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The proposed rule would address the management, collection, and curation of palentological resources on or from Federal lands administered by the Department of the Interior using scientific principles and expertise, including collection in accordance with permits; curation in an approved repository; and maintenance of confidentiality of specific locality data.  The Paleontological Resources Preservation Act authorizes civil and criminal penalties for illegal collecting, damaging, otherwise altering or defacing, or selling paleontological resources, and the proposed rule further details the processes related to the civil penalties, including hearing requests and appeals of the violation of the amount of the civil penalties.