[Federal Register: March 31, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 61)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
27 CFR Part 9
RIN 1513-AA92
[Notice No. 36]
Proposed Establishment of the Calistoga Viticultural Area (2003R-
496P)
AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau proposes to
establish the ``Calistoga'' viticultural area in Napa County,
California. The proposed area surrounds the town of Calistoga and is
entirely within the existing Napa Valley viticultural area. We
designate viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the
origin of their wines and to allow consumers to better identify wines
they may purchase. We invite comments on this proposed addition to our
regulations.
DATES: We must receive written comments on or before May 31, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments to any one of the following addresses:
Chief, Regulations and Procedures Division, Alcohol and
Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Attn: Notice No. 36, P.O. Box 14412,
Washington, DC 20044-4412.
202-927-8525 (facsimile).
nprm@ttb.gov (e-mail).
http://www.ttb.gov/alcohol/rules/index.htm (an online
comment form is posted with this notice on our Web site).
http://www.regulations.gov (Federal e-rulemaking portal;
follow instructions for submitting comments).
You may view copies of this notice, the petition, the appropriate
maps, and any comments we receive on this proposal by appointment at
the TTB Library, 1310 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20220. To make an
appointment, call 202-927-2400. You may also access copies of the
notice and comments online at http://www.ttb.gov/alcohol/rules/index.htm
.
See the Public Participation section of this notice for specific
instructions and requirements for submitting comments and for
information on how to request a public hearing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa M. Gesser, Regulations and
Procedures Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, P.O. Box
128 Morganza, MD 20660; (301) 290-1460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background on Viticultural Areas
TTB Authority
Section 105(e) of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (the FAA
Act, 27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) requires that alcohol beverage labels
provide the consumer with adequate information regarding a product's
identity and prohibits the use of misleading information on those
labels. The FAA Act also authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to
issue regulations to carry out its provisions. The Alcohol and Tobacco
Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) administers these regulations.
Part 4 of the TTB regulations (27 CFR part 4) allows the
establishment of definitive viticultural areas and the use of their
names as appellations of origin on wine labels and in wine
advertisements. Part 9 of the TTB regulations (27 CFR part 9) contains
the list of approved viticultural areas.
Definition
Section 4.25(e)(1)(i) of the TTB regulations (27 CFR 4.25(e)(1)(i))
defines a viticultural area for American wine as a delimited grape-
growing region distinguishable by geographical features, the boundaries
of which have been recognized and defined in part 9 of the regulations.
These designations allow vintners and consumers to attribute a given
quality, reputation, or other characteristic of a wine made from grapes
grown in an area to its geographic origin. The establishment of
viticultural areas allows vintners to describe more accurately the
origin of their wines to consumers and helps consumers to identify
wines they may purchase. Establishment of a viticultural area is
neither an approval nor an endorsement by TTB of the wine produced in
that area.
Requirements
Section 4.25(e)(2) of the TTB regulations outlines the procedure
for proposing an American viticultural area and provides that any
interested party may petition TTB to establish a grape-growing region
as a viticultural area. Section 9.3(b) of the TTB regulations requires
the petition to include--
Evidence that the proposed viticultural area is locally
and/or nationally known by the name specified in the petition;
Historical or current evidence that supports setting the
boundary of the proposed viticultural area as the petition specifies;
Evidence relating to the geographical features, such as
climate, elevation, physical features, and soils, that distinguish the
proposed viticultural area from surrounding areas;
A description of the specific boundary of the proposed
viticultural area, based on features found on United States Geological
Survey (USGS) maps; and
A copy of the appropriate USGS map(s) with the proposed
viticultural area's boundary prominently marked.
Calistoga Petition
TTB received a petition from James P. ``Bo'' Barrett of Chateau
Montelena, a Calistoga, California, winery and vineyard, on behalf of
interested parties in the Calistoga viticultural community proposing to
establish ``Calistoga'' as an American viticultural area. Located in
northwestern Napa County, California, the proposed viticultural area
surrounds the town of Calistoga and is entirely within the existing
Napa Valley viticultural area (27 CFR 9.23). Below, we summarize the
evidence presented in the petition.
