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Title 43Public Lands: InteriorPart / Section
Subtitle AOffice of the Secretary of the Interior1 – 199
Part 49Paleontological Resources Preservation49.1 – 49.810
Subpart APreserving, Managing, and Protecting Paleontological Resources49.1 – 49.40
Subpart BPaleontological Resources Permitting; Requirements, Modifications, and Appeals49.100 – 49.145
Subpart CManagement of Paleontological Resource Collections49.200 – 49.215
§ 49.200Where are collections deposited?
§ 49.205What are the requirements for approving a repository to receive a collection?
§ 49.210What terms and conditions must agreements between the bureau and approved repository contain?
§ 49.215What are the standards for managing the collections?
Subpart DProhibited Acts49.300
§ 49.300What acts are prohibited?
Subpart ECriminal Penalties49.400
§ 49.400What criminal penalties apply to violations of this part?
Subpart FCivil Penalties49.500 – 49.575
Subpart GDetermining Scientific Value, Commercial Value, and the Cost of Response, Restoration, and Repair49.600 – 49.610
§ 49.600How is “scientific value” determined for criminal and civil penalties?
§ 49.605How is “commercial value” determined for criminal and civil penalties?
§ 49.610How is the “cost of response, restoration, and repair” determined for criminal and civil penalties?
Subpart HForfeiture and Rewards49.700 – 49.705
§ 49.700Will a violation lead to forfeiture of a paleontological resource?
§ 49.705What rewards may bureaus pay to those who assisted in enforcing this part?
Subpart ICasual Collection of Common Invertebrate or Plant Paleontological Resources on Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation Administered Lands49.800 – 49.810
§ 49.800Is casual collecting allowed on lands administered by NPS or FWS?
§ 49.805Where is casual collecting allowed?
§ 49.810What is casual collecting?