[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR6305.30]

[Page 902]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 6300--Management of Designated Wilderness Areas--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 6305--Access to State and Private Lands Or Valid Occupancies 
                         Within Wilderness Areas
 
Sec. 6305.30  What are the steps BLM must take in issuing an access authorization to valid occupancies?

    (a) Before issuing an access authorization to mining claims or other 
valid occupancies wholly surrounded by wilderness, BLM will make certain 
that:
    (1) You have demonstrated a lack of any existing access rights or 
alternate routes of access available by deed or under applicable State 
or common law and that access by non-federally owned routes is not 
reasonably obtainable;
    (2) Your combination of routes and modes of travel, including non-
motorized modes, will cause the least impact on the wilderness but, at 
the same time, will permit the reasonable use of the non-Federal land, 
valid mining claim, or other valid occupancy; and
    (3) The location, construction, maintenance, and use of the access 
route that BLM approves will be as consistent as possible with the 
management of the wilderness area.
    (b) After issuing an access authorization, BLM will make certain 
that you situate and build the route that BLM approves to minimize 
adverse impacts on the natural resource values of the wilderness area.