concept regarding recreation
vehicles was explained by Secretary of
the Interior Rogers C. B. Morton during
a tour of the western states.
.
"There has got to be control of
off-road vehicles at the federal level, " he
said, "because so much of the land is
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administered by federal agencies in the
west, such that the states cannot enact
effective land closures."
Secretary Morton emphasized that
enforcement of such controls by federal
agents would be an important aspect of
land use curbs. "By the time you get the
local marshall sobered up and out there
where the problem is, the show's over,"
he said.
Sponsored by Rep. John Kyl,
R-lowa, ana eight other representatll'es,
including some from Arizona and Utah,
the bill is H.R. 10049, part of the Nixon
Administration package on land use.
The other two bills call for state-wide
land use planning and the creation of a
cabinet-level Department of Natural
Resources to replaFe Interior, but it is
the BLM organi~ bill that would apply
to the off-road rider, as outlined by Mr.
Morton.
His description of off-road vehicle
problems centered mostly on the
destruction of natural features that
sometimes
occurs,
but
he
also
mentioned vandalism and noise.
The bill is very general in its wording,
and in many cases it would only clarify
authority that is already held by the
BLM.
. The provisions that would potentially
affect the cyclist include:
-The section on management,
which says "Land management shall
include the regulation of all use,
occupancy or developmen t through
permits, licenses, or such other form of
'au thorization as the Secretary (of
Interior) deems appropriate."
--"The
requiring
of
land
reclamation as a condition of use, and
requiring
performance
bonds,
guaranteeing such reclamation, of any
person permitted to engate in extractive
or other activity likely to entail
significant disturbance to or al·teration
of the land."
--And
Secretary
Morton's
enforcement clause, which reads: "the
Secretary may designate and authorize
employees as special officers who may
make arrests or serve citations for acts
committed on the public lands which
are in violation of regulations identified
pursuant to Section lla (which makes
violations a misdemeanor with a
maximum penalty of $10,000 and a
ye~ in prison.)
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According to lI,1r. Morton, it is this
power to enforce that is currently
questionable under the numerous laws.
The requiring of performance bonds
is already an accomplished fact with the
BLM, and the management authority
already exists, 00 the major impact of
the bill, if passed, would come in the
form of the new regulations that would
follow, as encacted by an Interior
Secretary who has publicly atated his
Despite tricks like this, Jack Hicks was only
able to place sec.ond 250 Sr.
for a destruction derby, it had to be with the 250 .l uniors. Twenty-seven
brave souls eQtered but only 12 survived
to finish all three heats. Ahead Of the
general carnage flew the Mako of Mark
E.dwards, and the CZs of Keith Leach,
and Bryant Tillson, displaying some
impressive place-swapping all three
heats. Tillson (CZl suffered disaster in
the second heat, thus getting third
overall, but snagged a 1·2 in the first
two heats.
Jack O'Leary (Yam), performed like
a two-foot skyrocket and delayed once
again the wish-fulfillment of second
place Jack Hicks (CZ), as the
more-collected 250 Seniors performed.
It was a runaway for O'Leary and Hicks
was hard-pressed to ward off Fred
Hanna (Husk y)", who finished third.
The attrition rate for the Open
Juniors was better than 50% after the
first heat, but those who persevered
displayed excellent form, and more than
a few should be considering a
promo tion to th e Senior class_ Bobby
Judd and Jeff Clark were very close
through all three motos, and finished
1-2 . overall, while
Ricky Corbin
displayed very fast riding marred only
by a few crash es which placed him
third.
Out of eight Open Seniors, only three
finished, and they were Gary Parker
(Suz), Richard Bigley (CZ), and Bob
Hanna (Husky) in that order. Crashes,
bike failures, and other related and
familiar gremlins cleared the rest of the
field.
SMRA SLATES ASPHALT-DIRT
RACE NOV. 21 IN WEST TEXAS
The Southwest Motorcycle Racing
Association will return to the track
where asphalt racing became popular in
Texas to host the first asphalt-dirt race
ever scheduled in the Southwest. Some
400 top riders are expected for the all
pro meet set for Sunday, Nov. 21 at San
Angelo Raceway.
Sponsoring the one day race-off are
Peal
Brewing
Company,
Amalie
Motorcycle Oil, Carabela Moto Imports,
Universal Accessories, Reeder Products,
Premier Pacific and dealers throughout
the state.
Action hits top gear at 11 a.m. when
the dragsters face off, then at 2 p.m. the
GP bikes take to the asphalt ribbon and
later on in the afternoon it will be down
the chute and into the cotton field for
the fITSt of a.series of all pro asphalt-dirt
racing. The trac k io located 12 miles
Southeast of San Angelo at Wall, Texas.
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