(a) Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this section is ``River Junction.''
(b) Approved maps. The appropriate maps for determining the boundaries of the River Junction viticultural area are the following two 1:24,000 Scale U.S.G.S. topographical maps. They are titled:
(1) Ripon, CA 1969, photorevised 1980;
(2) Vernalis, CA 1969, photorevised 1980.
(c) Boundaries. The River Junction AVA is located in southern San Joaquin County, California. The boundaries are as follows:
(1) Beginning on the Vernalis, CA quadrangle map at the intersection of the secondary highway Airport Way and the San Joaquin River levee, near Benchmark 35 in T3S/R6E;
(2) Then in a southeasterly direction, follow the levee along the San Joaquin River onto the Ripon, CA quadrangle map;
(3) Then in a northerly direction around Sturgeon Bend in section 18 T3S/R7E;
(4) Then continuing in a generally southeasterly, then northeasterly direction along the levee adjoining the Stanislaus River through sections 19, 20 and 17 to the point where the levee intersects sections 17 and 8;
(5) Then continuing in a northerly direction along the levee in section 8 for approximately 1,000 feet;
(6) Then in a straight line in a northwesterly direction for approximately 100 feet to the intersection with Division Road;
(7) Then in a southwesterly, then northwesterly direction along Division Road through sections 8, 17, 18 and 7 to the intersection with the secondary highway Airport Way;
(8) Then in a southwesterly direction along Airport Way onto the Vernalis quadrangle map to the starting point at the intersection of Airport Way and the San Joaquin River levee T3S/R6E. [T.D. ATF-452, 66 FR 23592, May 9, 2001]