[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 11675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3246]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-180-1220-PH]


Notice of Emergency Closure of Public Lands in Tuolumne County, 
CA

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that approximately 80 acres of public 
lands have been temporarily closed to all public uses that could result 
in death or injury to nearby residents or private property damage 
through the use of firearms, ignition of a wildfire, and/or damaging or 
destroying vegetation and associated wildlife habitat. Prohibited 
activities include, but are not limited to the use of firearms for 
target shooting or hunting, the operation of motorized vehicles or 
other internal combustion engines in any capacity, camping, or ignition 
of any open fires. This closure is made under the authority of 43 CFR 
8364.1 Closure and Restriction Orders.
    The closed area is in the vicinity of Lake Don Pedro in Tuolumne 
County, and is within T2S, R15E, Section 31, NE \1/4\, NE \1/4\, and 
Section 32, NW \1/4\, NW \1/4\, Mount Diablo Baseline and Meridian. All 
entry will be selectively restricted during this emergency closure to 
protect persons, property, public lands, and natural resources.
    Closure signs will be posted at main entry points to this area, and 
a fence will be constructed to exclude vehicle entry.

DATES: The emergency closure will remain in effect until the Folsom 
Field Office completes a Resource Management Plan in 2007 which will 
establish permanent rules for the public use of the property.

ADDRESSES: Maps of the closure area may be obtained from the Folsom 
Field Office, 63 Natoma Street, Folsom, California, 95630. Phone (916) 
985-4474.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deane Swickard, Folsom Field Office 
Manager, (916) 985-4474.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The approximately 80 acres of public land 
known locally as the Salambo Mine has been receiving inappropriate use 
that constitutes chronic abuse of the public lands, including 
unregulated and indiscriminate firearms use, uncontrolled off-road 
vehicle use, noisy parties with large bonfires and underage drinking 
that continue well into the evening hours, trash dumping, and 
destruction of native vegetation and associated wildlife habitat. 
Neighbors in a near-by residential area consider these public lands, 
because of how they are used, a public nuisance, as does the Don Pedro 
Recreation Agency, a subdivision of the Turlock Irrigation District 
which manages Lake Don Pedro for public recreation.
    These public lands will remain open during daylight hours to access 
by other than motorized vehicle, and to uses that do not involve 
firearms.
    Exemptions: Persons who are exempt from these rules include: 
Federal, State, or local officers or employees in the scope of their 
duties; and members of any organized rescue or fire-fighting force in 
performance of an official duty.
    Penalties: Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of 
this closure order may be subject to the penalties provided in 43 CFR 
8360.0-7, which include a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or imprisonment 
not to exceed 12 months.

    Dated: January 5, 2006.
D.K. Swickard,
Folsom Field Manager.
 [FR Doc. E6-3246 Filed 3-7-06; 8:45 am]
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