[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 185 (Friday, September 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 57358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21462]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-660-04-2822]


Notice of Extension of Emergency Temporary Closure (69 FR 16597, 
March 30, 2004) to Motorized and Mechanized Vehicle Use and Certain 
Other Uses on Public Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM), Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The BLM Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office is extending an 
emergency temporary closure order, which closes portions of public 
lands to motorized and mechanized vehicle use and prohibits or 
restricts certain other uses, in the South Coast Planning Area in San 
Diego County, California. The exception to the extended closure will be 
the Otay Mountain and Minnewawa Truck Trails. These roads will be 
opened to vehicle access. The extension of the closure is needed to 
protect stabilization treatments as recommended in the Department of 
the Interior's Burned Area Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation 
(BAER). Extension of the closure will allow a seed treatment of native 
species to germinate and establish during one growing season without 
the threat of trampling from vehicle and other human activities.

    Plan for the Otay fire in San Diego County.

DATES: This extended emergency temporary closure will be in affect from 
October 30, 2004 until May 31, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the extended closure and a map of the closed areas 
can be obtained at the BLM, Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office, 690 
West Garnet Avenue, North Palm Springs, CA 92258, telephone (760) 251-
4800; BLM, California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-1834, 
Sacramento, CA 95825, Telephone (916) 978-4600. BLM will also announce 
the extension of the closure through local media outlets, and by 
posting this notice with a map of the closed areas at key locations 
that provide access to the closure area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janaye Byergo, Bureau of Land 
Management, phone (858) 451-1767 or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The same conditions and exceptions apply 
which were stated in the original temporary closure.
    The emergency temporary closure is being extended as the conditions 
for ending the closure have not been met (69 FR 16599, March 30, 2004). 
Seeding treatments on 250 acres in Sycamore Canyon will be implemented 
in October 2004. The extension will protect the seeded area from off-
highway (OHV) activity and other activities such as recreational target 
shooting and camping, allowing regeneration of native species. (43 CFR 
8341.2, 43 CFR 8364.1)

Gail Acheson,
Palm Springs-South Coast Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 04-21462 Filed 9-23-04; 8:45 am]
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