[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: 43CFR2741.5]

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                    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 2741_Recreation and Public Purposes Act: Requirements
 
Sec. 2741.5  Guidelines for conveyances and leases under the act.

    (a) Public lands shall be conveyed or leased under the act only for 
an established or definitely proposed project for which there is a 
reasonable timetable of development and satisfactory development and 
management plans.
    (b) No public lands having national significance shall be conveyed 
pursuant to the act.
    (c) No more public lands than are reasonably necessary for the 
proposed use shall be conveyed pursuant to the act.
    (d) For proposals involving over 640 acres, public lands shall not 
be sold or leased pursuant to this act until:
    (1) Comprehensive land use plans and zoning regulations for the area 
in which the lands are located have been adopted by the appropriate 
State or local authorities.
    (2) The authorized officer has held at least one public meeting on 
the proposal.
    (e) Applications shall not be approved unless and until it has been 
determined that disposal under the act would serve the national interest 
following the planning requirements of section 202 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1712).

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    (f) Public lands may be determined to be suitable for lease or sale 
under the act by the authorized officer on his own motion as a result of 
demonstrated public needs for public lands for recreational or public 
purposes during the planning process described in section 202 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act.
    (g) Lands under the jurisdiction of another agency shall not be 
determined to be suitable for lease or sale without that agency's 
approval.
    (h)(1) A notice of realty action which shall serve as a 
classification of public lands as suitable or unsuitable for conveyance 
or lease under the act shall be issued, published and sent to parties of 
interest by the authorized officer not less than 60 days prior to the 
proposed effective date of the classification action. Notices specifying 
public lands classified as suitable shall include: the use proposed; 
whether the lands are to be conveyed or leased; and the terms, 
covenants, conditions and reservations which shall be included in the 
conveyance or lease document. The notice shall provide at least 45 days 
from the date of issuance for submission of public comments.
    (2) If the notice of realty action states that the lands are 
classified as suitable for conveyance or lease under the act, it shall 
segregate the public lands described in the notice from appropriation 
under any other public land law, including locations under the mining 
laws, except as provided in the notice or any amendments or revisions to 
the notice. If, after 18 months following the issuance of the notice, an 
application has not been filed for the purpose for which the public 
lands have been classified, the segregative effect of the classification 
shall automatically expire and the public lands classified in the notice 
shall return to their former status without further action by the 
authorized officer.
    (3) The notice of realty action shall be published once in the 
Federal Register and once a week for 3 weeks thereafter in a newspaper 
of general circulation in the vicinity of the public lands covered by 
the notice.
    (4) The notice published under Sec. 1610.5-5 of this title, if 
designated in the notice, shall serve as the notice of realty action 
required by this section and shall segregate the public lands as stated 
in the notice. Any such notice given under Sec. 1610.5-5 of this title 
shall be published and distributed under the provisions of this section.
    (i) The Act shall not be used to provide sites for the disposal of 
permanent or long-term hazardous wastes.

[44 FR 43472, July 25, 1979. Redesignated at 51 FR 50300, Dec. 10, 1985, 
and amended at 50 FR 50301, Dec. 10, 1985; 51 FR 1795, Jan. 15, 1986; 57 
FR 32733, July 23, 1992]