Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

401

Forest Service, USDA

§ 293.6

(c) In resolving conflicts in resource

use, wilderness values will be dominant

to the extent not limited by the Wil-

derness

Act,

subsequent

establishing

legislatiion, or the regulations in this

part.

§ 293.3

Control of uses.

(a) To the extent not limited by the

Wilderness Act, subsequent legislation

establishing a particular unit, or the

regulations in this part, the Chief, For-

est

Service,

may

prescribe

measures

necessary to control fire, insects, and

disease

and

measures

which

may

be

used

in

emergencies

involving

the

health and safety of persons or damage

to property and may require permits

for, or otherwise limit or regulate, any

use of National Forest land, including,

but not limited to, camping, campfires,

and grazing of recreation livestock.

(b) For all prohibitions in National

Forest Wildernesses, see part 261 of this

chapter.

[38 FR 5855, Mar. 5, 1973, as amended at 42 FR

35959, July 13, 1977]

§ 293.4

Maintenance of records.

The Chief, Forest Service, in accord-

ance with section 3(a)(2) of the Wilder-

ness Act, shall establish uniform proce-

dures and standards for the mainte-

nance and availability to the public of

records pertaining to National Forest

Wilderness, including maps and legal

descriptions; copies of regulations gov-

erning Wilderness; and copies of public

notices and reports submitted to Con-

gress

regarding

pending

additions,

eliminations, or modifications. Copies

of such information pertaining to Na-

tional Forest Wilderness within their

respective jurisdictions shall be avail-

able to the public in the appropriate of-

fices of the Regional Foresters, Forest

Supervisors, and Forest Rangers.

§ 293.5

Establishment, modification, or

elimination.

National Forest Wilderness will be

established, modified, or eliminated in

accordance with the provisions of sec-

tions 3(b), (d), and (e) of the Wilderness

Act. The Chief, Forest Service, shall

arrange for issuing public notices, ap-

pointing hearing officers, holding pub-

lic hearings, and notifying the Gov-

ernors of the States concerned and the

governing

board

of

each

county

in

which the lands involved are located.

(a) At least 30 days’ public notice

shall be given of the proposed action

and intent to hold a public hearing.

Public notice shall include publication

in

the

F

EDERAL

R

EGISTER

and

in

a

newspaper of general circulation in the

vicinity of the land involved.

(b) Public hearings shall be held at

locations convenient to the area af-

fected. If the land involved is in more

than one State, at least one hearing

shall be held in each State in which a

portion of the land lies.

(c) A record of the public hearing and

the views submitted subsequent to pub-

lic notice and prior to the close of the

public hearing shall be included with

any recommendations to the President

and to the Congress with respect to any

such action.

(d) At least 30 days before the date of

the

public

hearing,

suitable

advice

shall be furnished to the Governor of

each State and the governing board of

each county or, in Alaska, the borough

in which the lands are located, and

Federal departments and agencies con-

cerned; and such officers or Federal

agencies

shall

be

invited

to

submit

their views on the proposed action at

the hearing or in writing by not later

than 30 days following the date of the

hearing. Any views submitted in re-

sponse to such advice with respect to

any proposed Wilderness action shall

be included with any recommendations

to the President and to the Congress

with respect to any such action.

§ 293.6

Commercial enterprises, roads,

motor

vehicles,

motorized

equip-

ment, motorboats, aircraft, aircraft

landing

facilities,

airdrops,

struc-

tures, and cutting of trees.

Except as provided in the Wilderness

Act,

subsequent

legislation

estab-

lishing a particular Wilderness unit, or

§§294.2(b),

294.2(c),

and

294.2(e),

para-

graphs (c) and (d) of this section, and

§§293.7, 293.8, and 293.12 through 293.16,

inclusive,

and

subject

to

existing

rights, there shall be in National For-

est Wilderness no commercial enter-

prises;

no

temporary

or

permanent

roads;

no

aircraft

landing

strips;

no

heliports or helispots, no use of motor

vehicles, motorized equipment, motor-

boats, or other forms of mechanical

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