43 C.F.R. Subpart 2622—Quantity and Special Grant Selections
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
(a) Sections 2622.0–1 to 2622.0–8 apply generally to quantity and special grants made to States other than Alaska. (b) The regulations in §§2621.2 to 2621.4 apply to quantity and special grants with the following exceptions and modifications: (1) Sections 2621.4(b) and 2621.2(c)(4); and §§2621.2(d) (3) and (4) and all references to base lands and to mineral estate do not apply. (2) Section 2621.2(c)(1) is modified to require reference to the appropriate granting act; §2621.2(c)(3) is modified to require a statement testifying to the nonmineral character of each smallest legal subdivision of the selected land; §2621.2(d)(2) is modified to permit as much as 6,400 acres in a single selection; and §2621.2 is modified to require a certificate that the selection and those pending, together with those approved, do not exceed the total amount granted for the stated purpose of the grant. [35 FR 9608, June 13, 1970] Selections made in satisfaction of quantity and special grants can generally be made only from the vacant, unappropriated, nonmineral, surveyed public lands within the State to which the grant was made. If the lands are otherwise available for selection, the States may select lands which are withdrawn, classified, or reported as valuable for coal, phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, gas, asphaltic minerals, sodium, or sulphur, provided that the appropriate minerals are reserved to the United States in accordance with and subject to the regulations of subpart 2093. [35 FR 9608, June 13, 1970]
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 2620—STATE GRANTS
Subpart 2622—Quantity and Special Grant Selections
§ 2622.0-1 Purpose and scope.
§ 2622.0-8 Lands subject to selection.
