---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 29.115"
title: "50"
number: "29.115"
heading: "What lighting and visual standards must I meet?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/29.115"
---

# §29.115. 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; and
- (b) You must reduce visual contrast in the landscape in selecting the area of operations, avoiding unnecessary disturbance, choosing appropriate colors and materials for roads and permanent structures, and other means.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 81 FR 79971, Nov. 14, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 664, 668dd, 685, 690d, 715i, 725, 3161; 30 U.S.C. 185; 31 U.S.C. 3711, 9701; 40 U.S.C. 319; 43 U.S.C. 315a; 113 Stat. 1501A-140.

### Source

Source: 31 FR 16026, Dec. 15, 1966, unless otherwise noted.