following day, where they spoke with three participants. The officers presented the individuals with a letter that outlined resource and logistical concerns, along with two copies of a Special Use Permit Application and Special Use Permit. The individuals agreed to take the documents and present them before the Rainbow Council that evening.
*907 On August 31, Officer Borcovan met the defendant who introduced himself as one of the individuals responsible for scouting and bringing the gathering to the forest. Other gathering attendees with whom Officer Borcovan had spoken had also mentioned the name "Ben" as one of the "focalizers" or scouts for the gathering. On September 3, 1998, Officer Borcovan spoke with the defendant and informed him that, based on the head count he had conducted on August 29,requirement to noncommercial group uses when it is "reasonably expected" that the number of people in the group will exceed 75. Yet defendant points to nothing in the regulations that would impose any penalty upon a group such as the Rainbow Family who, uncertain about the final number of attendees, chose to apply prophylactically for a special use authorization. Because the 72-hour provision is narrowly tailored to serve the government's significant interests in protecting the national forest and allocating space among competing users, the regulation survives constitutional scrutiny.
With respect to the signature requirement, requiring an individual to sign a special use authorization as a representative of the group is necessary to ensure that the group will be responsible for the actions of its members as a whole, to