[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR2804.25]



[Page 242-243]

 

                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 2800_RIGHTS-OF-WAY UNDER THE FEDERAL LAND POLICY MANAGEMENT ACT

--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart 2804_Applying for FLPMA Grants

 

Sec. 2804.25  How will BLM process my application?



    (a) BLM will notify you in writing when it receives your application 

and will identify your processing fee described at Sec. 2804.14 of this 

subpart.

    (b) BLM may require you to submit additional information necessary 

to process the application. This information may include a detailed 

construction, operation, rehabilitation, and environmental protection 

plan, i.e., a ``Plan of Development,'' and any needed cultural resource 

surveys or inventories for threatened or endangered species. If BLM 

needs more information, we will identify this information in a written 

deficiency notice asking you to provide the additional information 

within a specified period of time. BLM will notify you of any other 

grant applications which involve all or part of the lands for which you 

applied.

    (c) Customer service standard. BLM will process your completed 

application as follows:



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 Processing category      Processing time             Conditions

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1-4.................  60 calendar days......  If processing your

                                               application will take

                                               longer than 60 calendar

                                               days, BLM will notify you

                                               in writing of this fact

                                               prior to the 30th

                                               calendar day and inform

                                               you of when you can

                                               expect a final decision

                                               on your application.

5...................  As specified in the     BLM will process

                       Master Agreement.       applications as specified

                                               in the Agreement.

6...................  Over 60 calendar days.  BLM will notify you in

                                               writing within the

                                               initial 60-day processing

                                               period of the estimated

                                               processing time.

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    (d) Before issuing a grant, BLM will:

    (1) Complete a NEPA analysis for the application or approve a NEPA 

analysis previously completed for the application, as required by 40 CFR 

parts 1500 through 1508;

    (2) Determine whether or not your proposed use complies with 

applicable Federal and state laws;

    (3) If your application is for a road, determine whether it is in 

the public interest to require you to grant the United States an 

equivalent authorization across lands that you own;

    (4) Consult, as necessary, with other governmental entities;

    (5) Hold public meetings if sufficient public interest exists to 

warrant their time and expense. BLM will publish a notice in the Federal 

Register, a newspaper of general circulation in the vicinity of the 

lands involved, or both, announcing in advance any public hearings or 

meetings; and

    (6) Take any other action necessary to fully evaluate and decide 

whether to approve or deny your application.