[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: 43CFR2561.0-8]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2560_ALASKA OCCUPANCY AND USE--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart 2561_Native Allotments

 

Sec.  2561.0-8  Lands subject to allotment.



    (a) A Native may be granted a single allotment of not to exceed 160 

acres of land. All the lands in an allotment need not be contiguous but 

each separate tract of the allotment should be in reasonably compact 

form.

    (b) In areas where the rectangular survey pattern is appropriate, an 

allotment may be in terms of 40-acre legal subdivisions and survey lots 

on the basis that substantially continuous use and occupancy of a 

significant portion of such smallest legal subdivision shall normally 

entitle the applicant to the full subdivision, absent conflicting 

claims.

    (c) Allotments may be made in national forests if founded on 

occupancy of the land prior to the establishment of the particular 

forest or if an authorized officer of the Department of Agriculture 

certifies that the land in the application for allotment is chiefly 

valuable for agricultural or grazing purposes.

    (d) Lands in applications for allotment and allotments that may be 

valuable for coal, oil, or gas deposits are subject to the regulations 

of Sec.  2093.4 of this chapter.