[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: 43CFR2720.1-2]

[Page 221]
 
                    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. 2720.1-2  Form of application.

    (a) An application shall be filed with the proper BLM Office as 
listed in Sec. 1821.2-1(d) of this title.
    (b) No specific form is required.
    (c) A non-refundable fee of $50 shall accompany the application.
    (d) Each application shall include:
    (1) The name, legal mailing address, and telephone number of the 
existing or prospective record owner of the land included in the 
application;
    (2) Proof of ownership of the land included in the application, and 
in the case of a prospective record owner, a copy of the contract of 
conveyance or a statement describing the method by which he will become 
the owner of record;
    (3) In the case of non-Federal ownership of the surface, a certified 
copy of any patent or other instrument conveying the land included in 
the application and a showing of ownership in the applicant, with 
supporting survey evidence acceptable to the authorized officer, which 
may consist of a metes and bounds survey prepared and certified by a 
civil engineer or land surveyor licensed under the laws of the State in 
which the lands are located; and
    (4) As complete a statement as possible concerning (i) the nature of 
federally-reserved or owned mineral values in the land, including 
explanatory information, (ii) the existing and proposed uses of the 
land, (iii) why the reservation of the mineral interests in the United 
States is interfering with or precluding appropriate non-mineral 
development of the land covered by the application (iv) how and why such 
development would be a more beneficial use of the land than its mineral 
development, and (v) a showing that the proposed use complies or will 
comply with State and local zoning and/or planning requirements.

[44 FR 1342, Jan. 4, 1979, as amended at 51 FR 9658, Mar. 20, 1986]