[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: 36CFR261.50]

[Page 324]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 261_PROHIBITIONS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart B_Prohibitions in Areas Designated by Order
 
Sec.  261.50  Orders.


    (a) The Chief, each Regional Forester, each Experiment Station 
Director, the Administrator of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and 
each Forest Supervisor may issue orders which close or restrict the use 
of described areas within the area over which he has jurisdiction. An 
order may close an area to entry or may restrict the use of an area by 
applying any or all of the prohibitions authorized in this subpart or 
any portion thereof.
    (b) The Chief, each Regional Forester, each Experiment Station 
Director, the Administrator of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and 
each Forest Supervisor may issue orders which close or restrict the use 
of any National Forest System road or trail within the area over which 
he has jurisdiction.
    (c) Each order shall:
    (1) For orders issued under paragraph (a) of this section, describe 
the area to which the order applies;
    (2) For orders issued under paragraph (b) of this section, describe 
the road or trail to which the order applies;
    (3) Specify the times during which the prohibitions apply if applied 
only during limited times;
    (4) State each prohibition which is applied; and
    (5) Be posted in accordance with Sec.  261.51.
    (d) The prohibitions which are applied by an order are supplemental 
to the general prohibitions in Subpart A.
    (e) An order may exempt any of the following persons from any of the 
prohibitions contained in the order:
    (1) Persons with a permit specifically authorizing the otherwise 
prohibited act or omission.
    (2) Owners or lessees of land in the area;
    (3) Residents in the area;
    (4) Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized 
rescue or fire fighting force in the performance of an official duty; 
and
    (5) Persons engaged in a business, trade, or occupation in the area.
    (6) Any other person meeting exemption requirements specified in the 
order.
    (f) Any person wishing to use a National Forest System road or trail 
or a portion of the National Forest System, should contact the Forest 
Supervisor, Director, Administrator, or District Ranger to ascertain the 
special restrictions which may be applicable thereto.

[42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977; 42 FR 24739, May 16, 1977, as amended at 42 
FR 35959, July 13, 1977; 46 FR 33521, June 30, 1981; 66 FR 3218, Jan. 
12, 2001]