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50 CFR §25.52

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To be designated as an “Entrance Fee Area”, a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System must be found to demonstrate that:
  1. (a)The level of visitation for recreational purposes is high enough to justify the collection of fees for admission permits for economic reasons;
  2. (b)There is a practical mechanism in existence for implementing and operating a system of collecting fees for admission permits; and
  3. (c)Imposition of a fee for admission permits is not likely to result in undue economic hardship for a significant number of visitors to the unit.