[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: 43CFR2374.2]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2370_RESTORATIONS AND REVOCATIONS--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart 2374_Acceptance of Jurisdiction by BLM

 

Sec.  2374.2  Conditions of acceptance by BLM.



    Agencies will not be discharged of their accountability and 

responsibility under this section unless and until:

    (a) The lands have been decontaminated of all dangerous materials 

and have been restored to suitable condition or, if it is uneconomical 

to decontaminate or restore them, the holding agency posts them and 

installs protective devices and agrees to maintain the notices and 

devices.

    (b) To the extent deemed necessary by the authorized officer of the 

Bureau of Land Management, the holding agency has undertaken or agrees 

to undertake or to have undertaken appropriate land treatment measures 

correcting, arresting, or preventing deterioration of the land and 

resources thereof which has resulted or may result from the agency's use 

or possession of the lands.

    (c) The holding agency, in respect to improvements which are of no 

value, has exhausted General Services Administration's procedures for 

their disposal and certifies that they are of no value.

    (d) The holding agency has resolved, through a final grant or 

denial, all commitments to third parties relative to rights and 

privileges in and to the lands or interests therein.

    (e) The holding agency has submitted to the appropriate office 

mentioned in paragraph (a) of Sec.  2372.1 a copy of, or the case file 

on, easements, leases, or other encumbrances with which the holding 

agency or its predecessors have burdened the lands or interests therein.



[35 FR 9559, June 13, 1970]