[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: 43CFR2740.0-6]

[Page 225-226]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2740_RECREATION AND PUBLIC PURPOSES ACT--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart 2740_Recreation and Public Purposes Act: General
 
Sec. 2740.0-6  Policy.

    (a) To assure development of public lands in accordance with a 
development plan and compliance with an approved management plan, the 
authorized officer may require that public lands first be leased under 
the provisions of subpart 2912 of this title for a period of time prior 
to issuance of a patent, except for conveyances under subpart 2743 of 
this title.
    (b) Municipal corporations may not secure public lands under this 
act which are not within convenient access to the municipality and 
within the same State as the municipality. Other qualified governmental 
applicants may not secure public lands outside their political 
boundaries or other area of jurisdiction.
    (c) Where lands are conveyed under the act with a reservation of the 
mineral estate to the United States, the Bureau of Land Management shall 
not thereafter convey that mineral estate to the surface owner under the 
provisions of section 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1719).
    (d) Lease or conveyance of lands for purposes other than 
recreational or public purposes is not authorized by the act. Uses which 
can be more appropriately authorized under other existing authorities 
shall not be authorized under the act. Approval of leases or conveyances 
under the act shall not be made unless the public lands shall be used 
for an established or definitely proposed project. A commitment by 
lessee(s) or conveyee(s) to a plan of physical development, management 
and use of the lands shall be required before a lease or conveyance is 
approved. Use of public lands for nonrecreational or nonpublic purposes, 
whether by lease or conveyance, may be applied for under sections 203 
and 302 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1713, 1732) or other applicable authorities.
    (e) The Bureau of Land Management shall not exercise the exchange 
authority of section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716) for the purpose of acquiring lands for later 
conveyance under the act.

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    (f) The Bureau of Land Management shall not use Federal funds to 
undertake determinations of the validity of mining claims on public 
lands for the sole purpose of clearing title so that the lands may be 
leased or conveyed under the act.

[44 FR 43471, July 25, 1979, as amended at 50 FR 50300, Dec. 10, 1985; 
57 FR 32732, July 23, 1992]