---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 230.54"
title: "40"
number: "230.54"
heading: "Parks, national and historical monuments, national seashores, wilderness areas, research sites, and similar preserves."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/230.54"
---

# §230.54. Parks, national and historical monuments, national seashores, wilderness areas, research sites, and similar preserves.

- (a) These preserves consist of areas designated under Federal and State laws or local ordinances to be managed for their aesthetic, educational, historical, recreational, or scientific value.
- (b) **Possible loss of values—** The discharge of dredged or fill material into such areas may modify the aesthetic, educational, historical, recreational and/or scientific qualities thereby reducing or eliminating the uses for which such sites are set aside and managed.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 85344, Dec. 24, 1980, unless otherwise noted.