[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: 43CFR2650.1]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2650_ALASKA NATIVE SELECTIONS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart 2650_Alaska Native Selections: Generally
 
Sec. 2650.1  Provisions for interim administration.

    (a)(1) Prior to any conveyance under the Act, all public lands 
withdrawn pursuant to sections 11, 14, and 16, or covered by section 19 
of the Act, shall be administered under applicable laws and regulations 
by the Secretary of the Interior, or by the Secretary of Agriculture in 
the case of national forest lands, as provided by section 22(i) of the 
Act. The authority of the Secretary of the Interior and of the Secretary 
of Agriculture to make contracts and to issue leases, permits, rights-
of-way, or easements is not impaired by the withdrawals.
    (2)(i) Prior to the Secretary's making contracts or issuing leases, 
permits, rights-of-way, or easements, the views of the concerned regions 
or villages

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shall be obtained and considered, except as provided in paragraph 
(a)(2)(ii) of this section.
    (ii) Prior to making contracts, or issuing leases, permits, rights-
of-way, or easements on lands subject to election pursuant to section 
19(b) of the Act, the Secretary shall obtain the consent of the 
representatives of the Natives living on those lands.
    (b) As provided in section 17(d)(3) of the Act, any lands withdrawn 
pursuant to section 17(d) shall be subject to administration by the 
Secretary under applicable laws and regulations and his authority to 
make contracts, and to issue leases, permits, rights-of-way, or 
easements shall not be impaired by the withdrawal. To the extent that 
any such land is also subject to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this 
section, the provisions of that subsection shall govern.
    (c) As provided in section 21(e) of the Act, so long as there are no 
substantial revenues from real property interests conveyed pursuant to 
this Act and the lands are not subject to State and local real property 
taxes, such lands shall continue to receive forest fire protection 
services from the United States at no cost. The Secretary will 
promulgate criteria, after consultation with the concerned Native 
corporations and the State of Alaska, for determining when substantial 
revenues are accruing as to lands for which forest fire protection 
services are furnished by the Department of the Interior and no 
discontinuance of such service will be ordered by the Secretary unless 
he finds, after notice and opportunity for submission of views, that 
such discontinuance is in conformity with the criteria.