[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: 43CFR2310.5]



[Page 85-86]

 

                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2300_LAND WITHDRAWALS--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart 2310_Withdrawals, General: Procedure

 

Sec.  2310.5  Special action on emergency withdrawals.



    (a) When the Secretary determines, or when either one of the two 

Committees of the Congress that are specified in section 204(e) of the 

Act (43 U.S.C. 1714(e)) notifies the Secretary, that an emergency exists 

and that extraordinary measures need to be taken to



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protect natural resources or resource values that otherwise would be 

lost, the Secretary shall immediately make a withdrawal which shall be 

limited in its scope and duration to the emergency. An emergency 

withdrawal shall be effective when signed, shall not exceed 3 years in 

duration and may not be extended by the Secretary. If it is determined 

that the lands involved in an emergency withdrawal should continue to be 

withdrawn, a withdrawal application should be submitted to the Bureau of 

Land Management in keeping with the normal procedures for processing a 

withdrawal as provided for in this subpart. Such applications will be 

subject to the provisions of section 204(c) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 

1714(c)), or section 204(d) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1714(d), whichever is 

applicable, as well as section 204(b)(1) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 

1714(b)(1)).

    (b) When an emergency withdrawal is signed, the Secretary shall on 

the same day, send a notice of the withdrawal to the two Committees of 

the Congress that are specified for that purpose in section 204(e) of 

the Act (43 U.S.C. 1714(e)).

    (c) The Secretary shall forward a report to each of the 

aforementioned committees within 90 days after filing with them the 

notice of emergency withdrawal. Reports for all such withdrawals, 

regardless of the amount of acreage withdrawn, shall contain the 

information specified in section 204(c)(2) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 

1714(c)(2)).