[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: 01-26869]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-670-01-1610-JP-064B, C00-0927 WHA-ADR]


Temporary Closure of Selected Routes of Travel in Lower 
Chemehuevi Valley, San Bernardino County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Temporary closure to motorized vehicles on selected routes of 
travel or areas in San Bernardino, County, California.

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

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District 
Office, 6221 Box Springs, Boulevard, Riverside, CA 92507.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Crowe, BLM, California 
Desert District Office, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside, CA 
92507, telephone (909) 697-5216. The closure is posted in the 
California Desert District Office, and at places near and/or within the 
area to which the closure applies. Maps identifying the affected areas 
are available at the California Desert District 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 18, 2001 and will remain in effect until a 
Record of Decision is signed on the Northern and Eastern Colorado 
Desert (NECO) Plan, an amendment to the California Desert Conservation 
Area Plan, which is expected to be signed September 2002.
    Exceptions to this 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, other dunes operations and management 
activities, and other actions authorized by BLM's California Desert 
District Office Manager.
    Notice of the proposed closure was published in the Federal 
Register on July 30, 2001, (66 FR 39332-39333).

    Dated: October 19, 2001.
Henri Bisson,
Assistant Director Renewable Resources and Planning.
[FR Doc. 01-26869 Filed 10-23-01; 8:45 am]
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