{"data":{"id":"us/50-cfr-29.40","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"50 CFR 29.40","heading":"What are the purpose and scope of the regulations in this subpart?","body":"(a) The purpose of this subpart is to ensure that operators exercising non-Federal oil and gas rights within the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) outside of Alaska use technologically feasible, least damaging methods to:\n(1) Protect Service-administered lands and waters, and resources of refuges;\n(2) Protect refuge wildlife-dependent recreational uses and experiences and visitor or employee health and safety; and\n(3) Conserve refuges for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.\n(b) This subpart applies to all operators conducting non-Federal oil and gas operations outside of Alaska on Service-administered lands held in fee or less-than fee (excluding coordination areas) or Service-administered waters to the extent necessary to protect those property interests. These regulations do not apply to non-Federal surface locations within the boundaries of a refuge (i.e., inholdings), except to the extent that activities associated with those operations, including access to an inholding, occur on Service-administered lands or waters.\n(c) This subpart is not intended to result in a taking of any property interest. The purpose of this subpart is to reasonably regulate operations to protect Service-administered lands and waters, resources of refuges, visitor uses and experiences, and visitor or employee health and safety.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-50.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:39Z","sha256":"4ec2e450959f9231a1137fa949dc156b83ce18d429736373c83dae7ab7b13b40","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/50-cfr-29.32","next":"us/50-cfr-29.41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}