2091.3-1—Segregation.
(a)
If a proposal is made to exchange public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management or lands reserved from the public domain for National Forest System purposes, such lands may be segregated by a notation on the public land records for a period not to exceed 5 years from the date of notation (See 43 CFR 2201.1-2 and CFR 254.6).
(b)
The filing of an application for lands for selection by a State (exclusive of Alaska) segregates the lands included in the application for a period of 2 years from the date the application is filed. (See subparts )
(c)
The filing of an application and publication of the notice of the filing of an application in the Federal Register for the purchase of Federally-owned mineral interests under section 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1719) segregates the lands for a period of 2 years from the date of the publication of the notice of filing of the application with the authorized officer. (See part 2720 )
(d)
The filing of an application for an airport lease under the Act of May 24, 1928, as amended (49 U.S.C. Appendix 211-213), or the filing of a request for an airport conveyance under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. 2215 ), segregates the lands as of the date of filing with the authorized officer. (See part 2640 and subpart )
(e)
(1)
The Bureau of Land Management may segregate, if it finds it to be necessary for the orderly administration of the public lands, lands included in a right-of-way application for the generation of electrical energy under 43 CFR subpart 2804 from wind or solar sources. In addition, the Bureau of Land Management may also segregate lands that it identifies for potential rights-of-way for electricity generation from wind or solar sources. Upon segregation, such lands will not be subject to appropriation under the public lands laws, including location under the General Mining Law, but not the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 181
et seq.) or the Materials Act of 1947 (30 U.S.C. 601
et seq. ). The Bureau of Land Management will effect such segregation by publishing a Federal Register notice that includes a description of the lands covered by the segregation. The Bureau of Land Management may impose a segregation in this way on both pending and new right-of-way applications.
(2)
The effective date of segregation is the date of publication of the notice in the Federal Register, and the date of termination of the segregation is the date that is the earliest of the following:
(i)
Upon issuance of a decision by the authorized officer granting, granting with modifications, or denying the application for a right-of-way;
(ii)
Automatically at the end of the segregation period provided for in the Federal Register notice initiating the segregation, without further action by the authorized officer; or
(3)
The segregation period may not exceed 2 years from the date of publication of the Federal Register notice initiating the segregation.
(4)
The effective period of this subsection of this part will not exceed two years from the date of its publication in the Federal Register.