50 CFR §29.154
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- (a)You may forfeit all or part of your financial assurance if we cannot secure your compliance with the provisions of your operations permit or a provision of this subpart. The part of your financial assurance forfeited is based on costs to the Service to remedy your noncompliance.
- (b)In addition to forfeited financial assurance, we may temporarily:
- (1)Prohibit you from removing all structures, equipment, or other materials from your area of operations;
- (2)Require you to secure the operations site and take any necessary actions to protect Service-administered lands and waters, and resources of the refuge; visitor uses; and visitor or employee health and safety; and
- (3)Suspend review of any permit applications you have submitted until we determine that all violations of permit provisions or of any provision of this subpart are resolved.
- (4)Seek recovery as provided in § 29.151 for all costs of reclamation in excess of the posted financial assurance.