[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR292.17]

[Page 401]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 292_NATIONAL RECREATION AREAS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart D_Sawtooth National Recreation Area_Federal Lands
 
Sec. 292.17  General provisions.

    Authority: Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 35, 36, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 478, 551; 
sec. 11, 86 Stat. 612, 16 U.S.C. 460aa-10.


    (a) The use, management and utilization of natural resources on the 
Federal lands in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA) are 
subject to the General Management Plan and the laws, rules, and 
regulations pertaining to the National Forests with the exception that 
part 252 of this chapter does not apply to these resources. No use or 
disposal of such resources shall be authorized which will result in 
substantial impairment of the natural values of the Recreation Area.
    (b) Definitions:
    (1) Act means Pub. L. 92-400 (86 Stat. 612), which established the 
SNRA.
    (2) Area Ranger or Superintendent means the Forest Service officer 
having administrative authority for the SNRA.
    (3) General management plan means the document setting forth the 
land allocation and resource decisions for management of the SNRA.
    (4) Letter of authorization means a letter signed by the Area 
Ranger, or his designee, authorizing an operator to conduct operations 
as approved in the operating plan.
    (5) Mineral resources means all locatable minerals.
    (6) Operator means a person conducting or proposing to conduct 
operations.
    (7) Operations means all functions works, and activities in 
connection with exploration, development, mining or processing of 
mineral resources and all uses reasonably incident thereto, including 
roads and other means of access on lands, regardless of whether said 
operations take place on or off mining claims.
    (8) Operating plan means a written instrument describing proposed 
operations on Federal lands and containing such information as required 
by Sec. 292.18.
    (9) Person means any individual, partnership, association, 
corporation, or other legal entity.
    (10) Substantial impairment means that level of disturbance of the 
values of the SNRA which is incompatible with the standards of the 
General Management Plan. The proposed activities will be evaluated as 
to:
    (i) The period of impact,
    (ii) The area affected, and
    (iii) The importance of the impact on the SNRA values.
    (11) Unpatented mining claims means any mining claim or millsite 
claim located prior to August 22, 1972, pursuant to the Mining Law of 
1872, but not patented.

[42 FR 39387, Aug. 4, 1977]