Part 166 — Grazing Permits
Subpart A — Purpose, Scope, and Definitions
Subpart B — Tribal Policies and Laws Pertaining to Permits
- § 166.100— What special tribal policies will we apply to permitting on Indian agricultural lands?
- § 166.101— May individual Indian landowners exempt their land from certain tribal policies for permitting on Indian agricultural lands?
- § 166.102— Do tribal laws apply to permits?
- § 166.103— How will tribal laws be enforced on Indian agricultural land?
- § 166.104— What notifications are required that tribal laws apply to permits on Indian agricultural lands?
Subpart C — Permit Requirements
- § 166.200— When is a permit needed to authorize possession of Indian land for grazing purposes?
- § 166.201— Must parents or guardians of Indian minors who own Indian land obtain a permit before using land for grazing purposes?
- § 166.202— May an emancipated minor grant a permit?
- § 166.203— When can the Indian landowners grant a permit?
- § 166.204— Who may represent an individual Indian landowner in granting a permit?
- § 166.205— When can the BIA grant a permit on behalf of Indian landowners?
- § 166.206— What requirements apply to a permit on a fractionated tract?
- § 166.207— What provisions will be contained in a permit?
- § 166.208— How long is a permit term?
- § 166.209— Must a permit be recorded?
- § 166.210— When is a decision by the BIA regarding a permit effective?
- § 166.211— When are permits effective?
- § 166.212— When may a permittee take possession of permitted Indian land?
- § 166.213— Must I comply with any standards of conduct if I am granted a permit?
- § 166.214— Will the BIA notify the permittee of any change in land title status?
- § 166.215— How can I find Indian land available for grazing?
- § 166.216— Who is responsible for permitting Indian land?
- § 166.217— In what manner may a permit on Indian land be granted?
- § 166.218— How do I acquire a permit through tribal allocation?
- § 166.219— How do I acquire a permit through negotiation?
- § 166.220— What are the basic steps for acquiring a permit through negotiation?
- § 166.221— How do I acquire an advertised permit through competitive bidding?
- § 166.222— Are there standard permit forms?
- § 166.223— Can I use a permit as collateral for a loan?
- § 166.224— What factors does the BIA consider when reviewing a leasehold mortgage?
- § 166.225— May a permittee voluntarily assign a leasehold interest under an approved encumbrance?
- § 166.226— May the holder of a leasehold mortgage assign the leasehold interest after a sale or foreclosure of an approved encumbrance?
- § 166.227— How can Indian land be removed from an existing permit?
- § 166.228— How will the BIA provide notice if Indian land is removed from an existing permit?
- § 166.229— Other than to remove land, how can a permit be amended, assigned, subpermitted, or mortgaged?
- § 166.230— When will a BIA decision to approve an amendment, assignment, subpermit, or mortgage under a permit be effective?
- § 166.231— Must an amendment, assignment, subpermit, or mortgage approved under a permit be recorded?
Subpart D — Land and Operations Management
- § 166.300— How is Indian agricultural land managed?
- § 166.301— How is Indian land for grazing purposes described?
- § 166.302— How is a range unit created?
- § 166.303— Can more than one parcel of Indian land be combined into one permit?
- § 166.304— Can there be more than one permit for each range unit?
- § 166.305— When is grazing capacity determined?
- § 166.306— Can the BIA adjust the grazing capacity?
- § 166.307— Will the grazing capacity be increased if I graze adjacent trust or non-trust rangelands not covered by the permit?
- § 166.308— Can the number of animals and/or season of use be modified on the permitted land if I graze adjacent trust or non-trust rangelands under an on-and-off grazing permit?
- § 166.309— Who determines livestock class and livestock ownership requirements on permitted Indian land?
- § 166.310— What must a permittee do to protect livestock from exposure to disease?
- § 166.311— Is an Indian agricultural resource management plan required?
- § 166.312— Is a conservation plan required?
- § 166.313— Is environmental compliance required?
- § 166.314— Can a permittee apply a conservation practice on permitted Indian land?
- § 166.315— Who is responsible for the completion and maintenance of a conservation practice if the permit expires or is canceled before the completion of the conservation practice?
- § 166.316— Can a permittee construct improvements on permitted Indian land?
- § 166.317— What happens to improvements constructed on Indian lands when the permit has been terminated?
Subpart E — Grazing Rental Rates, Payments, and Late Payment Collections
- § 166.400— Who establishes grazing rental rates?
- § 166.401— How does the BIA establish grazing rental rates?
- § 166.402— Why must the BIA determine the fair annual rental of Indian land?
- § 166.403— Will the BIA ever grant or approve a permit at less than fair annual rental?
- § 166.404— Whose grazing rental rate will be applicable for a permit on tribal land?
- § 166.405— Whose grazing rental rate will be applicable for a permit on individually-owned Indian land?
- § 166.406— Whose grazing rental rate will be applicable for a permit on government land?
- § 166.407— If a range unit consists of tribal and individually-owned Indian lands, what is the grazing rental rate?
- § 166.408— Is the grazing rental rate established by the BIA adjusted periodically?
