[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 36, Volume 2] [Revised as of July 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 36CFR254.30] [Page 347] TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 254--LANDOWNERSHIP ADJUSTMENTS--Table of Contents Subpart C--Conveyance of Small Tracts Sec. 254.30 Purpose. Authority: Pub. L. 97-465; 96 Stat. 2535. Source: 49 FR 1185, Jan. 10, 1984, unless otherwise noted. These regulations set forth procedures by which the Secretary of Agriculture may resolve land disputes and management problems pursuant to Pub. L. 97-465, commonly called the Small Tracts Act, by conveying, through sale, exchange, or interchange, three categories of tracts of land: Parcels encroached on, road rights-of-way, and mineral survey fractions. Implementation of these regulations does not constitute authorization of nor consent to adverse possession against lands administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.