---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 29.71"
title: "50"
number: "29.71"
heading: "How do I apply for a temporary access permit?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/29.71"
---

# §29.71. How do I apply for a temporary access permit?


You must submit the information requested in FWS Form 3-2469 (Oil and Gas Operations Special Use Permit Application) to the refuge in which you propose to conduct operations. Information includes, but is not limited to:

- (a) The name, legal address, and telephone number of the operator, employee, agent, or contractor responsible for overall management of the proposed operations;
- (b) Documentation demonstrating that you hold the right to operate on Service-administered lands or waters;
- (c) The name, legal address, telephone number, and qualifications of all specialists responsible for conducting the reconnaissance surveys (only required if the assistants/subcontractors/subpermittees will be operating on Service-administered lands or waters without the permittee being present);
- (d) A brief description of the intended operation so that we can determine reconnaissance survey needs;
- (e) A description of the survey methods you intend to use to identify the natural and cultural resources;
- (f) A map (to-scale and determined by us to be acceptable) delineating the proposed reconnaissance survey area in relation to the refuge boundary and the proposed area of operations; and
- (g) A description of proposed means of access and routes for conducting the reconnaissance surveys.

## 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.