[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: 43CFR2641.2]



[Page 178-179]

 

                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2640_FAA AIRPORT GRANTS--Table of Contents

 

                         Subpart 2641_Procedures

 

Sec.  2641.2  Action on request.



    (a) Upon receipt of the request from the Administrator, the 

authorized officer shall determine whether the requested conveyance is 

inconsistent with the needs of the Department of the Interior, or any 

agency thereof, and shall notify the Administrator of the determination 

within 4 months after receipt of the request. On determining that the 

conveyance is not inconsistent with the needs of the Department of the 

Interior, the authorized officer also shall determine what, if any, 

convenants, terms, conditions and reservations should be included in the 

conveyance, if made. Any conveyance shall be made subject to valid 

existing rights of record, and to those disclosed as a result of 

publication or otherwise.

    (b) Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, no conveyance 

shall be



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made of Federal lands within any national park, national monument, 

national recreation area, or similar area under the administration of 

the National Park Service; within any unit of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System or similar area under the jurisdiction of the United 

States Fish and Wildlife Service; within any area designated part of the 

National Wilderness Preservation System or any area designated as a 

wilderness study area; or within any national forest or Indian 

reservation.

    (c) The applicant shall, upon request by the authorized officer, 

submit a deposit in an amount determined by the authorized officer, to 

cover the administrative costs of processing the application, including 

the cost of survey, if one is necessary, and issuing of a document of 

conveyance. No document of conveyance shall be issued for unsurveyed 

lands. The processing of applications under this part shall be 

accomplished without any expense to the Bureau of Land Management.

    (d) Each applicant also shall pay the cost of publication of a 

notice in the Federal Register and in a newspaper of general circulation 

in the area in which the lands are located.