§ 254.6. Segregative effect.
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/us/cfr/t36/s§ 254.6·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
(a)If a proposal is made to exchange Federal lands, the authorized officer may request the appropriate State Office of the Bureau of Management
(BLM)to segregate the Federal lands by a notation on the public land records. Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands shall be segregated from appropriation under the public land laws and mineral laws for a period not to exceed 5 years from the date of record notation.
(b)Any interests of the United States in the non-Federal lands that are covered by the exchange proposal may be noted and segregated from appropriation under the mineral laws for a period not to exceed 5 years from the date of notation.
(c)The segregative effect terminates as follows:
(1)Automatically, upon issuance of a patent or other document of conveyance to the affected lands;
(2)On the date and time specified in an opening order, published in the Federal Register by the appropriate BLM State Office, if a decision is made not to proceed with the exchange or upon removal of any lands from the exchange proposal; or
(3)Automatically, at the end of the segregation period not to exceed 5 years from the date of notation on the public land records, whichever occurs first.