[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: 43CFR2400.0-2]



[Page 92-93]

 

                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2400_LAND CLASSIFICATION--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart 2400_Land Classification; General

 

Sec.  2400.0-2  Objectives.









                Subpart 2400_Land Classification; General



Sec.  

2400.0-2 Objectives.

2400.0-3 Authority.

2400.0-4 Responsibility.

2400.0-5 Definitions.



    Source: 35 FR 9559, June 13, 1970, unless otherwise noted.







    The statutes cited in Sec.  2400.0-3 authorize the Secretary of the 

Interior to classify or otherwise take appropriate steps looking to the 

disposition of public lands, and on an interim basis, to classify public 

lands for retention and management, subject to requirements of the 

applicable statutes. In addition to any requirements of law, it is the 

policy of the Secretary (a) to specify those criteria which will be 

considered in the exercise of his authority and (b) to establish 

procedures which will permit the prompt and efficient exercise of his 

authority with, as far as is practicable, the knowledge and 

participation of the interested parties, including the general public. 

Nothing in these regulations is meant to affect applicable State laws 

governing the appropriation and use of water, regulation of



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hunting and fishing or exercise of any police power of the State.