{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-055","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"Hoover Dam (NV/AZ), Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Basin Region","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin Region","authority":"43 U.S.C. 373b; 43 C.F.R. part 423","instrument":"News release, \u0027Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors\u0027","title":"Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-17","end":"Exterior areas reopened Oct. 22, 2020; visitor center and tours remained closed thereafter","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-10-22","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["CLOSE","TRAV"],"addressees":["all visitors","tour operators (Las Vegas motorcoach and helicopter tours)","concessioners"],"clause":"[Because] social distancing standards recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [cannot be implemented], Hoover Dam will be temporarily closed to visitors, including the visitor center and all tours, until [further notice]... Water deliveries and powerplant operations will continue without [interruption].","enforcement":"43 C.F.R. 423.5-423.6 (closures) and 423.50 (penalties: fine and imprisonment up to six months under 43 U.S.C. 373b)","functions":["TV travel demand (about 7 million annual visitors to the dam)","CN visitor center, tours and concessions","CB Las Vegas tour operators and Boulder City businesses","CS contractor access to a federal facility"],"notes":"Reclamation\u0027s own release.","sourceUrl":"https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsroomold/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=70023","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":116032,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-055","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-055","citation":"Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin Region, News release, \u0027Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors\u0027 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-055)","stateName":"","related":[]}