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 2720—CONVEYANCE OF FEDERALLY-OWNED MINERAL INTERESTS > SUBPART 2720—Conveyance of Federally-Owned Mineral Interests (§2720.0-1 to §2720.5) > 2720.0-3—Authority.

2720.0-3—Authority.

(a) Section 209(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1719(b), authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey mineral interests owned by the United States where the surface is or will be in non-Federal ownership, if certain specific conditions are met.
(b) Section 310 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1740, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of the Act.