[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: 43CFR2720.0-3]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2720_CONVEYANCE OF FEDERALLY-OWNED MINERAL INTERESTS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart 2720_Conveyance of Federally-Owned Mineral Interests
 
Sec. 2720.0-3  Authority.

    (a) Section 209(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, 43 U.S.C. 1719(b), authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey mineral interests owned by the United States where the surface is 
or will be in non-Federal ownership, if certain specific conditions are 
met.
    (b) Section 310 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, 43 U.S.C. 1740, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of the Act.