[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: 43CFR2091.0-5]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2090_SPECIAL LAWS AND RULES--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart 2091_Segregation and Opening of Lands

 

Sec.  2091.0-5  Definitions.



    As used in this subpart, the term:

    (a) Authorized officer means any employee of the Bureau of Land 

Management who has been delegated the authority to perform the duties 

described in this subpart.

    (b) Segregation means the removal for a limited period, subject to 

valid existing rights, of a specified area of the public lands from the 

operation of some or all of the public land laws, including the mineral 

laws, pursuant to the exercise by the Secretary of regulatory authority 

for the orderly administration of the public lands.

    (c) Land or public lands means any lands or interest in lands owned 

by the United States within the several States and administered by the 

Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management, without 

regard to how the United States acquired ownership, except: (1) Lands 

located on the Outer Continental Shelf; and (2) lands held for the 

benefit of Indians, Aleuts and Eskimos.

    (d) Mineral laws means those laws applicable to the mineral 

resources administered by the Bureau of Land Management. They include, 

but are not limited to, the mining laws, the mineral leasing laws, the 

material disposal laws and the Geothermal Steam Act.

    (e) Public lands records means the Tract Books, Master Title Plats 

and Historical Indices maintained by the Bureau of Land Management, or 

automated representation of these books, plats and indices on which are 

recorded information relating to the status and availability of the 

public lands. The recorded information may include, but is not limited 

to, withdrawals, restorations, reservations, openings, classifications 

applications, segregations, leases, permits and disposals.

    (f) Opening means the restoration of a specified area of public 

lands to operation of the public land laws, including the mining laws, 

and, if appropriate, the mineral leasing laws, the material disposal 

laws and the Geothermal Steam Act, subject to valid existing rights and 

the terms and provisions of existing withdrawals, reservations, 

classifications, and management decisions. Depending on the language in 

the opening order, an opening may restore the lands to the operation of 

all or some of the public land laws.

    (g) Opening order means an order issued by the Secretary or the 

authorized officer and published in the Federal Register that describes 

the lands, the extent to which they are restored to operation of the 

public land laws and the mineral laws, and the date and time they are 

available for application, selection, sale, location, entry, claim or 

settlement under those laws.

    (h) Public land laws means that body of laws dealing with the 

administration, use and disposition of the public lands, but does not 

include the mineral laws.

    (i) Revocation means the cancellation of a Public Land Order, but 

does not restore public lands to operation of the public land laws.

    (j) Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior or a secretarial 

officer subordinate to the Secretary who has been appointed by the 

President with the advice and consent of the Senate, and to whom has 

been delegated the authority of the Secretary to perform the duties 

described in this part as being performed by the Secretary.