50 CFR § 25.41 - Who issues refuge permits?

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title: "50 CFR § 25.41 - Who issues refuge permits?"
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "25.41"
section_name: "Who issues refuge permits?"
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM"
part_number: "25"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 664, 668dd, and 715i, 3901  and Pub. L. 102-402, 106 Stat. 1961."
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# 25.41 Who issues refuge permits?

We authorize the refuge manager of the facility where an activity is to take place to issue permits required by this subchapter C unless the regulations in this subchapter C require the applicant to obtain the applicable permit from the Director or Secretary. In those situations, the refuge manager will so inform the applicant, giving the applicant all necessary information as to how and where to apply.

[67 FR 58942, Sept. 18, 2002]