[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: 43CFR2710.0-3]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2710_SALES: FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart 2710_Sales: General Provisions
 
Sec. 2710.0-3  Authority.

    (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized by the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701, 1713), to sell public 
lands where, as a result of land use planning, it is determined that the 
sale of such tract meets any or all of the following disposal criteria:
    (1) Such tract was acquired for a specific purpose and the tract is 
no longer required for that or any other Federal purpose; or
    (2) Disposal of such tract shall serve important public objectives, 
including but not limited to, expansion of communities and economic 
development, which cannot be achieved prudently or feasibly on lands 
other than public lands and which outweigh other public objectives and 
values, including, but not limited to, recreation and scenic values, 
which would be served by maintaining such tract in Federal ownership; or
    (3) Such tract, because of its location or other characteristics is 
difficult and uneconomic to manage as part of the public lands and is 
not suitable for management by another Federal department or agency.
    (b) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized by section 310 of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1740) to 
promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purpose of the Act.