[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 43, Volume 2] [Revised as of October 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 43CFR1864.0-1] [Page 40] TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PART 1860_CONVEYANCES, DISCLAIMERS AND CORRECTION DOCUMENTS --Table of Contents Subpart 1864_Recordable Disclaimers of Interest in Land Sec. 1864.0-1 Purpose. Source: 49 FR 35297, Sept. 6, 1984, unless otherwise noted. Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1740, and 1745. The Secretary of the Interior has been granted discretionary authority by section 315 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1745) to issue recordable disclaimers of interests in lands. In general, a disclaimer may be issued if the disclaimer will help remove a cloud on the title to lands and there is a determination that such lands are not lands of the United States or that the United States does not hold a valid interest in the lands. These regulations implement this statutory authority of the Secretary.