43 CFR § 9212.1 - Prohibited acts.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s9212.1"
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title: "43 CFR § 9212.1 - Prohibited acts."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "9212.1"
section_name: "Prohibited acts."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "TECHNICAL SERVICES (9000)"
part_number: "9210"
part_name: "FIRE MANAGEMENT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "43 U.S.C. 1701"
regulatory_source: "46 FR 42828, Aug. 24, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "9210"
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# 9212.1 Prohibited acts.

Unless permitted in writing by the authorized officer, it is prohibited on the public lands to:

(a) Cause a fire, other than a campfire, or the industrial flaring of gas, to be ignited by any source;

(b) Fire a tracer or incendiary device;

(c) Burn, timber, trees, slash, brush, tundra or grass except as used in campfires;

(d) Leave a fire without extinguishing it, except to report it if it has spread beyond control;

(e) Build, attend, maintain or use a campfire without removing all flammable material from around the campfire adequate to prevent its escape;

(f) Resist or interfere with the efforts of firefighter(s) to extinguish a fire;

(g) Enter an area which is closed by a fire prevention order, or

(h) perform any act restricted by a fire prevention order.