43 CFR § 423.11 - What areas are closed to public use?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s423.11"
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title: "43 CFR § 423.11 - What areas are closed to public use?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "423.11"
section_name: "What areas are closed to public use?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "423"
part_name: "PUBLIC CONDUCT ON BUREAU OF RECLAMATION FACILITIES, LANDS, AND WATERBODIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "43 U.S.C. 373a and 373b."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 75349, Dec. 11, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "423"
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# 423.11 What areas are closed to public use?

The following Reclamation facilities, lands, and waterbodies, or portions thereof, are closed to public use:

(a) Those that were closed to public use as of April 17, 2006, as evidenced by fencing, gates, barriers, locked doors, road closures, signage, posting of notices, or other reasonably obvious means, as provided in § 423.14;

(b) Those that are closed after April 17, 2006 under § 423.12;

(c) Those that are closed periodically and regularly under § 423.13; and

(d) Those that are closed to off-road vehicle use pursuant to 43 CFR part 420.