43 C.F.R. PART 5—MAKING PICTURES, TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS OR SOUND TRACKS ON CERTAIN AREAS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
Authority: R.S. 463, sec. 3, 39 Stat. 535, as amended, sec. 10, 45 Stat. 1224, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 301, 25 U.S.C. 2, 16 U.S.C. 715i.
(a) Permit required. No picture may be filmed, and no television production or sound track made on any area administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Park Service, of the Department of the Interior, by any person other than amateur or bona fide newsreel and news television photographers and soundmen, unless written permission has been obtained from the Service having jurisdiction over the area. Applications for permission should be submitted to the local official having administrative responsibility for the area involved. (b) Fees; bonds. (1) No fees will be charged for the making of motion pictures, television productions or sound tracks on areas administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The regular general admission and other fees currently in effect in any area under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service are not affected by this paragraph. (2) A bond shall be furnished, or deposit made in cash or by certified check, in an amount to be set by the official in charge of the area to insure full compliance with all of the conditions prescribed in paragraph (d)(3) of this section. (c) Approval of application. Permission to make a motion picture, television production or sound track on areas administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Park Service will be granted by the head of the Service or his authorized representative in his discretion and on acceptance by the applicant of the conditions set forth in paragraph (d)(3) of this section. (d) Form of application. The following form is prescribed for an application for permission to make a motion picture, television production, or sound track on areas administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Park Service: (2) The scope of the filming (or production or recording) and the manner and extent thereof will be as follows (An additional sheet should be used if necessary.) (3) The undersigned accepts and will comply with the following conditions: (i) Utmost care will be exercised to see that no natural features are injured, and after completion of the work the area will, as required by the official in charge, either be cleaned up and restored to its prior condition or left, after clean-up, in a condition satisfactory to the official in charge. (ii) Credit will be given to the Department of the Interior and the Service involved through the use of an appropriate title or announcement, unless there is issued by the official in charge of the area a written statement that no such courtesy credit is desired. (iii) Pictures will be taken of wildlife only when such wildlife will be shown in its natural state or under approved management conditions if such wildlife is confined. (iv) [Reserved] (v) Any special instructions received from the official in charge of the area will be complied with. (vi) Any additional information relating to the privilege applied for by this application will be furnished upon request of the official in charge. [22 FR 1987, Mar. 26, 1957, as amended at 36 FR 2972, Feb. 13, 1971; 71 FR 19129, Apr. 13, 2006] (a) Individual Indians. Anyone who desires to go on the land of an Indian to make pictures, television productions or sound tracks is expected to observe the ordinary courtesy of first obtaining permission from the Indian and of observing any conditions attached to such permission. (b) Indian groups and communities. Anyone who desires to take pictures, including motion pictures, or to make a television production or a sound track of Indian communities, churches, kivas, plazas, or ceremonies performed in such places, must obtain prior permission from the proper officials of the place or community. Limitations which such officials may impose must be scrupulously observed. (c) Use of Indian lands. If the filming of pictures or the making of television productions or sound tracks requires the actual use of Indian lands, a lease or permit must be obtained pursuant to 25 CFR part 131. (d) Employment of Indians. Any motion picture or television producer who obtains a lease or permit for the use of Indian land pursuant to 25 CFR part 131 shall be expected to pay a fair and reasonable wage to any Indians employed in connection with the production activities. [22 FR 1987, Mar. 26, 1957]
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 5—MAKING PICTURES, TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS OR SOUND TRACKS ON CERTAIN AREAS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Section Contents
§ 5.1 Areas administered by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or National Park Service.
§ 5.2 Areas administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
§ 5.1 Areas administered by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or National Park Service.
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Approved:____________________§ 5.2 Areas administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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