[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: 43CFR2720.1-2]



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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

--Table of Contents

 

      Subpart 2720_Conveyance of Federally-Owned Mineral Interests

 

Sec.  2720.1-2  Form of application.



    (a) An application shall be filed with the proper BLM Office as 

listed in Sec.  1821.2-1(d) of this title.

    (b) No specific form is required.

    (c) A non-refundable fee of $50 shall accompany the application.

    (d) Each application shall include:

    (1) The name, legal mailing address, and telephone number of the 

existing or prospective record owner of the land included in the 

application;

    (2) Proof of ownership of the land included in the application, and 

in the case of a prospective record owner, a copy of the contract of 

conveyance or a statement describing the method by which he will become 

the owner of record;

    (3) In the case of non-Federal ownership of the surface, a certified 

copy of any patent or other instrument conveying the land included in 

the application and a showing of ownership in the applicant, with 

supporting survey evidence acceptable to the authorized officer, which 

may consist of a metes and bounds survey prepared and certified by a 

civil engineer or land surveyor licensed under the laws of the State in 

which the lands are located; and

    (4) As complete a statement as possible concerning (i) the nature of 

federally-reserved or owned mineral values in the land, including 

explanatory information, (ii) the existing and proposed uses of the 

land, (iii) why the reservation of the mineral interests in the United 

States is interfering with or precluding appropriate non-mineral 

development of the land covered by the application (iv) how and why such 

development would be a more beneficial use of the land than its mineral 

development, and (v) a showing that the proposed use complies or will 

comply with State and local zoning and/or planning requirements.



[44 FR 1342, Jan. 4, 1979, as amended at 51 FR 9658, Mar. 20, 1986]