---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 38.5"
title: "50"
number: "38.5"
heading: "Emergency authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/38.5"
---

# §38.5. Emergency authority.


During the imminence and duration of any emergency, the Regional Director may perform any lawful acts necessary to protect life and property on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k et seq., 664, 668dd, 742(f), 3901 et seq.; 48 U.S.C. 644a; sec. 48, Pub. L. 86-624, 74 Stat 424; E.O. 13022, 61 FR 56875, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 224.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 11626, Mar. 10, 1998, unless otherwise noted.