[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 53805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26826]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-690-01-1610-JP-064B, C00-0927 WHA-ADR]


Temporary Closure to Camping of Selected Federal Lands in 
Imperial County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Temporary closure to camping east of sand dunes on selected 
federal lands in Imperial County, California.

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DATES: The temporary closure was approved October 18, 2001, and is in 
effect.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land Management, El Centro Field Office, 1661 S. 
4th Street, El Centro, CA 92243.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roxie Trost, BLM, El Centro Field 
Office, 1661 S. 4th Street, El Centro, CA 92243, telephone (760) 337-
4400. The camp closure area east of the sand dunes is posted in the El 
Centro Field Office and at places near and/or within the area to which 
the closure applies. Maps identifying the affected areas are available 
at the El Centro Field Office as well as on the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) California Web site at www.ca.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This temporary camping closure is 
implemented pursuant to title 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
8341.2(a). The closure was approved October 18, 2001 and will remain in 
effect until a Record of Decision is signed on the North Eastern 
Colorado Deserts Bio-regional Plan, which is expected to be signed 
September 2002.
    Exceptions to this closure include government vehicles conducting 
official business shall be allowed inside the closed areas as 
authorized. Official business may include public service emergencies, 
resource monitoring/research, other dunes operations and management 
activities, and other actions authorized by BLM's El Centro Field 
Office Manager.
    Notice of the proposed closure was published in the Federal 
Register August 10, 2001 (66 FR 42234).

    Dated: October 19, 2001.
Henri Bisson,
Assistant Director for Renewable Resources and Planning.
[FR Doc. 01-26826 Filed 10-22-01; 9:33 am]
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