[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: 43CFR2611.2]

[Page 167]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2610_CAREY ACT GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart 2611_Segregation Under the Carey Act: Procedures
 
Sec. 2611.2  Period of segregation.

    (a) The States are allowed 10 years from the date of the signing of 
the contract by the Secretary in which to cause the lands to be 
reclaimed. If the State fails in this, the State Director may, in his 
discretion, extend the period for up to 5 years, or may restore the 
lands to the public domain at the end of the 10 years or any extension 
thereof. If actual construction of the reclamation works has not been 
commenced within 3 years after the segregation of the land or within 
such further period not exceeding 3 years as may be allowed for that 
purpose by the State Director, the State Director may, in his 
discretion, restore the lands to the public domain.
    (b) All applications for extensions of the period of segregation 
must be submitted to the State Director. Such applications will be 
entertained only upon the showing of circumstances which prevent 
compliance by the State with the requirements within the time allowed, 
which, in the judgment of the State Director, could not have been 
reasonably anticipated or guarded against, such as the distruction of 
irrigation works by storms, floods, or other unavoidable casualties, 
unforeseen structural or physical difficulties encountered in the 
operations, or errors in surveying and locating needed ditches, canals, 
or pipelines.