WSP04107

• File Number: 8027
• Description: Section D General Correspondence-Federal Agencies
• Date: 12/29/1964
• Title: BLM 1965-1966-Classifications Under the Classification and Multiple Use Act-Discussion Draft
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Discussion Draft

1721.4

Procedure

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1721.4-1 Classitications for Disposal

(a) Disposal classifications may be made:

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(1) In response to petitions filed pursuant to
the procedu~e6 see foreh in Subpart 2411, or

(2) On the motion of the government, without
receipt of petitions.

(b) Ordinarily, lands will not be classified for dispossl
unless there is a reasonable prospect for actual transfer
out of federal ownership within a reasonable time.

1721.4-2 elassifications for Retention and Management

Formal action to clsssify lands for retention and management
will be governed by the following procedures. As specified
under 1721.1 above, all lands administered by the Secretary
through the Bureau of Land Management will continue to be
managed under the principles of multiple use and sustained
yield, whether or not they hsve been formally classified
for retention and management in accordance with these
procedures.

(a) Proposed classifications will be clearly set forth on
a map by the authorized officer, and on the Land
Office records, and a public notice will be issued
in the Federal Register and in a local newspaper
indicating where and when the map snd Land Office
records may be examined. The notice will specify
the general location of the lands, the acreage
involved, the types of uses to be authorized, and
the extent to which the land is to be segregated from
settlement, location, sale, selection, entry, lease,
or other formal disposal under the public land laws,
',including the mining and mineral lessing laws. Publi-
cation of this notice will segregate the lands to the
extent indicated in the notice.

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(b) Comments will be received for at least 60 days af~er:--
the public notice has been issued.

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