[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 55275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28128]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-069-1640-00]


Emergency Closure of Selected Public Lands, San Bernardino 
County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District, Needles 
Field Office; Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management, Needles Field office, is 
serving notice of an Emergency Closure of Public Roads in the area of 
the Ivanpah Dry Lake, San Bernardino County, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Wiley, Needles Field office 
(BLM), 101 West Spikes Road, Needles, CA 92363, (760)326-7000 or John 
Key, California Desert District Office (BLM), 6221 Box Springs Blvd, 
Riverside, CA 92507, (909)697-4335.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the provisions of 43 CFR 8364.1; 43 
CFR 8341.2(a) and 43 CFR 9268.3(d), notice is given of an Emergency 
Closure of Public Lands at Ivanpah Dry Lake, located in San Bernardino 
County, California. The locations are as follows: Township 16 north, 
Range 15 east, Sections 7, 18, 20, 29, and 32; Township 16 North, Range 
14 East, Sections 1 and 12. The closure specifically pertains to the 
emergency closure of a non-county road running north from the junction 
of Ivanpah Road and Nipton Road to the junction of Yates Well Road and 
Highway I-15 to all unauthorized vehicles. The closure is in effect 
from midnight, October 14, 1997 to midnight, December 1, 1997.
    This temporary closure is for the protection of the Desert 
Tortoise, which is listed as ``threatened'' by the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service. Only those individuals conducting official or 
authorized activities on behalf of the federal government, the State of 
California, the County of San Bernardino or Molycorp, Inc. are allowed, 
subject to special use conditions and stipulations, to travel in 
motorized vehicles upon this road.
Molly S. Brady,
Field Manager, Needles Field Office.
[FR Doc. 97-28128 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
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