[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: 43CFR2450.2]

[Page 104-105]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2450_PETITION-APPLICATION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart 2450_Petition-Application Procedures
 
Sec. 2450.2  Preliminary determination.

    Upon the filing of a petition-application, the authorized officer 
shall make

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a preliminary determination as to whether it is regular upon its face 
and, where there is no apparent defect, shall proceed to investigate and 
classify the land for which it has been filed. No further consideration 
will be given to the merits of an application or the qualifications of 
an applicant unless or until the land has been classified for the 
purpose for which the petition-application has been filed.