[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: 36CFR292.40]

[Page 407]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 292_NATIONAL RECREATION AREAS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart F_Hells Canyon National Recreation Area_Federal Lands
 
Sec. 292.40  Purpose and scope.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 460gg-7.

    Source: 59 FR 36882, July 19, 1994, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Purpose. The rules of this subpart establish standards and 
guidelines for the protection and preservation of historic, 
archeological, and paleontological resources, the use of motorized and 
mechanical equipment, the use of motorized and non-motorized rivercraft, 
and the management, utilization, and disposal of natural resources by 
timber harvesting, mining and grazing on National Forest System lands 
that comprise the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area located in the 
Wallowa-Whitman, Nez Perce, and Payette National Forests in the States 
of Idaho and Oregon as established by the Act of December 31, 1975, as 
amended (89 Stat. 1117, 16 U.S.C. 460gg et seq.).
    (b) Scope. Management of National Forest System lands within the 
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area is subject to all laws, rules, and 
regulations applicable to the national Forest System, except as 
otherwise provided in this subpart. In the event of a conflict of 
inconsistency between rules of this subpart and other rules within this 
title, the rules of this subpart shall take precedence to the extent 
permitted by law.