[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR9.36]

[Page 117-118]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 9--AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREAS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--Approved American Viticultural Areas
 
Sec. 9.36  McDowell Valley.

    (a) Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this 
section is ``McDowell Valley.''
    (b) Approved maps. The appropriate map for determining the 
boundaries of the McDowell Valley viticultural area is a USGS map. That 
map is titled: ``Hopland Quadrangle California'' 7.5 minute series.
    (c) Boundaries. (1) Beginning at the northwest corner of Section 22 
T13N R11W.
    (2) Then southerly along the section line between Sections 22 and 21 
approximately 1700 feet to the intersection of the section line and the 
ridge line (highest elevation line) between the McDowell Creek Valley 
and the Dooley Creek Valley.
    (3) Then southeasterly along the ridge line (highest elevation line) 
to the intersection of the ridge line and the 1000-foot contour line in 
Section 27.
    (4) Then southeasterly and on the McDowell Creek Valley side of the 
ridge along the 1000-foot contour line to the intersection of the 1000-
foot contour line and the south section line of Section 27.
    (5) Then easterly along the section line between Sections 27 and 34 
and between Sections 26 and 35 to the intersection of the section line 
and the centerline of Younce Road.
    (6) Then southeasterly and then northeasterly along Younce Road to 
the intersection of Younce Road and the section line between Sections 26 
and 35.
    (7) Then due north from the section line, across Coleman Creek 
approximately 1250 feet, to the 1000-foot contour line.
    (8) Then westerly and then meandering generally to the north and 
east along the 1000-foot contour line to the intersection of the 1000-
foot contour line and section line between Sections 26 and 25.
    (9) Then continuing along the 1000-foot countour line easterly and 
then northwesterly in Section 25 to the intersection of the 1000-foot 
contour line and the section line between Sections 26 and 25.
    (10) Then northerly along the 1000-foot contour line to the 
intersection of the 1000-foot contour line and the section line between 
Sections 23 and 24.
    (11) Then northerly along the section line across State Highway 175 
approximately 1000 feet to the intersection of the section line and the 
1000-foot contour line.
    (12) Then generally to the northwest along the 1000-foot contour 
line through Sections 23 and 14 and into Section 15 to the intersection 
of the 1000-foot contour line and the flowline of an unnamed creek near 
the northeast corner of Section 15.
    (13) Then southwesterly and down stream along the flowline of said 
unnamed creek and across Section 15, to the stream's intersection with 
the section line between Sections 15 and 16.

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    (14) Then southerly along the section approximately 100 feet to the 
northwest corner of Section 22 and to the point of beginning.

[T.D. ATF-97, 46 FR 59243, Dec. 4, 1981, as amended by T.D. ATF-249, 52 
FR 5956, Feb. 27, 1987]