[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 36, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 36CFR2.13]



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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY

 

      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 2_RESOURCE PROTECTION, PUBLIC USE AND RECREATION--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 2.13  Fires.



    (a) The following are prohibited:

    (1) Lighting or maintaining a fire, except in designated areas or 

receptacles and under conditions that may be established by the 

superintendent.

    (2) Using stoves or lanterns in violation of established 

restrictions.

    (3) Lighting, tending, or using a fire, stove or lantern in a manner 

that threatens, causes damage to, or results in the burning of property, 

real property or park resources, or creates a public safety hazard.

    (4) Leaving a fire unattended.

    (5) Throwing or discarding lighted or smoldering material in a 

manner that threatens, causes damage to, or results in the burning of 

property or park resources, or creates a public safety hazard.

    (b) Fires shall be extinguished upon termination of use and in 

accordance with such conditions as may be established by the 

superintendent. Violation of these conditions is prohibited.

    (c) During periods of high fire danger, the superintendent may close 

all or a portion of a park area to the lighting or maintaining of a 

fire.

    (d) The regulations contained in this section apply, regardless of 

land ownership, on all lands and waters within a park area that are 

under the legislative jurisdiction of the United States.



[48 FR 30282, June 30, 1983, as amended at 52 FR 35240, Sept. 18, 1987]