[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR1822.17]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 1820_APPLICATION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart 1822_Filing a Document with BLM
 
Sec. 1822.17  When are documents considered filed simultaneously?

    (a) BLM considers two or more documents simultaneously filed when:
    (1) They are received at the appropriate BLM office on the same day 
and time; or
    (2) They are filed in conjunction with an order that specifies that 
documents received by the appropriate office during a specified period 
of time will be considered as simultaneously filed.
    (b) An application or document that arrives at the BLM office where 
it is to be filed when the office is closed for the entire day will be 
considered as filed on the day and hour the office next officially 
opens.
    (c) Nothing in this provision will deny any preference right granted 
by applicable law or regulation or validate a document which is invalid 
under applicable law or regulation.