36 CFR § 254.30 - Purpose.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s254.30"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 254.30 - Purpose."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "254.30"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "254"
part_name: "LANDOWNERSHIP ADJUSTMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
cfr_part: "254"
---


# 254.30 Purpose.

These regulations set forth procedures by which the Secretary of Agriculture may resolve land disputes and management problems pursuant to Pub. L. 97-465, commonly called the Small Tracts Act, by conveying, through sale, exchange, or interchange, three categories of tracts of land: Parcels encroached on, road rights-of-way, and mineral survey fractions. Implementation of these regulations does not constitute authorization of nor consent to adverse possession against lands administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.