[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR8372.5]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 8370--USE AUTHORIZATIONS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart 8372--Special Recreation Permits Other Than on Developed 
                            Recreation Sites
 
Sec. 8372.5  Terms.

    (a) General. (1) The authorized officer may suspend a special 
recreation permit if necessary to protect public health, public safety, 
or the environment. The terms of the permit shall continue to run during 
any such suspension.
    (2) Permits may be issued for a day, season of use, or such other 
time period considered appropriate by the authorized officer for the use 
involved.
    (3) A special recreation permit will not be issued for an area 
larger than the authorized officer determines is necessary for the 
contemplated use. The land may be surveyed or unsurveyed.
    (4) The operator or permittee shall allow the authorized officer, or 
other duly authorized representative of the Bureau, to have access to 
and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, 
papers, and records of the operator or permittee involving transactions 
related to the permit. The operator or permittee also will allow the 
authorized officer, or other duly

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authorized representative of the Bureau, to have access to and the right 
to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, papers, and records 
of any employee or agent of the permittee or operator. These allowances 
and rights terminate 3 years after the expiration of the permit.
    (b) Stipulations. A special recreation permit will contain such 
stipulations as the authorized officer considers necessary to protect 
the lands and resources involved and the public interest in general.
    (c) Bonds. In addition to a payment bond, the authorized officer may 
require the posting of a cash or surety bond or other guarantee in such 
form and in such amount as the authorized officer determines to be 
sufficient to defray the costs of restoration and rehabilitation of the 
lands affected by the permitted use. Bonds and guarantees will be 
returned to the permittee upon satisfactory compliance with all permit 
stipulations, including restoration and rehabilitation requirements.
    (d) Insurance. The authorized officer shall require all commercial 
and competitive applicants, and may require other applicants, to obtain 
and submit a property damage, personal injury, and public liability 
insurance policy which he judges sufficient to protect the public and 
the United States. The policy shall name the U.S. Government as a co-
insured and stipulate that the authorized officer of the Bureau of Land 
Management shall be notified 30 days in advance of the termination or 
modification of the policy.
    (e) Liability. The permittee shall indemnify the United States 
against any responsibility or liability for damage, injury, or loss to 
persons and property which may occur during the permitted use period or 
as a result of such use.
    (f) Violation of law. The conviction of a violation of any Federal 
or State law or regulation concerning the conservation or protection of 
natural resources, the environment, endangered species, or antiquities 
that is related to said special recreation permit may result in the 
cancellation of the permit.