[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2997-2998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1188]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Closure to Collection of Petrified Wood Order Established; Folsom
Field Office, California
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Establishment of petrified wood collecting closure order within
public lands managed by the Folsom Field Office, California.
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SUMMARY: Certain described public lands administered by the Folsom
Field Office in the vicinity of the communities of Dutch Flat and Gold
Run are hereby closed to the collection of petrified wood. This closure
will be in effect on all the below described public lands:
Mount Diablo Meridian, California
T. 15 N., R. 10 E.,
Section 3: Lots 4,5;
Section 4: Lot 19;
Section 9: SWSE; Lots 3,4,5,7,8,9; MS1483;
Section 16: N/2NE, SWNE.
Totalling 320.29 acres, more or less.
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The following persons are exempted from the closure: Any person who
is in possession of a valid Paleontological Collecting Permit issued by
BLM for the subject area, or who is acting as an authorized agent of an
institution holding such a permit.
DATES: This order is in effect and will remain in effect until amended
or canceled.
For Further Information Contact: Deane Swickard, Manager, Folsom Field
Office, Bureau of Land Management, 63 Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630;
(916) 985-4474.
Supplementary Information: This order is necessary for protection of
uncommon plant macrofossils having significant scientific value, a
local resource that has been seriously depleted by unregulated
collecting.
Authority for Closure orders is provided under 43 CFR 8364.1. Any
person who fails to comply with this closure or restriction order shall
be subject to the penalties provided in 43 CFR 8360.0-7. Violations of
this closure or restriction order are punishable by a fine not to
exceed $100,000 and/or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months. Any
petrified wood collected in violation of this order, shall be subject
to seizure, forfeiture and disposal.
Dated: January 8, 1998.
D. K. Swickard,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-1188 Filed 1-16-98; 8:45 am]
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