[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR36.16]

[Page 383]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                          INTERIOR--(Continued)
 
PART 36_ALASKA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart B_Subsistence Uses
 
Sec. 36.16  Closure to subsistence uses of fish and wildlife.

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Refuge 
Manager, after consultation with the State and adequate notice and 
public hearing in the affected vicinity and other locations as 
appropriate, may temporarily close all or any portion of an Alaska 
National Wildlife Refuge to subsistence uses of a particular fish or 
wildlife population only if necessary for reasons of public safety, 
administration, or to assure the continued viability of such population. 
For the purposes of this section, the term ``temporarily'' shall means 
only so long as reasonably necessary to achieve the purpose of the 
closure.
    (b) If the Refuge Manager determines that an emergency situation 
exists and that extraordinary measures must be taken for public safety 
or to assure the continued viability of a particular fish or wildlife 
population, he may immediately close all or any portion of a refuge to 
the subsistence uses of such population. Such emergency closure shall be 
effective when made, shall not exceed sixty (60) days, and may not 
subsequently be extended unless the Refuge Manager establishes, after 
notice and public hearing in the affected vicinity and other locations 
as appropriate, that such closure should be extended.
    (c) Notice of administrative actions taken pursuant to this section 
and the reasons justifying such actions shall be published in at least 
one newspaper of general circulation within the State and in at least 
one local newspaper if available, and information about such actions and 
justifying reasons shall be made available for broadcast on local radio 
stations in a manner reasonably calculated to inform local rural 
residents in the affected vicinity. All closures shall be designated on 
a map which shall be available for public inspection at the office of 
the Refuge Manager of the affected refuge area and the post office or 
postal authority of every affected community within or near the refuge 
area, or by the posting of signs in the vicinity of the closures, or 
both.

Subpart C [Reserved]