43 CFR § 2720.0-3 - Authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s2720.0-3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 2720.0-3 - Authority."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "2720.0-3"
section_name: "Authority."
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"
---


# 2720.0-3 Authority.

(a) Section 209(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1719(b), authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey mineral interests owned by the United States where the surface is or will be in non-Federal ownership, if certain specific conditions are met.

(b) Section 310 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1740, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of the Act.