43 CFR § 2720.0-2 - Objectives.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s2720.0-2"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 2720.0-2 - Objectives."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "2720.0-2"
section_name: "Objectives."
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"
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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"
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# 2720.0-2 Objectives.

The objective is to allow consolidation of surface and subsurface or mineral ownership where there are no known mineral values or in those instances where the reservation interferes with or precludes appropriate non-mineral development and such development is a more beneficial use of the land than the mineral development.