1. INTRODUCTION

2. SAMPLE, OBSERVATIONS, AND MEASUREMENTS

3. IONIZATION STATE AND METALLICITY OF THE LCGM

4. RESULTS

4.1. Surface and Volume Density Profiles

4.2. Total Mass of the Photoionized CGM

5. DISCUSSION

5.1. Contribution of the Photoionized CGM to the Baryonic Budget of an $L^{*}$ Galaxy

5.2. Contribution from Additional, Unaccounted Gas Phases of the CGM

5.3. Hydrostatic Solutions

6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS