43 USC § 1771 - Coordination of applications

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title: "43 USC § 1771 - Coordination of applications"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "1771"
section_name: "Coordination of applications"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "RIGHTS-OF-WAY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–579, title V, § 511, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2782.)"
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# § 1771. Coordination of applications

Applicants before Federal departments and agencies other than the Department of the Interior or Agriculture seeking a license, certificate, or other authority for a project which involve a right-of-way over, upon, under, or through public land or National Forest System lands must simultaneously apply to the Secretary concerned for the appropriate authority to use public lands or National Forest System lands and submit to the Secretary concerned all information furnished to the other Federal department or agency.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–579, title V, § 511, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2782.)

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