[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: 43CFR2720.0-3]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2720_CONVEYANCE OF FEDERALLY-OWNED MINERAL INTERESTS

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      Subpart 2720_Conveyance of Federally-Owned Mineral Interests

 

Sec.  2720.0-3  Authority.



    (a) Section 209(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1719(b), authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 

convey mineral interests owned by the United States where the surface is 

or will be in non-Federal ownership, if certain specific conditions are 

met.

    (b) Section 310 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1740, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 

promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of the Act.