- § 166.409— How is my grazing rental payment determined?
- § 166.410— When are grazing rental payments due?
- § 166.411— Will a permittee be notified when a grazing rental payment is due?
- § 166.412— What if the permittee does not receive an invoice that a grazing rental payment is due?
- § 166.413— To whom are grazing rental payments made?
- § 166.414— What forms of grazing rental payments are acceptable?
- § 166.415— What will the BIA do if the permittee fails to make a direct payment to an Indian landowner?
- § 166.416— May a permittee make a grazing rental payment in advance of the due date?
- § 166.417— May an individual Indian landowner modify the terms of the permit on a fractionated tract for advance grazing rental payment?
- § 166.418— When is a grazing rental payment late?
- § 166.419— What will the BIA do if grazing rental payments are not made in the time and manner required by the permit?
- § 166.420— Will any special fees be assessed on delinquent grazing rental payments due under a permit?
- § 166.421— If a permit is canceled for non-payment, does that extinguish the permittee's debt?
- § 166.422— What does the BIA do with grazing rental payments received from permittees?
- § 166.423— How do Indian landowners receive grazing rental payments that the BIA has received from permittees?
- § 166.424— How will the BIA determine the grazing rental payment amount to be distributed to each Indian landowner?
Subpart F — Administrative and Tribal Fees
- § 166.500— Are there administrative fees for a permit?
- § 166.501— How are annual administrative fees determined?
- § 166.502— Are administrative fees refundable?
- § 166.503— May the BIA waive administrative fees?
- § 166.504— Are there any other administrative or tribal fees, taxes, or assessments that must be paid?
Subpart G — Bonding and Insurance Requirements
- § 166.600— Must a permittee provide a bond for a permit?
- § 166.601— How is the amount of the bond determined?
- § 166.602— What form of bonds will the BIA accept?
- § 166.603— If cash is submitted as a bond, how is it administered?
- § 166.604— Is interest paid on a cash performance bond?
- § 166.605— Are cash performance bonds refunded?
- § 166.606— What happens to a bond if a violation occurs?
- § 166.607— Is insurance required for a permit?
- § 166.608— What types of insurance may be required?
Subpart H — Permit Violations
- § 166.700— What permit violations are addressed by this subpart?
- § 166.701— How will the BIA determine whether the activities of a permittee under a permit are in compliance with the terms of the permit?
- § 166.702— Can a permit provide for negotiated remedies in the event of a permit violation?
- § 166.703— What happens if a permit violation occurs?
- § 166.704— What will a written notice of a permit violation contain?
- § 166.705— What will the BIA do if a permit violation is not cured within the required time period?
- § 166.706— Will the BIA's regulations concerning appeal bonds apply to cancellation decisions involving permits?
- § 166.707— When will a cancellation of a permit be effective?
- § 166.708— Can the BIA take emergency action if the rangeland is threatened with immediate, significant, and irreparable harm?
- § 166.709— What will the BIA do if a permittee holds over after the expiration or cancellation of a permit?
Subpart I — Trespass
- § 166.800— What is trespass?
- § 166.801— What is the BIA's trespass policy?
- § 166.802— Who can enforce this subpart?
- § 166.803— How are trespassers notified of a trespass determination?
- § 166.804— What can I do if I receive a trespass notice?
- § 166.805— How long will a written trespass notice remain in effect?
- § 166.806— What actions does the BIA take against trespassers?
- § 166.807— When will we impound unauthorized livestock or other property?
- § 166.808— How are trespassers notified if their unauthorized livestock or other property are to be impounded?
- § 166.809— What happens after my unauthorized livestock or other property are impounded?
- § 166.810— How do I redeem my impounded livestock or other property?
- § 166.811— How will the sale of impounded livestock or other property be conducted?
- § 166.812— What are the penalties, damages, and costs payable by trespassers on Indian agricultural land?
- § 166.813— How will the BIA determine the value of forage or crops consumed or destroyed?
- § 166.814— How will the BIA determine the value of the products or property illegally used or removed?
- § 166.815— How will the BIA determine the amount of damages to Indian agricultural land?
- § 166.816— How will the BIA determine the costs associated with enforcement of the trespass?
- § 166.817— What happens if I do not pay the assessed penalties, damages and costs?
- § 166.818— How are the proceeds from trespass distributed?
- § 166.819— What happens if the BIA does not collect enough money to satisfy the penalty?
Subpart J — Agriculture Education, Education Assistance, Recruitment, and Training
- § 166.900— How are the Indian agriculture education programs operated?
- § 166.901— How will the BIA select an agriculture intern?
- § 166.902— How can I become an agriculture educational employment student?
- § 166.903— How can I get an agriculture scholarship?
- § 166.904— What is agriculture education outreach?
- § 166.905— Who can get assistance for postgraduate studies?
- § 166.906— What can happen if we recruit you after graduation?
- § 166.907— Who can be an intern?
- § 166.908— Who can participate in continuing education and training?
- § 166.909— What are my obligations to the BIA after I participate in an agriculture education program?
- § 166.910— What happens if I do not fulfill my obligation to the BIA?