[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: 43CFR2743.2-1]

[Page 231]
 
                    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 2743_Recreation and Public Purposes Act: Solid Waste Disposal
 
Sec. 2743.2-1  Patent provisions for new disposal sites.

    For new disposal sites, each patent will provide that:
    (a) The patentee shall comply with all Federal and State laws 
applicable to the disposal, placement, or release of hazardous 
substances;
    (b) The patentee shall indemnify and hold harmless the United States 
against any legal liability or future costs that may arise out of any 
violation of such laws;
    (c) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, the land 
conveyed under Sec. 2743.2 of this part shall revert to the United 
States unless substantially used in accordance with an approved plan and 
schedule of development on or before the date five years after the date 
of conveyance;
    (d) If, at any time, the patentee transfers to another party 
ownership of any portion of the land not used for the purpose(s) 
specified in the application and the approved plan of development, the 
patentee shall pay the Bureau of Land Management the fair market value, 
as determined by the authorized officer, of the transferred portion as 
of the date of transfer, including the value of any improvements 
thereon; and
    (e) No portion of the land covered by such patent shall under any 
circumstance revert to the United States if such portion has been used 
for solid waste disposal or for any other purpose that the authorized 
officer determines may result in the disposal, placement, or release of 
any hazardous substance.