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Title 32: National Defense
Subtitle A: Department of Defense (Continued)
CHAPTER I: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED)
SUBCHAPTER M: MISCELLANEOUS
PART 229: PROTECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES: UNIFORM REGULATIONS
229.18 - Confidentiality of archaeological resource information.
(a) The Federal land manager shall not make available to the public, under subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5 of the U.S. Code or any other provision of law, information concerning the nature and location of any archaeological resource, with the following exceptions:
(1) The Federal land manager may make information available, provided that the disclosure will further the purposes of the Act and this part, or the Act of June 27, 1960, as amended (16 U.S.C. 469-469c), without risking harm to the archaeological resource or to the site in which it is located.
(2) The Federal land manager shall make information available, when the Governor of any State has submitted to the Federal land manager a written request for information, concerning the archaeological resources within the requesting Governor's State, provided that the request includes:
(i) The specific archaeological resource or area about which information is sought;
(ii) The purpose for which the information is sought; and
(iii) The Governor's written commitment to adequately protect the confidentiality of the information.
(b) [Reserved]
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