43 C.F.R. § 2804.25   How will BLM process my application?


Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior


Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 2800—RIGHTS-OF-WAY UNDER THE FEDERAL LAND POLICY MANAGEMENT ACT
Subpart 2804—Applying for FLPMA Grants

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§ 2804.25   How will BLM process my application?

(a) BLM will notify you in writing when it receives your application and will identify your processing fee described at §2804.14 of this subpart.

(b) BLM may require you to submit additional information necessary to process the application. This information may include a detailed construction, operation, rehabilitation, and environmental protection plan, i.e., a “Plan of Development,” and any needed cultural resource surveys or inventories for threatened or endangered species. If BLM needs more information, we will identify this information in a written deficiency notice asking you to provide the additional information within a specified period of time. BLM will notify you of any other grant applications which involve all or part of the lands for which you applied.

(c) Customer service standard. BLM will process your completed application as follows:

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Processing category      Processing time             Conditions------------------------------------------------------------------------1-4.................  60 calendar days......  If processing your                                               application will take                                               longer than 60 calendar                                               days, BLM will notify you                                               in writing of this fact                                               prior to the 30th                                               calendar day and inform                                               you of when you can                                               expect a final decision                                               on your application.5...................  As specified in the     BLM will process                       Master Agreement.       applications as specified                                               in the Agreement.6...................  Over 60 calendar days.  BLM will notify you in                                               writing within the                                               initial 60-day processing                                               period of the estimated                                               processing time.------------------------------------------------------------------------

(d) Before issuing a grant, BLM will:

(1) Complete a NEPA analysis for the application or approve a NEPA analysis previously completed for the application, as required by 40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508;

(2) Determine whether or not your proposed use complies with applicable Federal and state laws;

(3) If your application is for a road, determine whether it is in the public interest to require you to grant the United States an equivalent authorization across lands that you own;

(4) Consult, as necessary, with other governmental entities;

(5) Hold public meetings if sufficient public interest exists to warrant their time and expense. BLM will publish a notice in the Federal Register, a newspaper of general circulation in the vicinity of the lands involved, or both, announcing in advance any public hearings or meetings; and

(6) Take any other action necessary to fully evaluate and decide whether to approve or deny your application.

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