43 CFR § 423.17 - How will Reclamation reopen closed areas?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s423.17"
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title: "43 CFR § 423.17 - How will Reclamation reopen closed areas?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "423.17"
section_name: "How will Reclamation reopen closed areas?"
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."
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# 423.17 How will Reclamation reopen closed areas?

An authorized official may reopen to public use any Reclamation facilities, lands, and waterbodies, or portions thereof. The authorized official may do this at any time with advance or subsequent public notice, except as required by other statute or regulation, and must document the reopening as provided in § 423.15.