44 C.F.R. Part 15, “Conduct at the Mt. Weather Emergency Assistance Center and at the National Emergency Training Center.”

Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS
CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 412; Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, 15 U.S.C. 2201 et
seq.; delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services, dated July 18,
1979; Pub. L. 80–566, approved June 1, 1948, 40
U.S.C. 318–318d; and the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949, 40
U.S.C. 271 et seq.

Weather. The Administrator or the Mt.
Weather Executive Director must approve all persons and vehicles entering
Mt. Weather. All persons must register
with the Mt. Weather Police/Security
Force and must receive a Mt. Weather
identification badge and vehicle parking decal or permit to enter or remain
on the premises. No person will enter
or remain on Mt. Weather premises unless he or she has received permission
from the Administrator or the Mt.
Weather Executive Director and has
complied with these procedures.

SOURCE: 64 FR 31137, June 10, 1999, unless
otherwise noted.

§ 15.1 Applicability.
The rules and regulations in this part
apply to all persons entering, while on,
or leaving all the property known as
the Mt. Weather Emergency Operations
Center (Mt. Weather) located at 19844
Blue Ridge Mountain Road, Bluemont,
Virginia 20135, and all the property
known as the National Emergency
Training Center (NETC), located on
16825 South Seton Avenue in Emmitsburg, Maryland, which the Federal
Emergency
Management
Agency
(FEMA) owns, operates and controls.

§ 15.4

Inspection.

(a) In general. All vehicles, packages,
handbags, briefcases, and other containers being brought into, while on or
being removed from Mt. Weather or the
NETC are subject to inspection by the
Police/Security Force and other authorized officials. A full search of a vehicle or person may accompany an arrest.
(b) Inspection at Mt. Weather. We authorize inspection at Mt. Weather to
prevent the possession and use of items
prohibited by these rules and regulations or by other applicable laws, to
prevent theft of property and to prevent the wrongful obtaining of defense
information under 18 U.S.C. 793. If individuals object to such inspections they
must tell the officer on duty at the entrance gate before entering Mt. Weather. The Police/Security Force and other
authorized officials must not authorize
or allow individuals who refuse to permit an inspection of their vehicle or
possessions to enter the premises of
Mt. Weather.

§ 15.2 Definitions.
Terms used in part 15 have these
meanings:
Administrator means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Assistant Administrator means the Assistant Administrator, United States
Fire Administration, FEMA.
FEMA means the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
Mt. Weather means the Mt. Weather
Emergency
Operations
Center,
Bluemont, Virginia.
Mt. Weather Executive Director means
the Executive Director of the Mt.
Weather Emergency Operations Center.
NETC means the National Emergency
Training Center, Emmitsburg, MD.
We means the Federal Emergency
Management Agency or FEMA.

§ 15.5

Preservation of property.

At both Mt. Weather and NETC we
prohibit:
(a) The improper disposal of rubbish;
(b) Willful destruction of or damage
to property;
(c) Theft of property;
(d) Creation of any hazard on the
property to persons or things;
(e) Throwing articles of any kind
from or at a building;
(f) Climbing upon a fence; or
(g) Climbing upon the roof or any
part of a building.

[64 FR 31137, June 10, 1999, as amended at 74
FR 15338, Apr. 3, 2009]

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§ 15.5

§ 15.3 Access to Mt. Weather.
Mt. Weather contains classified material and areas that we must protect
in the interest of national security.
The facility is a restricted area. We
deny access to Mt. Weather to the general public and limit access to those
persons having official business related
to the missions and operations of Mt.

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