[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: 43CFR2720.0-6]



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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.  2720.0-6  Policy.



    As required by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the 

Bureau of Land Management may convey a federally owned mineral interest 

only when the authorized officer determines that it has no known mineral 

value, or that the mineral reservation is interfering with or precluding 

appropriate nonmineral development of the lands and that nonmineral 

development is a more beneficial use than mineral development. 

Allegation, hypothesis or speculation that such conditions could or may 

exist at some future time shall not be sufficient basis for conveyance. 

Failure to establish by convincing factual evidence that the requisite 

conditions of interference or preclusion presently exist, and that 

nonmineral development is a more beneficial use, shall result in the 

rejection of an application.



[51 FR 9657, Mar. 20, 1986, as amended at 60 FR 12711, Mar. 8, 1995]