[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: 43CFR2916.2-4]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2910_LEASES--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart 2916_Alaska Fur Farm

 

Sec.  2916.2-4  Termination of lease; cancellation.



    (a) Action by authorized officer. (1) The authorized officer may 

terminate a lease at the request of the lessee if the lessee shall make 

satisfactory showing that such termination will not adversely affect the 

public interest and



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that he has paid all charges due the Government thereunder.

    (2) A lease may be canceled if the lessee shall fail to comply with 

any of the provisions of this part or of the lease, or shall devote the 

lease area primarily to any purpose other than the rearing of fur-

bearing animals as authorized. No lease will be canceled until the 

lessee has been formally notified of such default and such default shall 

continue for 60 days after service of such notice.

    (b) Removal of improvements and personal property. (1) Improvements 

or personal property may not be removed from the lands, except fur-

bearing animals disposed of in the regular course of business, unless 

all moneys due the United States under the lease have been paid. The 

lessee shall be allowed 90 days from the date of expiration or 

termination of the lease within which to remove his personal property 

and such improvements as are not disposed of in the manner set forth in 

paragraph (b)(2) of this section, which he has a right to remove; if not 

removed or otherwise disposed of within the said period, such 

improvements or personal property shall become the property of the 

United States.

    (2) Upon the expiration of the lease or the earlier termination 

thereof, the authorizing officer may, in his discretion and upon a 

written petition filed by the lessee within 30 days from the date of 

such expiration or termination, require the subsequent lease applicant, 

prior to the execution of a new lease, to agree to compensate the lessee 

for any improvements of a permanent nature that he may have placed upon 

the leased area for fur-farming purposes during the period of the lease. 

If the interested parties are unable to reach an agreement as to the 

amount of compensation, the amount shall be fixed by the authorizing 

officer. All such agreements to be effective, must be approved by the 

authorizing officer. The failure of the subsequent lessee to pay the 

former lessee in accordance with such agreement will be just cause for 

cancellation of the lease.