[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: 43CFR2462.1]

[Page 108]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2460_BUREAU INITIATED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart 2462_Disposal Classification Procedure: Over 2,560 Acres
 
Sec. 2462.1  Publication of notice of, and public hearings on, proposed 
classification.

    The authorized officer shall publish a notice of his proposed 
classification in the Federal Register and an announcement in a 
newspaper having general circulation in the area or areas in the 
vicinity of the affected land. The notice shall include the legal 
description of the affected land, the law or laws under which the lands 
would be disposed of together with such other information as the 
authorized officer deems pertinent. Copies of the notice will be sent to 
the head of the governing body of the political subdivision of the 
State, if any, having jurisdiction over zoning in the geographic area 
within which the affected lands are located, the governor of that State 
and the BLM multiple use advisory board in that State, the land-use 
planning officer and land-use planning committees, if any, of the 
county, in which the affected lands are located, the authorized user or 
users of the lands or their selected representatives, all petitioner-
applicants involved, and any other party the authorized officer 
determines to have an interest in the proper use of the lands. The 
authorized officer will hold a public hearing on the proposal if (a) the 
proposed classification will affect more than 25,000 acres or (b) he 
determines that sufficient public interest exists to warrant the time 
and expense of a hearing.