[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: 43CFR2440.3]

[Page 104]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2440_SEGREGATION BY CLASSIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart 2440_Criteria for Segregation
 
Sec. 2440.3  Specific criteria for segregative effect of classification 
for retention.

    (a) Public lands classified or proposed to be classified for 
retention for multiple-use management will be segregated from those 
forms of disposal which, if the lands remain open thereto, could:
    (1) Interfere significantly with the management of the lands under 
principles of multiple use and sustained yield, or
    (2) Impair or prevent, to an appreciable extent, realization of 
public values in the lands, or
    (3) Impair or prevent, to an appreciable extent, realization of the 
objectives of retention and management set forth in part 2420, or
    (4) Lead to unnecessary expenditures of public or private funds 
arising out of individual efforts to acquire public lands under laws, 
which are in fact not applicable, because of the nature of the resources 
of the lands.
    (b) In applying the criteria in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, 
land shall not be closed to mining location unless the nonmineral uses 
would be inconsistent with and of greater importance to the public 
interest than the continued search for a deposit of valuable minerals.