---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 5.5"
title: "43"
number: "5.5"
heading: "When will an agency deny a permit for commercial filming or still photography?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/5.5"
---

# §5.5. When will an agency deny a permit for commercial filming or still photography?


We will deny a permit authorizing commercial filming or still photography if we determine that it is likely that the activity would:

- (a) Cause resource damage;
- (b) Unreasonably disrupt or conflict with the public's use and enjoyment of the site;
- (c) Pose health or safety risks to the public;
- (d) Result in unacceptable impacts or impairment to National Park Service resources or values;
- (e) Be inappropriate or incompatible with the purpose of the Fish and Wildlife Service refuge;
- (f) Cause unnecessary or undue degradation of Bureau of Land Management lands; or
- (g) Violate the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1131-1136](/usc/16/1131-1136.md)) or any other applicable Federal, State, or local law or regulation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 1-3, 3a, 668dd-ee, 715i, 460 l -6d; 25 U.S.C. 2; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1701, 1732-1734, 1740.

### Source

Source: 78 FR 52095, Aug. 22, 2013, unless otherwise noted.