[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1943-1944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-984]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-010-03-1220-01]
Temporary Access Restriction Order for Caliente Resource Area
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Establishment of temporary access restriction to the Washburn
Administrative Site in the Carrizo Plain Natural Area located in San
Luis Obispo County in the Caliente Resource Area, Bakersfield District,
California.
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SUMMARY: This emergency action restricts public access to the Washburn
Administrative Site on BLM-administered land in the Carrizo Plain
Natural Area in order to protect persons, property, and public lands
and resources. This restriction is effective for non-operational hours,
or as otherwise described in this order, from the date of publication
in the Federal Register until adoption of the Management Plan and its
amendments for the Carrizo Plain Natural Area. The public lands within
the restricted area are located in a portion of E\1/2\NE\1/4\ Section
25, Township 32 South, Range 20 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian,
in the County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, and include that
area within fences and gates which enclose the fire station,
residential area, offices, and out buildings.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This emergency restriction is intended to
prevent unauthorized persons from accessing an administrative site and
potentially causing harm to personnel, property, or resources. Hours of
operation will be posted and/or available from the BLM Bakersfield
office. During non-operational hours, access gates to the
administrative site will be closed and locked. Additionally, any person
present at the site without lawful purposes is in violation of this
order if, after being asked to leave by any employee of the Bureau of
Land Management or a Carrizo Plain
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cooperator, that person refuses to leave or, after having been notified
of this order, enters the site without lawful purpose as described
herein. This restriction order applies to all persons except for the
reporting of emergencies, official business or activities approved by
the authorized officer or Bureau of Land Management personnel in
residence at the site. Authority for this restriction order is
contained in CFR Title 43, Chapter II, 8364.1(a).
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 24, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Abbott, Caliente Resource Area
Manager, Caliente Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management, 3801
Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, California 93308; (805) 391-6000.
Dated: January 17, 1996.
James Wesley Abbott,
Caliente Resource Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-984 Filed 1-23-96; 8:45 am]
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