Name Evidence
The petitioner submitted the following as evidence that the
proposed
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Calistoga viticultural area is locally and nationally know as
Calistoga:
Excerpts from Charles L. Sullivan's book, ``Napa Wine: A
History from Mission Days to Present,'' which explains that Sam Brannan
founded the town of Calistoga in 1857 and established vineyards there
in 1862. Sullivan's book includes viticultural and winery census data
circa 1880, which all report Calistoga separately from other Napa
County grape-growing regions. Sullivan's map of Napa wineries in 1893
shows a significant clustering of wineries near Calistoga distinctly
separate from the wineries found in surrounding areas.
Excerpts from ``The University of California/Sotheby Book
of California Wine,'' which note Sam Brannan's first vineyard planting
in Calistoga.
Excerpts from an 1881 book, ``History of Napa and Lake
Counties,'' which shows three Napa County viticultural districts--
Calistoga, St. Helena, and Napa.
Excerpts from Leon Adams' 1973 book, ``The Wines of
America,'' which refer to Calistoga as a specific grape growing area.
Excerpts from Hugh Johnson's 1983 book, ``Hugh Johnson's
Modern Encyclopedia of Wine,'' which lists Calistoga among his list of
``unofficially recognized appellations or sub-areas.'' The petitioner
explains that 10 of the 12 defined sub-areas listed in this book are
now designated as American viticultural areas.
Excerpts from Andr[eacute] Domin[eacute]'s book, ``Wine,''
recognizes Calistoga as a distinct region within Napa Valley, noting
that ``the bay influences the weather less as the valley rises up
toward Calistoga, which is classified as a Region III area.''
Excerpts from James Laube's 1989 book, ``California's
Great Cabernets,'' which explain that for the purposes of the book, ``a
`commune' system within Napa Valley is utilized to differentiate where
grapes are grown within the valley as well as to analyze regional
styles of wines.'' In his list, Laube includes Calistoga equally among
the other nine Napa Valley ``communes.'' The petition notes that 9 of
the 10 communes listed are now TTB-approved viticultural areas.
Excerpts from James Halliday's book, ``Wine Atlas of
California,'' which, the petitioner states, ``so definitively covers
the Calistoga area that the chapter in his book could provide most of
the evidential requirements for this entire petition.''
A brief summary of ``Calistoga's Wine History'' by
Calistoga Winery proprietor Jim Summers, which, the petitioner states,
``includes a more historical perspective in the long recognition of
Calistoga as a viticultural area.''
Boundary Evidence
The petition states that the established viticultural areas
surrounding the proposed Calistoga area easily define a portion of its
proposed boundaries. The existing St. Helena viticultural area's
northwestern boundary defines Calistoga's southeastern boundary, while
the existing Diamond Mountain area's northeastern boundary defines
Calistoga's southwestern boundary. The petitioner uses the Napa-Sonoma
county line, which is the Napa Valley viticultural area's boundary in
the northwestern corner of Napa County, to also define Calistoga's
western and northern boundaries. The 880-foot elevation line, beyond
which lies rugged, unplantable terrain, defines Calistoga's eastern
limit and returns the proposed boundary to its starting point.
Distinguishing Features
The petition includes, as evidence of the area's unique growing
conditions, a report written by Jonathan Swinchatt, Ph.D., of
EarthVision, Inc.
Geologic and Geographic Features
Dr. Swinchatt's report indicates that the proposed Calistoga
viticultural area is distinguished from surrounding areas by its
geographic and geologic features. Dr. Swinchatt explains:
The entirety of the proposed viticultural area is underlain by
volcanic bedrock, part of the more widespread Sonoma Volcanics that
occur in the Vaca Mountains, in the northern Mayacama Mountains,
bordering the lower slopes of the southern Mayacamas Mountains, and
in Sonoma County. All the rock materials in the proposed
viticultural area--bedrock and sediments--are part of, or derived
from, the Sonoma Volcanics. These rocks comprise lava flows, ash-
fall tuffs, welded tuffs, pyroclastic flows, mudflows, and
ignimbrites. Their composition is largely andesitic with some
rhyolitic rocks admixed. AVAs [American Viticultural Areas] farther
to the south'St. Helena, Rutherford, and Oakville, in
particular'exhibit significantly greater geologic diversity across
their width, being underlain primarily by marine sedimentary rocks
on the west side of the valley but by volcanic rocks on the east. In
addition, these AVAs contain alluvial fan environments on their
edges, and fluvial (river) environments in their more central parts.
