CFR > Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands > CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (parts 1000 to 9260) > SUBCHAPTER B—LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2000) (parts 2091 to 2931) > PART 2091—SPECIAL LAWS AND RULES > SUBPART 2091—Segregation and Opening of Lands (§2091.0-1 to §2091.9-3) > 2091.5-3—Segregative effect and opening: Emergency withdrawals.

2091.5-3—Segregative effect and opening: Emergency withdrawals.

(a) When the Secretary determines that an emergency exists and extraordinary measures need to be taken to preserve values that would otherwise be lost, a withdrawal is made immediately in accordance with § 2310.5 of this title. Emergency withdrawals are effective on the date the Public Land Order making the withdrawal is signed, and cannot exceed 3 years in duration and may not be extended.
(b) The lands covered by an emergency withdrawal are opened automatically on the date of expiration of the withdrawal unless segregation is effected by the publication in the Federal Register of a notice of a withdrawal application or proposal.