Cave Management: Cave Nominations and Requests for Confidential Information (43 CFR Part 37)

Agencies within the Department of the Interior collect the information in accordance with the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act (Act), which requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to identify and protect significant caves on Federal lands within their respective jurisdictions. This request covers Federal lands managed by agencies within the Department of the Interior, but not Federal lands managed by agencies within the Department of Agriculture (e.g., U.S. Forest Service). Agencies within the Department of the Interior use the information in a cave nomination to determine if the nominated cave will be listed as significant in accordance with the FCRPA and the Department's regulations at 43 CFR 37.11(c). The information is thus necessary for full compliance with agencies' responsibilities to identify and protect significant caves and their resources. Agencies within the Department of the Interior use the information in confidential cave information requests to determine whether to grant access to confidential cave data. Agencies need this information in order to comply with their statutory responsibilities to communicate, cooperate, and exchange information about significant caves, within the limits prescribed by the Act.

The latest form for Cave Management: Cave Nominations and Requests for Confidential Information (43 CFR Part 37) expires 2021-08-31 and can be found here.

Cave nomination / individuals

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