The proposed Calistoga AVA is topographically more diverse but
geologically more uniform than these other AVAs that include valley
floor environments. The mineralogy and chemistry of the substrate
throughout the proposed viticultural area reflects the common source
of the granular materials in the Sonoma Volcanics.
In the mountains, vineyards are planted in colluvium-sedimentary
particles that have been transformed from the parent bedrock through
weathering processes and have accumulated either in place or moved
only a short distance. The upland soils are dominantly excessively
drained, gravelly loams, very stony loams, and loams, on steep
slopes. Most of the breakdown products of weathering have been
transported by streams into the valley; much of the finer material
has been transported from the area by the Napa River, leaving
coarser sediments behind throughout much of the proposed
viticultural area.
Alluvial fans have formed at the mouths of most of the
drainages, particularly along the northeast side of the valley at
Dutch Henry Canyon, Simmons Canyon, Jericho Canyon, and north of
Tubbs Lane at the headwaters of the Napa River in Kimball Canyon. At
all these locations, cobbly and gravelly loams extend well out onto
the valley floor, mixed here and there with finer-grained sediments.
On the southwest side, small fans occur at the mouths of Diamond
Creek, Nash Creek and Ritchie Creek. These locations are
characterized by cobbly and gravelly loams. Coarse sediments
characterize the valley floor throughout the extent of the proposed
viticultural area, the finer-grained materials having been
transported out of the region by the waters of the Napa River. Soils
throughout the proposed viticultural area are loams, gravelly loams,
cobbly loams, often with boulders, some with admixtures of silt and
clay-clay-rich soils are of limited distribution. These sediments
are well-drained, with admixtures of clay providing water-holding
capacity that Further south in the Napa Valley, gravelly loams and
loams are characteristic only of the upper reaches of the alluvial
fans that line the valley, while the valley center is often covered
by much finer, clay-rich, material.
Climatic Features
In addition to the proposed area's unique geographic and geologic
features, Dr. Swinchatt's report indicates that its unique climatic
features further distinguish the proposed Calistoga viticultural area
from surrounding areas. Dr. Swinchatt explains:
Climatic information in our report for the Napa Valley Vintners'
Association is based on data from DAYMET.org, a website that
provides climatic information throughout the United States. DAYMET
data is based on a computer algorithm that allows the extension of
data from scattered weather stations into areas of complex
topography. The algorithm was tested over 400,000 square kilometers
in Washington State and found to be accurate within 1.2 degrees
centigrade for temperature prediction and to be able to predict
rainfall with an 83 percent accuracy.
Heat summation in degree days, defined as the total number of
hours above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, is the accepted general measure
of temperature and solar insolation in the wine industry. While heat
summation is only a general indicator of regional temperature, it
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provides a more useful view than the limited temperature data from
one or two available weather stations. Temperature--climate in
general--can vary over distances of a few hundred feet or less, so
that temperature measurements at one or two locations mean little
within a regional context. Under these conditions, DAYMET heat
summation data provides as good a measure of regional conditions as
is available.
Examination of DAYMET data indicates that most of the proposed
viticultural area-mountain slopes and valley floor alike-lies within
Region III, defined as the range of 3000 to 3500 degree days. Only a
small area of the valley floor in the proposed viticultural
district--east of the restriction in the valley formed by the ridge
just west of the mouth of Dutch Henry Creek--lies within low region
IV. The difference is well within the limits of accuracy of the
data, indicating that the entire proposed viticultural area has a
similar temperature profile. Farther south, valley floor vineyards
are exposed to significantly different temperature conditions than
those in the hills; in the Calistoga region, valley floor and hills
appear to be part of a single climatic regime. This regime is
characterized by hot days and cool nights, conditions ideal for a
combination of ripening grapes but maintaining good acid balance.
One of the long-standing climatic assumptions in the Napa Valley
is that Calistoga has the highest temperatures of any location
within the valley. Temperature data and anecdotal evidence, however,
dispute this assumption, both indicating that the hottest part of
the valley is a small region just west closer of Bale Lane. Hottest
average temperatures in August (over the 18 year period from 1980
ton 1997) occur from Stags Leap District to south of Dutch Henry
Canyon, along the base of the Vaca Mountains.
