[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: 43CFR2627.1]

[Page 176-177]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2620_STATE GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart 2627_Alaska
 
Sec. 2627.1  Grant for community purposes.

    Source: 35 FR 9611, June 13, 1970, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Authority. The Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 339, 340), grants 
to the State of Alaska the right to select, within 25 years after 
January 3, 1959, not to exceed 400,000 acres of national forest lands in 
Alaska which are vacant and unappropriated at the time of their 
selection and not to exceed 400,000 acres of other public lands in 
Alaska which are vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved at the time of 
their selection. The act provides that the selected

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lands must be adjacent to the established communities or suitable for 
prospective community centers and recreational areas. The act further 
provides that such lands shall be selected with the approval of the 
Secretary of Agriculture as to national forest lands and with the 
approval of the Secretary of the Interior as to other lands, and that no 
selection shall be made north and west of the line described in section 
10 of the act without approval of the President or his designated 
representative.
    (b) Applicable regulations. Unless otherwise indicated therein, the 
regulations in Sec. 2627.3 (a) to (d) apply to the grant and selection 
of lands for community purposes. In addition to the requirements of 
Sec. 2627.3(c), where the selected lands are national forest, the 
application for selection must be accompanied by a statement of the 
Secretary of Agriculture or his delegate showing that he approves the 
selection.
    (c) Approval of selections outside of national forests. Selection of 
lands outside of national forests will be approved by the authorized 
officer of the Bureau of Land Management if, all else being regular, he 
finds that approval of a selection of lands adjacent to an established 
community will further expansion of an established community, or if the 
lands are suitable for prospective community centers and recreational 
areas.