[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR151.12]

[Page 396-397]
 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 151_LAND ACQUISITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 151.12  Action on requests.

    (a) The Secretary shall review all requests and shall promptly 
notify the applicant in writing of his decision. The Secretary may 
request any additional information or justification he considers 
necessary to enable him to reach a decision. If the Secretary determines 
that the request should be denied, he shall advise the applicant of that 
fact and the reasons therefor in writing and notify him of the right to 
appeal pursuant to part 2 of this title.
    (b) Following completion of the Title Examination provided in Sec. 
151.13 of this part and the exhaustion of any administrative remedies, 
the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register, or in a newspaper 
of general circulation serving the affected area a notice of his/her 
decision to take land into trust under this part. The notice will state 
that a final agency determination to take land in trust has been made 
and that the Secretary shall acquire title in the name of the United 
States no

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sooner than 30 days after the notice is published.

[45 FR 62036, Sept. 18, 1980. Redesignated at 60 FR 32879, June 23, 
1995, as amended at 61 FR 18083, Apr. 24, 1996]