The Calistoga AVA is cooled by air currents drawn in from the
Russian River through the northwestern comer of the mountain
heights. These are drawn in to replace hot air rising from the
valley, currents that used to support sailplanes headquartered at
the Gliderport at Calistoga. In addition, cooling breezes flow down
the slopes of both the Vaca and Mayacamas Mountains in the later
afternoon. Daytime peak temperatures reach about 100 degrees at mid-
day. The heated air rises by convection, drawing in cooler air form
the Russian River, the breezes continuing after sunset, cooling the
valley floor to about 65 degrees. Further cooling occurs, on fog
free nights, driven by cool air moving down slope from the
mountains, providing additional cooling of 12 to 15 degrees.
Minimum nighttime temperatures often average about 50 degrees,
giving a diurnal temperature range that sometimes is greater than 50
degrees. Vintners in the proposed viticultural areas hold that this
large diurnal variation is one of the main influences on the
character of wines from the region. The hot daytime temperatures
provide color and big berry fruit, while the cool nights provide
good acid balance for structure and develop power in the wines. The
character of wines in the southeastern-most corner of the proposed
viticultural district, south of the ``Sterling Hill'' between Maple
and Dunaweal Lanes is somewhat softer due to higher nighttime
temperatures.
In its southern and central portions, the Napa Valley trends
northwest-southeast, with slopes facing mainly northeast and
southwest, modified by the drainages that cut the WI slopes that add
diversity to the aspect presented by vineyards to the sun. In its
northern portions, however, the trend of the valley is closer to
west-east, with the major slopes facing just east of north (in the
Mayacamas Mountains) and just west of south (in the Vaca Mountains).
A slope aspect map indicates also that the valley floor has very
little flat ground, most of it reflects the slopes of alluvial fans,
gentle on the north (such as at Dutch Henry Canyon) and steeper on
the south. Slope aspect and exposure to the sun in the Calistoga
region thus is quite distinct from that in any other AVA within the
Napa Valley region.
Rain fall in the Calistoga region is typically higher than
elsewhere in the area, with the highest rainfall recorded just
outside the northern perimeter of the proposed viticultural area, on
Mount St. Helena. Precipitation is highest in the mountains, up to
60 plus inches per year, and lowest in the valley, but year-to-year
variation is large, as it is elsewhere in the Napa Valley region.
DAYMET data for the years 1990 to 1997 indicate that precipitation
ranged from just over 20 inches to over 55 inches on the valley
floor, and from about 25 inches to over 65 inches in the surrounding
mountains. Measures of average rainfall thus have little meaning.
Boundary Description
See the narrative boundary description of the petitioned-for
viticultural area in the proposed regulatory text published at the end
of this notice.
Maps
The petitioner(s) provided the required maps, and we list them in
the proposed regulatory text.
Impact on Current Wine Labels
Part 4 of the TTB regulations prohibits any label reference on a
wine that indicates or implies an origin other than the wine's true
place of origin. If we establish this proposed viticultural area, its
name, ``Calistoga,'' will be recognized as a name of viticultural
significance. Consequently, wine bottlers using ``Calistoga'' in a
brand name, including a trademark, or in another label reference as to
the origin of the wine, will have to ensure that the product is
eligible to use the viticultural area's name as an appellation of
origin. The proposed part 9 regulatory text set forth in this document
specifies the ``Calistoga'' name as a term of viticultural significance
for purposes of part 4 of the TTB regulations.
For a wine to be eligible to use as an appellation of origin the
name of a viticultural area specified in part 9 of the TTB regulations,
at least 85 percent of the grapes used to make the wine must have been
grown within the area represented by that name, and the wine must meet
the other conditions listed in 27 CFR 4.25(e)(3). If the wine is not
eligible to use the viticultural area name as an appellation of origin
and that name appears in the brand name, then the label is not in
compliance and the bottler must change the brand name and obtain
approval of a new label. Similarly, if the viticultural area name
appears in another reference on the label in a misleading manner, the
bottler would have to obtain approval of a new label. Accordingly, if a
new label or a previously approved label uses the name ``Calistoga''
for a wine that does not meet the 85 percent standard, the new label
will not be approved, and the previously approved label will be subject
to revocation, upon the effective date of the approval of the Calistoga
viticultural area.
