43 CFR 6302.30 - What penalties apply if I commit one or more of the prohibited acts?

Regulations last checked for updates: Mar 13, 2025

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Feb 10, 2025

View all text of Subpart 6302 [§ 6302.10 - § 6302.30]

§ 6302.30 - What penalties apply if I commit one or more of the prohibited acts?

(a) If you commit a prohibited act listed in § 6302.20 in a BLM wilderness area, you are subject to criminal prosecution on each offense. If convicted, you may be fined not more than $100,000 under 18 U.S.C. 3571. In addition, you may be imprisoned for not more than 12 months, as provided for by 43 U.S.C. 1733(a).

(b) At the request of the Secretary of the Interior, the United States Attorney General may institute a civil action in any United States district court for an injunction or other appropriate order to prevent you from using public lands in violation of the regulations of this part.

authority: 16 U.S.C. 1131

source: 65 FR 78372, Dec. 14, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 43 CFR 6302.30