[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: 36CFR294.2]

[Page 371]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 294_SPECIAL AREAS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart A_Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec.  294.2  Navigation of aircraft within airspace reservation over the Boundary
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Superior National Forest, Minnesota.

    (a) Description of areas. Sections 294.2(b) to 294.2(f), inclusive, 
apply to those areas of land and water in the Counties of Cook, Lake, 
and St. Louis, State of Minnesota, within the exterior boundaries of the 
Superior National Forest, which have heretofore been designated by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as the Superior Roadless Area, the Little 
Indian Sioux Roadless Area, and the Caribou Roadless Area, respectively, 
and to the airspace over said areas and below the altitude of 4,000 feet 
above sea level. Said areas are more particularly described in the 
Executive order setting apart said airspace as an airspace reservation 
(E.O. 10092, Dec. 17, 1949; 3 CFR 1949 Supp.). Copies of said Executive 
order may be obtained on request from the Forest Supervisor, Superior 
National Forest, Duluth, Minnesota (hereinafter called Forest 
Supervisor).
    (b) Emergency landing and rescue operations. The pilot of any 
aircraft landing within any of said areas for reasons of emergency or 
for conducting rescue operations, shall inform the Forest Supervisor 
within seven days after the termination of the emergency or the 
completion of the rescue operation as to the date, place, and duration 
of landing, and the type and registration number of the aircraft.
    (c) Low flights. Any person making a flight within said airspace 
reservation for reasons of safety or for conducting rescue operations 
shall inform the Forest Supervisor within seven days after the 
completion of the flight or the rescue operation as to the date, place, 
and duration of flight, and the type and registration number of the 
aircraft.
    (d) Official flights. The provisions of Sec.   Sec.  294.2(b) and 
294.2(c) do not apply to flights made for conducting or assisting in the 
conduct of official business of the United States, of the State of 
Minnesota or of Cook, St. Louis, or Lake Counties, Minnesota.
    (e) Conformity with law. Nothing in these regulations shall be 
construed as permitting the operation of aircraft contrary to the 
provisions of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 973), as 
amended, or any rule, regulation or order issued thereunder.

[38 FR 5859, Mar. 5, 1973, as amended at 50 FR 16232, Apr. 25, 1985; 66 
FR 3272, Jan. 12, 2001]