Right of Way Authorization DOI FWS
Applications for proposed rights‐of‐way over, upon, under, or through U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) lands. The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee), as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-57) authorizes the USFWS to permit a new use, or expand, renew, or extend an existing use, of a refuge only when the USFWS determines it is a compatible use.