Different rules apply if a wine has a brand name containing a
viticultural area name that was used as a brand name on a label
approved before July 7, 1986. See 27 CFR 4.39(i)(2) for details.
Public Participation
Comments Invited
We invite comments from interested members of the public on whether
we should establish the proposed viticultural area. We are also
interested in receiving comments on the sufficiency and accuracy of the
name, boundary, climactic, and other required information submitted in
support of the petition. Please provide any available specific
information in support of your comments.
Because of the potential impact of the establishment of the
proposed Calistoga viticultural area on brand labels that include the
words ``Calistoga'' as discussed above under Impact on Current Wine
Labels, we are particularly interested in comments regarding whether
there will be a conflict between the proposed area name and currently
used brand names. If a commenter believes that a conflict will arise,
the comment should describe the nature of that conflict, including any
negative economic impact that approval of the proposed viticultural
area will have on an existing viticultural enterprise. We are also
interested in receiving suggestions for ways to avoid any conflicts,
for example by adopting a modified or different name for the
viticultural area.
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Submitting Comments
Please submit your comments by the closing date shown above in this
notice. Your comments must include this notice number and your name and
mailing address. Your comments must be legible and written in language
acceptable for public disclosure. We do not acknowledge receipt of
comments, and we consider all comments as originals. You may submit
comments in one of five ways:
Mail: You may send written comments to TTB at the address
listed in the ADDRESSES section.
Facsimile: You may submit comments by facsimile
transmission to 202-927-8525. Faxed comments must--
(1) Be on 8.5- by 11-inch paper;
(2) Contain a legible, written signature; and
(3) Be no more than five pages long. This limitation assures
electronic access to our equipment. We will not accept faxed comments
that exceed five pages.
E-mail: You may e-mail comments to nprm@ttb.gov. Comments
transmitted by electronic mail must--
(1) Contain your e-mail address;
(2) Reference this notice number on the subject line; and
(3) Be legible when printed on 8.5- by 11-inch paper.
Online form: We provide a comment form with the online
copy of this notice on our Web site at http://www.ttb.gov/alcohol/rules/index.htm.
Select the ``Send comments via e-mail'' link under
this notice number.
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: To submit comments to us via
the Federal e-rulemaking portal, visit http://www.regulations.gov and
follow the instructions for submitting comments.
You may also write to the Administrator before the comment closing
date to ask for a public hearing. The Administrator reserves the right
to determine, in light of all circumstances, whether to hold a public
hearing.
Confidentiality
All submitted material is part of the public record and subject to
disclosure. Do not enclose any material in your comments that you
consider confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure.
Public Disclosure
You may view copies of this notice, the petition, the appropriate
maps, and any comments we receive by appointment at the TTB Library at
1310 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20220. You may also obtain copies at
20 cents per 8.5- x 11-inch page. Contact our librarian at the above
address or telephone 202-927-2400 to schedule an appointment or to
request copies of comments.
For your convenience, we will post this notice and any comments we
receive on this proposal on the TTB Web site. We may omit voluminous
attachments or material that we consider unsuitable for posting. In all
cases, the full comment will be available in the TTB Library. To access
the online copy of this notice, visit http://www.ttb.gov/alcohol/rules/index.htm.
Select the ``View Comments'' link under this notice number
to view the posted comments.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
We certify that this proposed regulation, if adopted, would not
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities. The proposed regulation imposes no new reporting,
recordkeeping, or other administrative requirement. Any benefit derived
from the use of a viticultural area name would be the result of a
proprietor's efforts and consumer acceptance of wines from that area.
Therefore, no regulatory flexibility analysis is required.
Executive Order 12866
This proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action as
defined by Executive Order 12866, 58 FR 51735. Therefore, it requires
no regulatory assessment.
Drafting Information
Lisa M. Gesser of the Regulations and Procedures Division drafted
this notice.
List of Subjects in 27 CFR Part 9
Wine.
Proposed Regulatory Amendment
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, we propose to amend
title 27, chapter 1, part 9, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows:
PART 9--AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREAS
1. The authority citation for part 9 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 27 U.S.C. 205.
2. Amend subpart C by adding Sec. 9.---- to read as follows:
Subpart C--Approved American Viticultural Areas
Sec. 9.---- Calistoga.
