[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34210]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-340-7123-00-6019]


Notice of Closure, Public Lands

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior, Clear Lake Field Office, 
Ukiah, California.

ACTION: Closure of Public Lands.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, 
subpart 8364, notice is hereby given that the below described public 
lands in the Cow Mountain area of Lake County are temporarily closed to 
public access and use. The closure will be in effect upon publication 
of this notice and will remain in effect for one year. Lands closed are 
described as follows:
    All that real property situated in the County of Lake, State of 
California, described as follows:
    The northwest quarter (NW\1/4\), the southwest quarter of the 
northeast quarter (SW\1/4\NE\1/4\) and the north half of the southeast 
quarter (N\1/2\SE\1/4\) of Section 9, the southwest quarter of the 
southeast quarter (SW\1/4\SE\1/4\), the south half of the southwest 
quarter (S\1/2\SW\1/4\), and the northwest quarter of the southwest 
quarter (NW\1/4\SW\1/4\) of Section 10, Township 14 North, Range 11 
West, Mount Diablo Meridian, Lake County, California.
    Excepting from the northwest quarter (NW\1/4\) of said Section 9, 
all that portion described as lying along the north line of the 
northwest quarter of the northwest quarter (NW\1/4\NW\1/4\) of Section 
9, Township 14 North, Range 11 West, MDM; beginning 650 feet east of 
the northeast corner of 8-Mile Valley Ranch; running east along the 
north line 1320 feet; thence south 100 feet; thence west 1320 feet; 
thence north 100 feet to the point of beginning. This closure is 
necessary to protect persons, property, and public lands and resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Land Management's Clear Lake 
Field Office recently acquired the above described lands. As part of 
the agreement conveying the lands to the public and to BLM management, 
the former owners retained one year to vacate the property and remove 
personal belongings. The BLM Clear Lake Field Office will be amending 
the South Cow Mountain Management Plan to include provisions for 
managing these lands, before opening them for public use. Additionally, 
several roads and structures are in disrepair and unsafe for public 
use. These roads must be repaired before the area is opened for public 
use.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact Richard Burns, Field Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management Clear Lake Field Office, 2550 North State 
Street, Ukiah, CA 95482.
Philip L. Damon,
Acting Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-34210 Filed 12-31-97; 8:45 am]
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