[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR402.5]

[Page 548]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
      CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 402--SALE OF LANDS IN FEDERAL RECLAMATION PROJECTS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Public Lands
 
Sec. 402.5  Procedures within the Department.

    (a) Before offering any land for sale under any of the statutes 
listed in Sec. 402.1, the Commissioner should determine that the sale 
will be in the best interest of the project in which the lands are 
located and, if the lands sold are to be irrigated, that there is a 
sufficient water supply for such irrigation.
    (b) When a decision is made to offer lands for sale under any of the 
statutes listed in Sec. 402.1: (1) The Commissioner should notify the 
State Supervisor of the Bureau of Land Management in whose State the 
lands are located, (2) a report showing the status of the lands should 
be obtained from the Manager of the appropriate office of the Bureau of 
Land Management, and (3) a report should be obtained from the Geological 
Survey with respect to the mineral resources of the lands. A copy of the 
report of the Geological Survey should be furnished to the Manager of 
the appropriate land office of the Bureau of Land Management for his use 
in preparing the final certificate.