[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: 43CFR2461.1]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2460_BUREAU INITIATED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart 2461_Multiple-Use Classification Procedures

 

Sec.  2461.1  Proposed classifications.



    (a) Proposed classifications will be clearly set forth on a map by 

the authorized officer, and on the Land Office records.

    (1) Notice of proposed classifications involving more than 2,560 

acres will be, and those involving 2,560 acres or less may be, published 

in the Federal Register and an announcement in a newspaper having 

general circulation in the area or areas in the vicinity of the affected 

lands.

    (2) Notice of the proposals will be sent to authorized users, 

licensees, lessees, and permittees, or their selected representatives, 

the head of the governing body of the political subdivision of the 

State, if any, having jurisdiction over zoning in the geographic area in 

which the lands are located, the governor of that State, the BLM 

multiple use advisory board in that State, and the District advisory 

board and to any other parties indicating interest in such 

classifications.

    (3) The notice will indicate where and when the map and Land Office 

records may be examined. The notice will specify the general location of 

the lands, the acreage involved, and the extent to which the land is 

proposed to be segregated from settlement, location, sale, selection, 

entry, lease, or other form of disposal under the public land laws, 

including the mining and mineral leasing laws. The notice of proposed 

classification will specify the period during which comments will be 

received, which will not be less than 60 days from date of publication 

of the notice.

    (4) The authorized officer will hold a public hearing on the 

proposal if (i) the proposed classification will affect more than 25,000 

acres or (ii) he determines that sufficient public interest exists to 

warrant the time and expense of a hearing.