43 C.F.R. § 2310.5 Special action on emergency withdrawals.
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
(a) When the Secretary determines, or when either one of the two Committees of the Congress that are specified in section 204(e) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1714(e)) notifies the Secretary, that an emergency exists and that extraordinary measures need to be taken to protect natural resources or resource values that otherwise would be lost, the Secretary shall immediately make a withdrawal which shall be limited in its scope and duration to the emergency. An emergency withdrawal shall be effective when signed, shall not exceed 3 years in duration and may not be extended by the Secretary. If it is determined that the lands involved in an emergency withdrawal should continue to be withdrawn, a withdrawal application should be submitted to the Bureau of Land Management in keeping with the normal procedures for processing a withdrawal as provided for in this subpart. Such applications will be subject to the provisions of section 204(c) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1714(c)), or section 204(d) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1714(d), whichever is applicable, as well as section 204(b)(1) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1714(b)(1)). (b) When an emergency withdrawal is signed, the Secretary shall on the same day, send a notice of the withdrawal to the two Committees of the Congress that are specified for that purpose in section 204(e) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1714(e)). (c) The Secretary shall forward a report to each of the aforementioned committees within 90 days after filing with them the notice of emergency withdrawal. Reports for all such withdrawals, regardless of the amount of acreage withdrawn, shall contain the information specified in section 204(c)(2) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1714(c)(2)).
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 2300—LAND WITHDRAWALS
Subpart 2310—Withdrawals, General: Procedure
§ 2310.5 Special action on emergency withdrawals.
