[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: 43CFR2641.2]

[Page 182-183]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2640_FAA AIRPORT GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart 2641_Procedures
 
Sec. 2641.2  Action on request.

    (a) Upon receipt of the request from the Administrator, the 
authorized officer shall determine whether the requested conveyance is 
inconsistent with the needs of the Department of the Interior, or any 
agency thereof, and shall notify the Administrator of the determination 
within 4 months after receipt of the request. On determining that the 
conveyance is not inconsistent with the needs of the Department of the 
Interior, the authorized officer also shall determine what, if any, 
convenants, terms, conditions and reservations should be included in the 
conveyance, if made. Any conveyance shall be made subject to valid 
existing rights of record, and to those disclosed as a result of 
publication or otherwise.
    (b) Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, no conveyance 
shall be

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made of Federal lands within any national park, national monument, 
national recreation area, or similar area under the administration of 
the National Park Service; within any unit of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System or similar area under the jurisdiction of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service; within any area designated part of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System or any area designated as a 
wilderness study area; or within any national forest or Indian 
reservation.
    (c) The applicant shall, upon request by the authorized officer, 
submit a deposit in an amount determined by the authorized officer, to 
cover the administrative costs of processing the application, including 
the cost of survey, if one is necessary, and issuing of a document of 
conveyance. No document of conveyance shall be issued for unsurveyed 
lands. The processing of applications under this part shall be 
accomplished without any expense to the Bureau of Land Management.
    (d) Each applicant also shall pay the cost of publication of a 
notice in the Federal Register and in a newspaper of general circulation 
in the area in which the lands are located.