[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR62.2]

[Page 341-342]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 62_NATIONAL NATURAL LANDMARKS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 62.2  Definitions.

    The following definitions apply to this part:
    National Natural Landmark is an area designated by the Secretary of 
the Interior as being of national significance to the United States 
because it is an outstanding example(s) of major biological and 
geological features found within the boundaries of the United States or 
its Territories or on the Outer Continental Shelf.
    National Registry of Natural Landmarks is the official listing of 
all designated national natural landmarks.
    National significance describes an area that is one of the best 
examples of a biological community or geological feature within a 
natural region of the

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United States, including terrestrial communities, landforms, geological 
features and processes, habitats of native plant and animal species, or 
fossil evidence of the development of life.
    Natural region is a distinct physiographic province having similar 
geologic history, structures, and landforms. The basic physiographic 
characteristics of a natural region influence its vegetation, climate, 
soils, and animal life. Examples include the Atlantic Coastal Plain, 
Great Basin, and Brooks Range natural regions.
    Owner means the individual(s), corporation(s), or partnership(s) 
holding fee simple title to property, or the head of the public agency 
or subordinate employee of the public agency to whom such authority was 
delegated and who is responsible for administering publicly owned land. 
Owner does not include individuals, partnerships, corporations, or 
public agencies holding easements or less than fee interests (including 
leaseholds) of any form. A Native American tribe that is the beneficial 
fee simple owner of lands, with the United States as trustee, will be 
considered as owner of private property for the purposes of this part. 
Similarly, individual member(s) of a Native American tribe who are 
beneficial owner(s) of property, allottee(s) held in trust by the United 
States, will be considered as owner(s) of private property for the 
purposes of this part.
    Potential national natural landmark means an area that, based on 
recommendation or initial comparison with other areas in the same 
natural region, seems to merit further study of its merits for possible 
national natural landmark designation.
    Prejudicial procedural error is one that reasonably may be 
considered to have affected the outcome of the designation process.
    Representative refers to any public or private individual, agency, 
or organization that is performing actions related to the 
identification, evaluation, designation or monitoring of national 
natural landmarks on behalf of or in cooperation with the National Park 
Service (NPS), either under a contractual agreement or as a volunteer.
    Scientist refers to an individual whose combination of academic 
training and professional field experience in the natural region 
qualifies him/her to identify and comparatively evaluate natural areas 
at the regional or national level.