[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR9264.1]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 9260_LAW ENFORCEMENT_CRIMINAL--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart 9264_Range Management
 
Sec. 9264.1  Grazing administration--exclusive of Alaska.

    Persons performing the following prohibited acts on public and other 
lands under Bureau of Land Management control may be subject to criminal 
penalties under Sec. 9264.1(k) of this title:
    (a) Allowing livestock or other privately owned or controlled 
animals to graze on or be driven across those lands without a permit or 
lease or in violation of the terms and conditions of a permit or lease, 
either by exceeding the number of livestock authorized, or by allowing 
livestock to be on these lands in an area or at a time different from 
that designated;
    (b) Installing, using, maintaining, modifying, and/or removing range 
improvements without authorization;
    (c) Cutting, burning, spraying, destroying, or removing vegetation 
without authorization;
    (d) Damaging or removing United States property without 
authorization;
    (e) Molesting livestock authorized to graze on these lands;
    (f) Littering;
    (g) Violating any provision of 43 CFR part 4700 concerning the 
protection and management of wild free-roaming horses and burros;
    (h) Violating any Federal or State laws or regulations concerning 
conservation or protection of natural and cultural resources or the 
environment including, but not limited to, those relating to air and 
water quality, protection of fish and wildlife, plants, and the use of 
chemical toxicants;
    (i) Interfering with lawful uses or users;
    (j) Knowingly or willfully making a false statement or 
representation in base property certification, grazing applications, 
and/or amendments thereto;
    (k) Penalties. (1) Under section 2 of the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 
(43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.), any person who willfully violates the 
provisions of Sec. 9264.1 of this title or of approved special rules 
and regulations is punishable by a fine of not more than $500.
    (2) Under section 303(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), any person who knowingly and 
willfully violates the provisions of Sec. 9264.1 of this title or of 
approved special rules and regulations may be brought before a 
designated United States magistrate and is punishable by a fine of not 
more than $1,000 or imprisonment for no more than 12 months, or both.

[45 FR 31276, May 12, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 41713, Sept. 21, 1982]