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(MILES CITY, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management Miles City Field Office has placed activities on BLM-administered lands in Powder River County under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions.

The restrictions will become effective at 12:01 a.m., MDT, Friday, July 24. This order is under the authority of 43 Code of Federal Regulations 9212.1 (h).

The following acts are prohibited: Building, maintaining, attending, or using a campfire except within a developed recreation site or improved site, and smoking; except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed, designated recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable materials.

EXEMPTIONS: Only the following exemptions to the above prohibitions are allowed for this special order:

• Persons with a written permit that specifically authorizes the otherwise prohibited act.
• Persons using a fire solely fueled by liquid petroleum or LPG fuels that can be turned on and off. Such devices can only be used in an area that is barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable materials within 3 feet of the device
• Persons conducting activities in those designated areas where the activity is specifically authorized by written posted BLM permit.
• A federal, state, or local officer or member of an organized rescue or firefighting force in the performance of an official duty.
• All land within a city boundary is exempted.
• An exemption does not absolve an individual or organization from liability or responsibility for any fire started by the exempted activity.