[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2997-2998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1188]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Closure to Collection of Petrified Wood Order Established; Folsom 
Field Office, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Establishment of petrified wood collecting closure order within 
public lands managed by the Folsom Field Office, California.

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SUMMARY: Certain described public lands administered by the Folsom 
Field Office in the vicinity of the communities of Dutch Flat and Gold 
Run are hereby closed to the collection of petrified wood. This closure 
will be in effect on all the below described public lands:

Mount Diablo Meridian, California

T. 15 N., R. 10 E.,
Section 3: Lots 4,5;
Section 4: Lot 19;
Section 9: SWSE; Lots 3,4,5,7,8,9; MS1483;
Section 16: N/2NE, SWNE.

    Totalling 320.29 acres, more or less.


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    The following persons are exempted from the closure: Any person who 
is in possession of a valid Paleontological Collecting Permit issued by 
BLM for the subject area, or who is acting as an authorized agent of an 
institution holding such a permit.

DATES: This order is in effect and will remain in effect until amended 
or canceled.

For Further Information Contact: Deane Swickard, Manager, Folsom Field 
Office, Bureau of Land Management, 63 Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630; 
(916) 985-4474.

Supplementary Information: This order is necessary for protection of 
uncommon plant macrofossils having significant scientific value, a 
local resource that has been seriously depleted by unregulated 
collecting.
    Authority for Closure orders is provided under 43 CFR 8364.1. Any 
person who fails to comply with this closure or restriction order shall 
be subject to the penalties provided in 43 CFR 8360.0-7. Violations of 
this closure or restriction order are punishable by a fine not to 
exceed $100,000 and/or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months. Any 
petrified wood collected in violation of this order, shall be subject 
to seizure, forfeiture and disposal.

    Dated: January 8, 1998.
D. K. Swickard,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-1188 Filed 1-16-98; 8:45 am]
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