[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 36CFR1.2]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.2  Applicability and scope.

    (a) The regulations contained in this chapter apply to all persons 
entering, using, visiting, or otherwise within:
    (1) The boundaries of federally owned lands and waters administered 
by the National Park Service;
    (2) The boundaries of lands and waters administered by the National 
Park Service for public-use purposes pursuant to the terms of a written 
instrument;
    (3) Waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States located 
within the boundaries of the National Park System, including navigable 
waters and areas within their ordinary reach (up to the mean high water 
line in places subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and up to the 
ordinary high water mark in other places) and without regard to the 
ownership of submerged lands, tidelands, or lowlands;
    (4) Lands and waters in the environs of the District of Columbia, 
policed with the approval or concurrence of the head of the agency 
having jurisdiction or control over such reservations, pursuant to the 
provisions of the Act of March 17, 1948 (62 Stat. 81);
    (5) Other lands and waters over which the United States holds a 
less-than-fee interest, to the extent necessary to fulfill the purpose 
of the National Park Service administered interest and compatible with 
the nonfederal interest.
    (b) The regulations contained in parts 1 through 5, part 7, and part 
13 of this chapter do not apply on non-federally owned lands and waters 
or on Indian tribal trust lands located within National Park System 
boundaries, except as provided in paragraph (a) or in regulations 
specifically written to be applicable on such lands and waters.
    (c) The regulations contained in part 7 and part 13 of this chapter 
are special regulations prescribed for specific park areas. Those 
regulations may amend, modify, relax or make more stringent the 
regulations contained in parts 1 through 5 and part 12 of this chapter.
    (d) The regulations contained in parts 2 through 5, part 7, and part 
13 of this section shall not be construed to prohibit administrative 
activities conducted by the National Park Service, or its agents, in 
accordance with approved general management and resource management 
plans, or in emergency operations involving threats to life, property, 
or park resources.
    (e) The regulations in this chapter are intended to treat a 
mobility-impaired person using a manual or motorized wheelchair as a 
pedestrian, and are not intended to restrict the activities of such a 
person beyond the degree that the activities of a pedestrian are 
restricted by the same regulations.

[51 FR 37010, Oct. 17, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 10683, Apr. 2, 1987; 52 
FR 35239, Sept. 18, 1987; 61 FR 35136, July 5, 1996]