[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR251.35]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 251_LAND USES--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart A_Miscellaneous Land Uses
 
Sec.  251.35  Petersburg watershed.

    (a) Except as authorized in paragraphs (b) and (c), access to lands 
within the Petersburg watershed, Tongass National Forest, as described 
in the Act of October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1197), is prohibited.
    (b) Access to lands within the Petersburg watershed is hereby 
authorized, without further written approval, for the following routine 
purposes:
    (1) The discharge of official duties related to management of the 
Tongass National Forest by Federal employees, holders of Forest Service 
contracts, or Forest Service agents;
    (2) The operation, maintenance, and improvement of the municipal 
water system by Federal and State officials and employees of the city of 
Petersburg; and
    (3) Public recreational use of the Raven's Roost Trail for access to 
and from the Raven's Roost public recreation cabin and the Alpine 
Recreation Area.
    (c) Any person who wishes to enter upon the lands within the 
watershed for purposes other than those listed in paragraph (b) must 
obtain a permit that has been signed by the appropriate city official 
and countersigned by the District Ranger.
    (d) Unauthorized entrance upon lands within the watershed is subject 
to punishment as provided in 36 CFR 261.1b.
    (e) The Forest Supervisor of the Stikine Area of the Tongass 
National Forest may authorize the removal of timber from the watershed 
under the regulations governing disposal of National Forest timber (36 
CFR part 223). In any removal of timber from the watershed, the Forest 
Supervisor shall

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provide adequate safeguards for the protection of the Petersburg 
municipal water supply.

[53 FR 26595, July 14, 1988]