[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: 43CFR2310.5]

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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. 2310.5  Special action on emergency withdrawals.

    (a) When the Secretary determines, or when either one of the two 
Committees of the Congress that are specified in section 204(e) of the 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1714(e)) notifies the Secretary, that an emergency exists 
and that extraordinary measures need to be taken to

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protect natural resources or resource values that otherwise would be 
lost, the Secretary shall immediately make a withdrawal which shall be 
limited in its scope and duration to the emergency. An emergency 
withdrawal shall be effective when signed, shall not exceed 3 years in 
duration and may not be extended by the Secretary. If it is determined 
that the lands involved in an emergency withdrawal should continue to be 
withdrawn, a withdrawal application should be submitted to the Bureau of 
Land Management in keeping with the normal procedures for processing a 
withdrawal as provided for in this subpart. Such applications will be 
subject to the provisions of section 204(c) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 
1714(c)), or section 204(d) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1714(d), whichever is 
applicable, as well as section 204(b)(1) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 
1714(b)(1)).
    (b) When an emergency withdrawal is signed, the Secretary shall on 
the same day, send a notice of the withdrawal to the two Committees of 
the Congress that are specified for that purpose in section 204(e) of 
the Act (43 U.S.C. 1714(e)).
    (c) The Secretary shall forward a report to each of the 
aforementioned committees within 90 days after filing with them the 
notice of emergency withdrawal. Reports for all such withdrawals, 
regardless of the amount of acreage withdrawn, shall contain the 
information specified in section 204(c)(2) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 
1714(c)(2)).