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36 CFR §51.40

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Determinations as to whether outfitter and guide operations are conducted in the backcountry of a park area will be made on a park-by-park basis, taking into account the park area's particular geographic circumstances. Factors that generally may indicate that outfitter and guide operations are conducted in the backcountry of a park area include, without limitation, the fact that:
  1. (a)The operations occur in areas remote from roads and developed areas;
  2. (b)The operations are conducted within a designated natural area of a park area;
  3. (c)The operations occur in areas where search and rescue support is not readily available; and
  4. (d)All or a substantial portion of the operations occur in designated or proposed wilderness areas.