[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: 43CFR2720.0-6]

[Page 220]
 
                    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. 2720.0-6  Policy.

    As required by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the 
Bureau of Land Management may convey a federally owned mineral interest 
only when the authorized officer determines that it has no known mineral 
value, or that the mineral reservation is interfering with or precluding 
appropriate nonmineral development of the lands and that nonmineral 
development is a more beneficial use than mineral development. 
Allegation, hypothesis or speculation that such conditions could or may 
exist at some future time shall not be sufficient basis for conveyance. 
Failure to establish by convincing factual evidence that the requisite 
conditions of interference or preclusion presently exist, and that 
nonmineral development is a more beneficial use, shall result in the 
rejection of an application.

[51 FR 9657, Mar. 20, 1986, as amended at 60 FR 12711, Mar. 8, 1995]