Part 49 - Paleontological Resources Preservation  


Subpart A - Preserving, Managing, and Protecting Paleontological Resources
§ 49.1 - What does this part do?
§ 49.5 - What terms are used in this part?
§ 49.10 - Does this part affect existing authorities?
§ 49.15 - When does this part not apply?
§ 49.20 - Does this part create new rights or entitlements?
§ 49.25 - What information concerning the nature and specific location of paleontological resources is confidential?
§ 49.30 - How will the bureaus conduct inventory, monitoring, and preservation activities?
§ 49.35 - How will the bureaus foster public education and awareness?
§ 49.40 - May the bureaus restrict access to an area?
Subpart B - Paleontological Resources Permitting; Requirements, Modifications, and Appeals
§ 49.100 - When is a permit required to collect paleontological resources on Federal land?
§ 49.105 - Who can receive a permit?
§ 49.110 - What are permit applicant qualification requirements?
§ 49.115 - Where must a permit application be filed and what information must it include?
§ 49.120 - How will a bureau make a decision about a permit application?
§ 49.125 - What terms and conditions will a permit contain?
§ 49.130 - When and how may a permit be modified, suspended, revoked, or cancelled?
§ 49.135 - Can a permit-related decision be appealed?
§ 49.140 - What is the process for appealing a permit-related decision?
§ 49.145 - Has OMB approved the information collection provisions of this part?
Subpart C - Management of Paleontological Resource Collections
§ 49.200 - Where are collections deposited?
§ 49.205 - What are the requirements for approving a repository to receive a collection?
§ 49.210 - What terms and conditions must agreements between the bureau and approved repository contain?
§ 49.215 - What are the standards for managing the collections?
Subpart D - Prohibited Acts
§ 49.300 - What acts are prohibited?
Subpart E - Criminal Penalties
§ 49.400 - What criminal penalties apply to violations of this part?
Subpart F - Civil Penalties
§ 49.500 - When can the Federal land manager assess a civil penalty?
§ 49.505 - When and how does the Federal land manager serve a notice of violation?
§ 49.510 - What is included in the notice of violation?
§ 49.515 - How is an objection to a notice of violation and proposed civil penalty made and resolved?
§ 49.520 - When will the Federal land manager issue a final assessment of civil penalty?
§ 49.525 - How will the Federal land manager calculate the amount of a proposed and final assessment of civil penalty?
§ 49.530 - How will the Federal land manager issue the final assessment of civil penalty?
§ 49.535 - What are the options and timeframe to respond to the final assessment of civil penalty?
§ 49.540 - What procedures govern the DCHD hearing process initiated by a request for hearing on the final assessment?
§ 49.545 - What will be included in the administrative law judge's decision?
§ 49.550 - How can the administrative law judge's decision be appealed?
§ 49.555 - What procedures govern an appeal of an administrative law judge's decision?
§ 49.560 - When must the civil penalty be paid?
§ 49.565 - When may a person assessed a civil penalty seek judicial review?
§ 49.570 - What happens if a civil penalty is not paid on time?
§ 49.575 - How will collected civil penalties be used?
Subpart G - Determining Scientific Value, Commercial Value, and the Cost of Response, Restoration, and Repair
§ 49.600 - How is “scientific value” determined for criminal and civil penalties?
§ 49.605 - How is “commercial value” determined for criminal and civil penalties?
§ 49.610 - How is the “cost of response, restoration, and repair” determined for criminal and civil penalties?
Subpart H - Forfeiture and Rewards
§ 49.700 - Will a violation lead to forfeiture of a paleontological resource?
§ 49.705 - What rewards may bureaus pay to those who assisted in enforcing this part?
Subpart I - Casual Collection of Common Invertebrate or Plant Paleontological Resources on Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation Administered Lands
§ 49.800 - Is casual collecting allowed on lands administered by NPS or FWS?
§ 49.805 - Where is casual collecting allowed?
§ 49.810 - What is casual collecting?