[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: 43CFR2450.6]

[Page 106]
 
                    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. 2450.6  Effect of final order.

    (a) A final order of the Secretary shall continue in full force and 
effect so long as the lands remain subject to classification under the 
authorities cited in subpart 2400 until an authorized officer revokes or 
modifies it. Until it is so revoked or modified, all applications and 
petition-applications for the lands not consistent with the 
classification of the lands will not be allowed. Any payments submitted 
therewith will be returned. If the order is revoked or modified, the 
land will be opened to entry on an equal-opportunity basis after public 
notice in accordance with applicable regulations for the purpose for 
which it may be classified.
    (b) Nothing in this section, however, shall prevent the Secretary of 
the Interior, personally and not through a delegate, from vacating or 
modifying a final order of the Secretary. In the event that the 
Secretary vacates or modifies a final order within sixty days of the 
date it became final, any preference right of a petitioner-applicant 
will be restored.