[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: 43CFR2920.4]

[Page 300]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2920_LEASES, PERMITS AND EASEMENTS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart 2920_Leases, Permits and Easements: General Provisions
 
Sec. 2920.4  Notice of realty action.

    (a) A notice of realty action indicating the availability of public 
lands for non-Federal uses through lease, permit or easement shall be 
issued, published and sent to parties of interest by the authorized 
officer, including, but not limited to, adjoining land owners and 
current or past land users, when a determination has been made that such 
public lands are available for a particular use either through the 
submission of a public initiated proposal or through the land use 
planning process.
    (b) The notice shall include the use proposed for the public lands 
and shall notify the public that applications for a lease, permit or 
easement shall be considered. The notice shall specify the form of 
negotiation, whether by competitive or non-competitive bidding, under 
which the land use authorization shall be issued. A notice of realty 
action is not a specific action implementing a resource management plan 
or amendment.
    (c) 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 included in 
the land use proposal.
    (d) An application submitted before a notice of realty action is 
published shall not be processed and shall be returned to the person who 
submitted it. Return of an application shall not be subject to appeal or 
protest.