---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 9.114"
title: "36"
number: "9.114"
heading: "What lighting and visual standards must I meet?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/9.114"
---

# §9.114. What lighting and visual standards must I meet?

- (a) You must design, shield, and focus lighting to minimize the effects of spill light on the night sky or adjacent areas.
- (b) You must reduce visual contrast in the landscape by selecting the area of operations, avoiding unnecessary disturbance, choosing appropriate colors for permanent facilities, and other means.
- (c) You must use road and pad materials similar in composition to soils in surrounding profiles whenever feasible.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 230a(a)(4), 459d-3, 460cc-2(i), 460ee(c)(4), 698c(b)(2), 698i(b)(2), and 698m-4; 18 U.S.C. 3571 and 3581; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 54 U.S.C. 100101, 100751, and 103104.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 77992, Nov. 4, 2016, unless otherwise noted.