[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 53806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26829]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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


Temporary Motorized Vehicle Use Closure on Selected Federal Lands 
in San Bernardino County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Temporary closure to motorized vehicle use on selected federal 
lands in Red Mountain area in San Bernardino County, California

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DATES: The temporary closure was approved October 19, 2001, and is in 
effect.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land Management, Ridgecrest Field Office, 300 S. 
Richmond Rd, Ridgecrest, CA 93555

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hector Villalobos, BLM, Ridgecrest 
Field Office, 300 South Richmond Rd, Ridgecrest, CA 93555, telephone 
(760) 384-5400. The Red Mountain closure is posted in the Ridgecrest 
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 Ridgecrest Field Office as well as on the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) California Web site at www.ca.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This temporary closure is implemented 
pursuant to title 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 8341.2(a). The 
closure was approved October 19, 2001 and will remain in effect until a 
Record of Decision is signed on the WEMO Plan, which is expected to be 
signed June 2003.
    Exceptions to the closure include government vehicles conducting 
official business which shall be allowed inside the closed areas as 
authorized. Official business may include public service emergencies, 
resource monitoring/research, and management activities, and other 
actions authorized by BLM's Ridgecrest Field Office Manager.

    Dated: October 19, 2001.
Henri Bisson,
Assistant Director for Renewable Resources and Planning.
[FR Doc. 01-26829 Filed 10-23-01; 9:44 pm]
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