Minimum requirements of approval of a repository.
36 C.F.R. § 291.23
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01The Authorized Officer will determine whether a facility should be an approved repository based on whether the repository has:
(a) The capability to provide adequate curatorial services as defined in § 291.5;
(b) A scope of collections statement or similar policy that identifies paleontological resources as part of its scope of collections;
(c) A current collections management plan, including but not limited to policies for documentation, loans, and access; and
(d) Staff with primary responsibility for managing and preserving the collections that have training or experience in the curation of paleontological resources at levels appropriate to the nature and use of the paleontological collections maintained by that repository.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-36.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026