[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 139 (Thursday, July 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42090-42091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14315]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-660-05-1220]


Notice of Extension of Emergency Closure of Public Lands to 
Recreational Shooting on Public Lands Administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM), Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office, CA

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 closure order which closes portions of public lands to 
recreational shooting in the South Coast Planning Area, in San Diego 
County, California [69 FR 65448, November 12, 2004]. The extension of 
the emergency closure is needed to continue providing public safety 
from the stray and ricocheting bullets produced by recreational 
shooting in this area.

DATES: This extended emergency closure will be in effect immediately 
and remain in effect through March 31, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the extended closure notice and a map of the 
closed area 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 a notice with a map of the closed area at the primary access 
points into the closure.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This order effects public lands in San Diego 
County, California, thus described:

San Bernardino Meridian

T. 9 S., R. 1 E.
    Section 2, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\
T. 9 S., R. 1 E.
    Section 11, NE\1/4\
T. 9 S., R. 1 E.
    Section 12, W\1/2\NW\1/4\

    Authority: This closure notice is issued under the authority of 
the 43 CFR 8364.1.

    Violations of this closure are punishable by a fine not to exceed 
$1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months.
    Persons who are administratively exempt from the closure contained 
in this notice include: Any Federal, State or local officer or employee 
acting within the scope of their duties, members of any organized 
rescue or fire-fighting force in the performance of an official duty, 
and any person holding written authorization from the BLM.

Gail Acheson,
Field Manager, Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office.
[FR Doc. 05-14315 Filed 7-20-05; 8:45 am]
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