[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: 43CFR2743.2-1]



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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 2743_Recreation and Public Purposes Act: Solid Waste Disposal

 

Sec.  2743.2-1  Patent provisions for new disposal sites.



    For new disposal sites, each patent will provide that:

    (a) The patentee shall comply with all Federal and State laws 

applicable to the disposal, placement, or release of hazardous 

substances;

    (b) The patentee shall indemnify and hold harmless the United States 

against any legal liability or future costs that may arise out of any 

violation of such laws;

    (c) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, the land 

conveyed under Sec.  2743.2 of this part shall revert to the United 

States unless substantially used in accordance with an approved plan and 

schedule of development on or before the date five years after the date 

of conveyance;

    (d) If, at any time, the patentee transfers to another party 

ownership of any portion of the land not used for the purpose(s) 

specified in the application and the approved plan of development, the 

patentee shall pay the Bureau of Land Management the fair market value, 

as determined by the authorized officer, of the transferred portion as 

of the date of transfer, including the value of any improvements 

thereon; and

    (e) No portion of the land covered by such patent shall under any 

circumstance revert to the United States if such portion has been used 

for solid waste disposal or for any other purpose that the authorized 

officer determines may result in the disposal, placement, or release of 

any hazardous substance.