96-27961. Emergency Closure of Access to Andrews Ranch Ruin, Chacoan Protection Site in McKinley County, New Mexico

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 212 (Thursday, October 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27961]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-017-1430-01/G-010-G7-0200; NMNM 95806]


Emergency Closure of Access to Andrews Ranch Ruin, Chacoan 
Protection Site in McKinley County, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of emergency closure of access.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that T. 14 N., R. 11 W., sec. 33, NMPM, 
is closed to all forms of access except as specifically authorized by 
the Bureau of Land Management. This area includes unusually significant 
cultural resources, which are potentially crucial to the understanding 
of the Chacoan Cultural System.
    The purpose of this road closure is to prevent unnecessary 
degradation of resources, undue environmental damage and to ensure 
resource protection on public lands. The emergency access closure is in 
accordance with the provisions of 43 CFR 8364.1. This designation 
remains in effect until further notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joe Jaramillo, Realty Specialist at Bureau of Land Management, Rio 
Puerco Resource Area, 435 Montano NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107, 
[phone].

    Dated: October 22, 1996.
Michael R. Ford,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-27961 Filed 10-30-96; 8:45 am]
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