GroundRules
50 CFR 29.110: What are the purposes of the Service's operating standards?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries
- CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
- SUBCHAPTER C—THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM
- PART 29—LAND USE MANAGEMENT
- Subpart D—Management of Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights
The purposes are to:
(a) Protect Service-administered lands and waters, and refuge resources; wildlife-dependent visitor uses and experiences; and visitor and employee health and safety; and
(b) Ensure use of technologically feasible, least damaging methods. The operating standards give us and the operator flexibility to consider using alternative methods, equipment, materials design, and conduct of operations.
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