GroundRules
50 CFR 29.142: Will I be charged a fee for emergency access to my operations?
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
No.
(a) The Service will not charge a fee for access across Service-administered lands or waters beyond the scope of your oil and gas right as necessary to respond to an emergency situation at your area of operations if we determine after the fact that the circumstances required an immediate response to either:
(1) Prevent or minimize injury to refuge resources; or
(2) Ensure public health and safety.
(b) You will remain liable for any damage caused to refuge resources as a result of such emergency access.
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