[meteorite-list] Oregon / Washington Meteorite hunting regulationson BLM Land

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 17:23:52 -0500
Message-ID: <A3936EE9A02C46139B10FB6C240B3EEC_at_greg323a964987>

I would think that if the government asserted its claim to one meteorite,
they would have to have the same 'law' apply towards ALL meteorites found on
government property. Any good lawyer could beat that case if needed... would
just cost someone a bucket load of cash though!

Best regards,
Greg

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----- Original Message -----
From: <wahlperry at aol.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 5:16 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Oregon / Washington Meteorite hunting
regulationson BLM Land


> Hi list,
>
> Sorry for the possible double post. Here is their reply from the BLM in
> Oregon regarding meteorite hunting.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Sonny
>
>
>
>>Sonny: It is the Washington Office Policy that meteorites belong to
> the
>>Federal government, the policy statement on the BLM Oregon/Washington
>>website is taken from the Washington Office, this is partly based on
> Old
>>Woman Meteorite case (under the Antiquities Act) you mentioned and I
> have
>>attached. In practise, there is no official guidance for us on how to
>>manage meteorites nor has this been put into the Code of Federal
>>Regulations and I'm not aware of any enforcement action being taken
> against
>>collectors on public lands. I'm wondering if this policy was written
> more
>>for a significant meteorite find such as the Old Woman case, and would
> give
>>Federal government ability to assert ownership if it decided to, if the
>>meteorite had considerable scientific value? Sorry, this isn't very
> clear
>>cut. Steve
>
>
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