43 CFR § 2720.0-1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s2720.0-1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 2720.0-1 - Purpose."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "2720.0-1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2000)"
part_number: "2720"
part_name: "CONVEYANCE OF FEDERALLY-OWNED MINERAL INTERESTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1719 and 1740."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 1342, Jan. 4, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2720"
---


# 2720.0-1 Purpose.

The purpose of these regulations is to establish procedures under section 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1719, for conveyance of mineral interests owned by the United States where the surface is or will be in non-Federal ownership.