(a) Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this
section is ``Calistoga''. For purposes of part 4 of this chapter,
``Calistoga'' is a term of viticultural significance.
(b) Approved maps. The appropriate maps for determining the
boundaries of the Calistoga viticultural area are the following four
United Stages Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5 minute series, 1:24000 scale
topographic maps. They are titled:
(1) Mark West Springs, Calif. (1993);
(2) Calistoga, CA (1997);
(3) St. Helena, Calif. (1960, revised 1993); and
(4) Detert Reservoir, CA (1997).
(c) Boundary. The Calistoga viticultural area is located in
northwestern Napa County, California. The boundary's beginning point is
on the Mark West Springs map at the point where the Napa-Sonoma county
line intersects Petrified Forest Road in section 3, T8N/R7W. From this
point, the boundary:
(1) Continues northeasterly along Petrified Forest Road
approximately 1.9 miles to the road's intersection with the 400-foot
contour line near the north bank of Cyrus Creek approximately 1,000
feet southwest of the intersection of Petrified Forest Road and State
Route 128 on the Calistoga map;
(2) Proceeds generally east-southeast (after crossing Cyrus Creek)
along the 400-foot contour line to its intersection with Ritchey Creek
in section 16, T8N/R6W;
(3) Follows Ritchey Creek northeast approximately 0.3 miles to its
intersection with State Route 29 at the 347-foot benchmark;
(4) Proceeds east-southeast along State Route 29 approximately 0.3
miles to its intersection with a light-duty road labeled Bale Lane;
(5) Follows Bale Lane northeast approximately 0.7 miles to its
intersection with the Silverado Trail;
(6) Proceeds northwest along the Silverado Trail approximately
1,500 feet to its intersection with an unmarked driveway on the north
side of the Silverado Trail near the 275-foot benchmark;
(7) Continues northeasterly along the driveway for 300 feet to and
beyond its intersection with another driveway, and continues north-
northeast in a straight line to the 400-foot contour line;
(8) Follows the 400-foot contour line easterly approximately 0.7
miles to its intersection with an unimproved dirt road (an extension of
a road known locally as the North Fork of Crystal Springs Road), which
lies in the Carne Humana Land Grant approximately 1,400 feet southwest
of the northwest corner of section 11, T8N/R6W on the St. Helena map;
(9) Continues northerly along the unimproved dirt road
approximately 2,700 feet to its intersection with the
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880-foot contour line in section 2, T8N/R6W;
(10) Follows the meandering 880-foot contour line northwesterly,
crossing onto the Calistoga map in section 2, T8N/R6W, and continues
along the 880-foot contour line through section 3, T8N/R6W, sections 34
and 35 T9N/R6W, (with a brief return to the St. Helena map in section
35), to the 880-contour line's intersection with Biter Creek in the
northeast quadrant of section 34, T9N/R6W;
(11) Continues westerly along the meandering 880-foot contour line
around Dutch Henry Canyon in section 28, T9N/R6W, and Simmons Canyon in
section 29, T9N/R6W, to the contour line's first intersection with the
R7W/R6W range line in section 30, T9N/R6W;
(12) Continues northerly along the meandering 880-foot contour line
across the two forks of Horns Creek and through Hoisting Works Canyon
in section 19, T9N/R6W, crossing between the Calistoga and Detert
Reservoir maps, to the contour line's intersection with Garnett Creek
in section 13, T9N/R7W, on the Detert Reservoir map;
(13) Continues westerly along the meandering 880-foot contour line,
crossing between the Calistoga and Detert Reservoir maps in sections 13
and 14, T9N/R7W, and in the region labeled ``Mallacomes or Moristul y
Plan De Aguacaliente,'' to the contour line's intersection with the
Napa-Sonoma county line approximately 1.1 miles northeast of State
Route 128 in the ``Mallacomes or Moristul y Plan De Aguacaliente''
region, T9N/R7W, of the Mark Springs West map; and
(14) Proceeds southerly along the Napa-Sonoma county line to the
beginning point at the intersection of the county line and Petrified
Forest Road, section 3, T8N/R7W.
Signed: March 8, 2005.
John J. Manfreda,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05-6350 Filed 3-30-05; 8:45 am]
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