---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 9.304"
title: "36"
number: "9.304"
heading: "Application requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/9.304"
---

# §9.304. Application requirements.

- (a) By February 15 of each year, the designated coordinator of each AMRAP agency will forward to the Regional Director an application pursuant to [§ 9.304(b)](#b) for proposed AMRAP projects and activities discussed and reviewed at the annual coordination meeting held under [§ 9.303(b)](/cfr/36/9.303.md?p=b). Applications requiring additional information will be promptly returned to, or discussed with, the coordinator of the involved AMRAP agency to resolve any deficiencies.
- (b) Applications will be submitted in a form and manner prescribed by the Regional Director and will contain at a minimum:
  - (1) The name of the AMRAP agency and responsible office and, where applicable, its designated contractual representative that will conduct the proposed activities;
  - (2) The name, office address and telephone numbers of the AMRAP agency persons or contractor persons who will supervise the proposed activities, and a list of all individual's names, addresses and telephone numbers who will be present at field activities;
  - (3) A list of any previous AMRAP activities or prior geologic and mineral resource assessments that have occurred in the proposed study area;
  - (4) A discussion of overall project objectives, schedules and products, and how the proposed activities for the current application relate to those objectives;
  - (5) A description of the activities proposed for approval, including a detailed description of the collection techniques, sampling methods and equipment to be used in each area;
  - (6) Topographic maps identifying the specific areas in units of the National Park System where the agency proposes to conduct each AMRAP activity;
  - (7) The approximate dates on which the AMRAP activities for each area are proposed to be commenced and completed;
  - (8) A description of access means and routes for each area in which work is proposed including an estimate of the number of flights or number of vehicle trips;
  - (9) A description of the field support requirements proposed for locations on lands within units of the National Park System, including camp sites, fuel storage areas, and any other requirements;
  - (10) A discussion which documents that proposed activities will be carried out in an environmentally sound manner utilizing the least impacting technology suitable for the purposes of the project; and
  - (11) A description of how any disturbed areas, such as camp sites, will be reclaimed.

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 22652, May 16, 1991. Redesignated and amended at 81 FR 77992, 78005, Nov. 4, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 410hh; 16 U.S.C. 3101, et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 347; 16 U.S.C. 410bb; 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.; 54 U.S.C. 320301; 54 U.S.C. 100101, et seq.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 22652, May 16, 1991, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 81 FR 77992, Nov. 4, 2016.

### Amendments

[56 FR 22652, May 16, 1991. Redesignated and amended at 81 FR 77992, 78005, Nov. 4, 2016]