43 C.F.R. Subpart 5462—Contract and Permit Requirements
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
(a) The following minimum requirements shall be met in order to assure contract or permit compliance: (1) Contracts or permits shall be executed by authorized purchasers or their formally designated representatives. (2) For other than lump sum sales, only the specific timber or other vegetative resource designated for removal, in their respective quantities, shall be removed. (3) Timber or other vegetative resources shall be removed only from designated locations or areas. (4) Transportation of timber or other vegetative resources shall be in accordance with contract or permit requirements and shall include appropriate load or product tagging if required. (5) Contract or permit stipulations and specification shall be adhered to. (6) Payments shall be made in accordance with subpart 5461 of this title. (b) All contract and permit provisions and special provisions shall be adhered to unless the contract is modified in accordance with part 5470 of this title. (c)(1) The authorized officer may cancel a contract or permit upon determining that the holder has failed to comply with a law or regulation pertinent to the contract or permit. The authorized officer may also cancel a contract or permit upon determining that the holder has failed to comply with a stipulation or requirement contained in the contract or permit and the noncompliance is detrimental to the public interest. Individual contracts or permits may contain specific language defining the remedies or penalties associated with noncompliance. (2) Cancellation shall be mandatory in cases of intentional falsification of information used to obtain the permit or contract. [56 FR 10176, Mar. 11, 1991, as amended at 60 FR 50450, Sept. 29, 1995] (a) The acts or omissions listed in paragraph (b) of this section apply only to BLM-administered lands and will render the person(s) responsible liable to the United States in a civil action for trespass, and such person(s) may be prosecuted criminally. If the authorized officer determines such acts or omissions to be detrimental to the public interest, the timber sale contract or permit held by the purchaser responsible for such acts or omissions may be canceled. (b) The following activities are prohibited: (1) Cutting, removing, or otherwise damaging any timber, tree, or other vegetative resource, except as authorized by a forest product sale contract, permit, or Federal law or regulation. (2) Cutting any standing tree, under a permit or timber sale contract, before a BLM employee has marked it or has otherwise designated it for cutting. (3) Removing any timber or other vegetative resource cut under a permit or timber sale contract, except to a place designated for scaling or measurement, or removing it from that place before it is scaled, measured, counted, or otherwise accounted for by a BLM employee. (4) Stamping, marking with paint, tagging, or otherwise identifying any tree or other vegetative resources on BLM-administered lands in a manner similar to that employed by BLM employees to mark or designate a tree or other vegetative resources for cutting, removal, or transportation. (5) Transporting timber or other vegetative resources without a valid haul ticket that pertains to the material in question, except as authorized by Federal law or regulation. (6) Except as authorized by Federal law or regulation, purchasers or their designated representatives, while engaging in any activity connected with the harvest or removal of forest products, failing to have in their possession and/or failing to produce any required permit or forest product sale contract for inspection upon demand by a BLM employee or any official of a cooperating law enforcement agency acting within his or her designated authority as a sale inspector, administrator, contracting officer, or law enforcement officer. (7) Violating any State or local laws and ordinances relating to local permits, tagging, and transportation of timber, trees, or other vegetative resources. (8) Violating any of the provisions regulating export and substitution contained in subparts 5400, 5403, and 5420 of this title. (9) Obtaining any forest product sale contract or permit or taking any timber, trees, or other vegetative resources through falsifying, concealing, or covering up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or making any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, or making or using a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry, including altering any forest product sales contract or permit or using an unauthorized reproduction of any official load tag. (10) Negligent or intentional destruction of or injury to any timber or other vegetative resource during operations under a forest product sale contract or permit. [60 FR 50450, Sept. 29, 1995] Under section 303(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a)), any individual who knowingly and willfully commits the prohibited acts under §5462.2(b) is subject to arrest and trial by the United States Magistrate and, if convicted, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $100,000 in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 et seq.), or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months, or both, for each offense, and any organization that commits these prohibited acts is subject to arrest and trial by the United States Magistrate and, if convicted, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $200,000. [60 FR 50450, Sept. 29, 1995]
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 5460—SALES ADMINISTRATION
Subpart 5462—Contract and Permit Requirements
§ 5462.1 Contract and permit compliance.
§ 5462.2 Prohibited acts.
§ 5462.3 Penalties.
