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43 CFR 6302.30: What penalties apply if I commit one or more of the prohibited acts?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 43—Public Lands: Interior
- Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands
- CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
- SUBCHAPTER F—PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION (6000)
- PART 6300—MANAGEMENT OF DESIGNATED WILDERNESS AREAS
- Subpart 6302—Use of Wilderness Areas, Prohibited Acts, and Penalties
(a) If you commit a prohibited act listed in § 6302.20 in a BLM wilderness area, you are subject to criminal prosecution on each offense. If convicted, you may be fined not more than $100,000 under 18 U.S.C. 3571. In addition, you may be imprisoned for not more than 12 months, as provided for by 43 U.S.C. 1733(a).
(b) At the request of the Secretary of the Interior, the United States Attorney General may institute a civil action in any United States district court for an injunction or other appropriate order to prevent you from using public lands in violation of the regulations of this part.
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