[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53805-53806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26828]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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


Temporary Closure to Motorized Vehicles on Selected Routes of 
Travel or Areas Known as NECO Wash in San Bernardino, Riverside, and 
Imperial Counties, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Temporary closure to motorized vehicles on selected routes of 
travel or areas in San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial Counties, 
CA.

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DATES: The temporary closure was approved October 17, 2001, and is in 
effect.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Crowe, BLM, California Desert 
District Office, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside, CA 92507, 
telephone (909) 697-5216. The NECO wash 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

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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 17, 2001 and will remain in effect until a 
Record of Decision is signed on the North Eastern Colorado Deserts Bio-
regional Plan, which is expected to be signed September 2002.
    Exceptions to this closure include government vehicles conducting 
official business 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 June 15, 2001 (66 FR 32639-32640).

    Dated: October 19, 2001.
Henri Bisson,
Assistant Director for Renewable Resources and Planning.
[FR Doc. 01-26828 Filed 10-22-01; 9:33 am]
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