[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: 43CFR2652.3]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2650_ALASKA NATIVE SELECTIONS--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart 2652_Regional Selections

 

Sec.  2652.3  Selection limitations.



    (a) To the extent necessary to obtain its entitlement, each regional 

corporation must select all available lands withdrawn pursuant to 

sections 11(a)(1)(B) and (C) of the Act, before selecting lands 

withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a)(3) of the Act, except that regional 

corporations selecting lands withdrawn pursuant to sections 11(a)(1) (B) 

and (C) may select only even-numbered townships in even-numbered ranges 

and only odd-numbered townships in odd-numbered ranges.

    (b) Village corporation selections within section 11(a)(1) and 

section 11(a)(3) areas shall be given priority over regional corporation 

selections for the same lands.

    (c) Whenever a regional selection is made in any township, the 

regional corporation shall select all available lands in that township: 

Provided, That such selection would not exceed the entitlement of that 

regional corporation.

    (d) Subsurface selections made by a regional corporation pursuant to 

section 12(a) of the Act shall be contiguous and the total area selected 

shall be reasonably compact, except as separated by subsurface interests 

that are not the property of the United States including subsurface 

interests under bodies of water, and the selection shall be in whole 

sections where they are available, or shall include all available 

subsurface interests in less than whole sections and, wherever feasible, 

shall be in units of not less than 1,280 acres. The total area selected 

shall not be considered to be reasonably compact if (1) it excludes 

other subsurface interests available for selection within its exterior 

boundaries; or (2) an isolated tract of subsurface interests owned by 

the United States of less than 1,280 acres remains after selection.

    (e) Regional corporations are not required to select lands within 

unpatented mining claims or millsites, as provided in Sec.  2651.4(e) of 

this chapter.

    (f) Regional corporations may file applications in excess of their 

total entitlement. To insure that a regional corporation acquires its 

selections in the



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order of its priorities, it should identify its choices numerically in 

the order it wishes them granted.