Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73

§100707 Confidentiality of information

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - National Park System › Chapter CHAPTER 1007— - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - SYSTEM RESOURCE INVENTORY AND MANAGEMENT › § 100707

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Exact location or details about endangered, threatened, rare, or commercially valuable resources; mineral or fossil finds; or cultural patrimony in System units can be withheld from a request under section 552, title 5. The Secretary may release them only if release furthers the unit’s purposes, creates no unreasonable risk of harm, theft, or destruction (including to specimens), and complies with other laws.

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Title 54, §100707

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Information concerning the nature and specific location of a System resource that is endangered, threatened, rare, or commercially valuable, of mineral or paleontological objects within System units, or of objects of cultural patrimony within System units, may be withheld from the public in response to a request under section 552 of title 5 unless the Secretary determines that—

(1)disclosure of the information would further the purposes of the System unit in which the resource or object is located and would not create an unreasonable risk of harm, theft, or destruction of the resource or object, including individual organic or inorganic specimens; and

(2)disclosure is consistent with other laws protecting the resource or object.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10070716 U.S.C. 5937.Pub. L. 105–391, title II, § 207, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3501.

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54 U.S.C. § 100707

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73