[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR151.10]

[Page 427-428]
 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 151--ACQUISITION OF TITLE TO LAND IN TRUST--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart Part B--Discretionary Acquisitions of Title On-Reservation
 
Sec. 151.10  What criteria will BIA use to evaluate a request involving land inside a reservation or inside an approved Tribal Land Acquisition Area?

    Upon receipt of the information required under Sec. 151.9 and upon a 
determination that the application is complete:
    (a) We will approve the application and accept title to land in 
trust inside a reservation or inside an approved

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TLAA if we determine that the application facilitates tribal self-
determination, economic development, Indian housing, land consolidation 
or natural resources protection; except that
    (b) Notwithstanding a determination in paragraph (a) of this 
section, we may not approve the application and accept transfer of title 
into trust for land inside a reservation or inside an approved TLAA if 
the approval of the acquisition will result in severe negative impact to 
the environment or severe harm to the local government. Evidence of such 
harm must be clear and demonstrable and supported in the record.