[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: 43CFR2740.0-3]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2740_RECREATION AND PUBLIC PURPOSES ACT--Table of Contents

 

        Subpart 2740_Recreation and Public Purposes Act: General

 

Sec.  2740.0-3  Authority.



    (a) The Act of June 14, 1926, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), 

commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, authorizes the 

Secretary of the Interior to lease or convey public lands for 

recreational and public purposes under specified conditions.

    (b) Section 211 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976 (43 U.S.C. 1721), authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 

convey to States or their political subdivisions unsurveyed islands 

determined by the Secretary to be public lands of the United States and 

omitted lands under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act without 

regard to acreage limitations contained in the Act.

    (c) Section 3 of the Act of June 14, 1926, as amended by the 

Recreation and



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Public Purposes Amendment Act of 1988, authorizes the Secretary of the 

Interior to convey public lands for the purpose of solid waste disposal 

or for any other purpose which may result in or include the disposal, 

placement, or release of any hazardous substance, with special 

provisions relating to reversion of such lands to the United States.



[44 FR 43471, July 25, 1979, as amended at 57 FR 32732, July 23, 1992]