[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: 36CFR293.15]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 293--WILDERNESS--PRIMITIVE AREAS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 293.15  Gathering information about resources other than minerals.

    (a) The Chief, Forest Service, shall allow any activity, for the 
purposes of gathering information about resources, other than minerals, 
in National Forest Wilderness, except that any such activity for 
gathering information shall be carried on in a manner compatible with 
the preservation of the wilderness environment. Prospecting for minerals 
or any activity for the purpose of gathering information about minerals 
in National Forest Wilderness is subject to the regulations in part 252 
of this chapter.
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) Any person desiring to use motorized equipment, to land 
aircraft, or to make substantial excavations for the purpose of 
gathering information about resources, other than minerals, shall apply 
in writing to the Office of the Forest Supervisor or District Ranger 
having jurisdiction over the land involved. Excavations shall be 
considered substantial which singularly or collectively exceed 200 cubic 
feet within any area which can be bounded by a rectangle containing 20 
surface acres. Such use or excavation may be authorized by a permit 
issued by the Forest Service. Such permits may provide for the 
protection of National Forest resources, including wilderness values, 
protection of the public, and restoration of disturbed areas, including 
the posting of performance bonds.
    (d) Prospecting for water resources and the establishment of new 
reservoirs, water-conservation works, power projects, transmission 
lines, and other facilities needed in the public interest and the 
subsequent maintenance

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of such facilities, all pursuant to section (4)(d)(4)(1) of the 
Wilderness Act, will be permitted when and as authorized by the 
President.

[39 FR 31321, Aug. 28, 1974, as amended at 42 FR 35960, July 13, 1977]