Springsteen was charged with &quot;consuming alcohol in an enclosed area&quot;
<p>Bruce Springsteen received <a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9524392/bruce-springsteen-arrested-dwi-november/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"></a> including DWI and &quot;consuming alcohol in an enclosed area&quot; (the word &quot;closed&quot; is also used) in November 2020 in Gateway National Recreation Area in New Jersey. I searched for those phrases and for National Park Service regulations related to alcohol and was unable to find an explanation.</p>
<p>I'd like to see a link to the relevant law and have an explanation of what constitutes a closed or enclosed area in this context and the motivation for this restriction. This seems odd to me because, in my opinion, restricting the consumption of alcohol in public, <em>outside</em> of enclosed places, is the familiar case.</p>

<p>The area is &quot;closed&quot; (not open), or &quot;restricted&quot; to alcohol consumption. <a href="https://www.nps.gov/policy/PolMemos/PM_07-02.pdf" rel="noreferrer">Here is a memo</a> reminding of alcohol restrictions, noting <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/36/2.35" rel="noreferrer">36 CFR 2.35</a> which states that</p>
<blockquote>
<p>The superintendent may close all or a portion of a public use area or
public facility within a park area to the consumption of alcoholic
beverages and/or to the possession of a bottle, can or other
receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage that is open, or that has
been opened, or whose seal is broken or the contents of which have
been partially removed.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This was done in the case of the area, apparently a few years earlier (i,e, it used to be allowed and there was a policy change). The <a href="https://www.nps.gov/gate/learn/management/lawsandpolicies.htm" rel="noreferrer">Gateway Nt'l Park website</a> states that &quot;Alcoholic beverages at Sandy Hook are prohibited&quot;, as are a bunch of other things.</p>
<p>The motivation is part of the regulation, that the superintendent determined that</p>
<blockquote>
<p>(A) The consumption of an alcoholic beverage or the possession of an
open container of an alcoholic beverage would be inappropriate
considering other uses of the location and the purpose for which it is
maintained or established; or</p>
<p>(B) Incidents of aberrant behavior related to the consumption of
alcoholic beverages are of such magnitude that the diligent
application of the authorities in this section and §§ 1.5 and 2.34 of
this chapter, over a reasonable time period, does not alleviate the
problem.</p>
</blockquote>

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