§ 521e. — Small parcels and road rightsofway.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC521e]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 521e. Small parcels and road rights-of-way
The National Forest System lands which may be sold, exchanged, or
interchanged under sections 521c to 521i of this title are those the
sale or exchange of which is not practicable under any other authority
of the Secretary, which have a value as determined by the Secretary of
not more than $150,000, and which are--
(1) parcels of forty acres or less which are interspersed with
or adjacent to lands which have been transferred out of Federal
ownership under the mining laws and which are determined by the
Secretary, because of location or size, not to be subject to
efficient administration;
(2) parcels of ten acres or less which are encroached upon by
improvements occupied or used under claim or color of title by
persons to whom no advance notice was given that the improvements
encroached or would encroach upon such parcels, and who in good
faith relied upon an erroneous survey, title search, or other land
description indicating that there was not such encroachment; or
(3) road rights-of-way, reserved or acquired, which are
substantially surrounded by lands not owned by the United States and
which are no longer needed by the United States, subject to the
first right of abutting landowners to acquire such rights-of-way.
(Pub. L. 97-465, Sec. 3, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2535.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 521d, 521h, 698v-7 of this
title.
