[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR292.70]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 292--NATIONAL RECREATION AREAS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart G--Smith River National Recreation Area
 
Sec. 292.70  Indemnification.

    The owner and/or operator of mining claims and the owner and/or 
lessee of outstanding mineral rights are jointly and severally liable in 
accordance with

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Federal and State laws for indemnifying the United States for the 
following:
    (a) Costs, damages, claims, liabilities, judgments, injury and loss, 
including those incurred from fire suppression efforts, and 
environmental response actions and cleanup and abatement costs incurred 
by the United States and arising from past, present, and future acts or 
omissions of the owner, operator, or lessee in connection with the use 
and occupancy of the unpatented mining claim and/or mineral operation. 
This includes acts or omissions covered by Federal, State, and local 
pollution control and environmental statutes and regulations.
    (b) Payments made by the United States in satisfaction of claims, 
demands, or judgments for an injury, loss, damage, or costs, including 
for fire suppression and environmental response action and cleanup and 
abatement costs, which result from past, present, and future acts or 
omissions of the owner, operator, or lessee in connection with the use 
and occupancy of the unpatented mining claim and/or mineral operations.
    (c) Costs incurred by the United States for any action resulting 
from noncompliance with an approved plan of operations or activities 
outside an approved operating plan.