[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 139 (Thursday, July 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 37490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18223]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-068-95-7123-00-6617]


Closure of Public Lands Surrounding the El Mirage Cooperative 
Management Area, San Bernardino County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Closure of public lands administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management within the El Mirage area of influence, as described in the 
Management Plan for the El Mirage Cooperative Management Area (approved 
August 1990), which are outside the boundaries of the El Mirage 
Cooperative Management Area.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, 
Sec. 8364.1 notice is hereby given that all the below listed lands 
contained within 51 sections of public land surrounding the El Mirage 
Cooperative Management Area within the Barstow Resource Area in San 
Bernardino County and administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
have been closed to vehicle entry.
    This closure order affects ALL the public lands contained within 
all or part of the 51 sections of land (see map) surrounding the El 
Mirage Cooperative Management Area, San Bernardino County, California 
under the administrative responsibility of the Barstow Resource Area, 
California Desert District. The following is a description of the land 
affected by this closure order:

San Bernardino Base and Meridian

T. 6N., R. 8W.,
    Sec. 1.
T. 7N., R. 8W.,
    Sec. 11, 12, 14, 24, and 25.
T. 6N., R. 7W.,
    Sec. 6, 8, 9, 13, 18, 19, and 20.
T. 7N., R. 7W.,
    Sec. 2, 4, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 29, and 31.
T. 8N. R. 7W.,
    Sec. 26, 27, 28, 32, 34, and 35.
T. 7N., R. 6W.,
    Sec. 6, 7, 8 and those parts of Sections 18 and 20 that are 
north of the ridge line in the Shadow Mountains.
T. 8N., R. 6W.,
    Sec. 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 34, and 35.
T. 6N., R. 5W.,
    Sec 6.
T. 7N., R. 5W.,
    Sec. 6, 8, 19, 20, 30 and 31.
T.8N., R.5W.,
    Sec. 30, 31, and 32.

    This closure does not apply to the operation of vehicles, licensed 
pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 4000(a) (``street legal'' 
vehicles), upon routes on the ground that are marked with a sign that 
reads ``open route''. A flyer showing the open routes is available upon 
request.
    The public land contained within the previously described 51 
sections of land are closed to all motor vehicles in order to protect 
soil, vegetation, wildlife, wildlife habitat and adjacent private 
lands, property and land owners. The specific long term goals can be 
found in the Management Plan for the El Mirage Cooperative Management 
Area (approved August 1990).

DATES: This closure order shall go into effect after publication in the 
Federal Register. This action will be reviewed in the context of 
overlapping management goals relating to route designation in the 
described area. If needed, the closure will be resubmitted within one 
year of this publication.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action is being taken as an interim 
measure until the aforementioned problems are resolved and/ or the 
routes of travel on the public land within the 51 sections of land 
described are designated through the California Desert District's route 
designation process.

PENALTIES: Any person who fails to comply with this closure order may 
be subject to a fine of up to $100,000.00 or imprisonment of up to 12 
months, or both.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barstow Resource Area Manager or the 
El Mirage Project Manager, 150 Coolwater Lane, Barstow, California, 
92311 or call (619) 255-8700.

    Dated: June 3, 1996.
Tim Read,
BLM Barstow Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-18223 Filed 7-17-96; 8:45 am]
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