[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR5.1]

[Page 166-167]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 5--MAKING PICTURES, TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS OR SOUND TRACKS ON CERTAIN AREAS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 5.1  Areas administered by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or National Park Service.

    (a) Permit required. No picture may be filmed, and no television 
production or sound track made on any area administered by the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service or the National Park Service, of the Department of 
the Interior, by any person other than amateur or bona fide newsreel and 
news television photographers and soundmen, unless written permission 
has been obtained from the Service having jurisdiction over the area. 
Applications for permission should be submitted to the local official 
having administrative responsibility for the area involved.
    (b) Fees; bonds. (1) No fees will be charged for the making of 
motion pictures, television productions or sound tracks on areas 
administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Park 
Service. The regular general admission and other fees currently in 
effect in any area under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service 
are not affected by this paragraph.
    (2) A bond shall be furnished, or deposit made in cash or by 
certified check, in an amount to be set by the official in charge of the 
area to insure full compliance with all of the conditions prescribed in 
paragraph (d)(3) of this section.
    (c) Approval of application. Permission to make a motion picture, 
television production or sound track on areas administered by the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Park Service will be granted 
by the head of the Service or his authorized representative in his 
discretion and on acceptance by the applicant of the conditions set 
forth in paragraph (d)(3) of this section.
    (d) Form of application. The following form is prescribed for an 
application for permission to make a motion picture, television 
production, or sound track on areas administered by the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service or the National Park Service:
                                                   Date ----------------
To the head of the______________________________________________________
Service, Department of the Interior_____________________________________
                                                                  (Area)

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(1) Permission is requested to make, in the area mentioned above, a_____
    (2) The scope of the filming (or production or recording) and the 
manner and extent thereof will be as follows
Weather conditions permitting, work will commence on approximately -----
----- and will be completed on approximately____________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
    (An additional sheet should be used if necessary.)
    (3) The undersigned accepts and will comply with the following 
conditions:
    (i) Utmost care will be exercised to see that no natural features 
are injured, and after completion of the work the area will, as required 
by the official in charge, either be cleaned up and restored to its 
prior condition or left, after clean-up, in a condition satisfactory to 
the official in charge.
    (ii) Credit will be given to the Department of the Interior and the 
Service involved through the use of an appropriate title or 
announcement, unless there is issued by the official in charge of the 
area a written statement that no such courtesy credit is desired.
    (iii) Pictures will be taken of wildlife only when such wildlife 
will be shown in its natural state or under approved management 
conditions if such wildlife is confined.
    (iv) [Reserved]
    (v) Any special instructions received from the official in charge of 
the area will be complied with.
    (vi) Any additional information relating to the privilege applied 
for by this application will be furnished upon request of the official 
in charge.
          ______________________________________________________________
                                                         (Applicant)    
                                           For--------------------------
                                                           (Company)    
Bond Requirement $______________________________________________________
       Approved:________________________________________________________
                                                            (Date)      
          ______________________________________________________________
                                                             (Title)    

[22 FR 1987, Mar. 26, 1957, as amended at 36 FR 2972, Feb. 13, 1971]