[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: 43CFR2310.1-3]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2300_LAND WITHDRAWALS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart 2310_Withdrawals, General: Procedure
 
Sec. 2310.1-3  Submission of withdrawal petitions.

    (a) Withdrawal petitions shall be submitted to the Director, Bureau 
of Land Management, for transmittal to the Secretary.
    (b) No specific form is required, but the petition shall contain at 
least the following information:
    (1) The office originating the petition;
    (2) The type and purpose of the proposed withdrawal action (See 
Sec. 2300.0-5(h) of this title) and whether the petition pertains to 
the making, extension or modification of a withdrawal;
    (3) A legal description of the entire land area that falls within 
the exterior boundaries affected by the petition, together with the 
total acreage of such lands, and a map of the area;
    (4) The extent to which and the time during which any public lands 
that may be involved in the petition would

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be temporarily segregated and the temporary land uses that may be 
permitted during the segregation period, in accordance with Sec. 2310.2 
of this title; and
    (5) A preliminary identification of the mineral resources in the 
area.
    (c) Except in the case of petitions seeking emergency withdrawals, 
if a petition is submitted simultaneously with a withdrawal application, 
the information requirements pertaining to withdrawal applications (See 
Sec. 2310.1-2 of this title), shall supersede the requirements of this 
section.
    (d) If a petition seeks an emergency withdrawal under the provisions 
of section 204(e) of the act, the petition shall be filed simultaneously 
with an application for withdrawal. In such instances, the petition/
application shall provide as much of the information required by 
Sec. Sec. 2310.1-2(c) and 2310.3-2(b) of this title as is available to 
the petitioner when the petition is submitted.
    (e) Upon the approval by the Secretary of a petition for withdrawal, 
the petition shall be considered as a Secretarial proposal for 
withdrawal, and notice of the withdrawal proposal shall be published 
immediately in the Federal Register in accordance with Sec. 2310.3-1(a) 
of this title. If a petition which seeks an emergency withdrawal is 
approved by the Secretary, the publication and notice provisions 
pertaining to emergency withdrawals shall be applicable. (See Sec. 
2310.5 of this title.)