[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR2430.5]

[Page 103]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2430_DISPOSAL CLASSIFICATIONS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart 2430_Criteria for Disposal Classifications
 
Sec. 2430.5  Additional criteria for classification of lands valuable 
for residential, commercial, agricultural, or industrial purposes.

    (a) Lands which have value for residential, commercial, 
agricultural, or industrial purposes, or for more than one of such 
purposes, will be considered chiefly valuable for that purpose which 
represents the highest and best use of the lands, i.e., their most 
profitable legal use in private ownership.
    (b) Lands may be classified for sale pursuant to the Public Land 
Sale Act as being chiefly valuable for residential, commercial, 
agricultural, or industrial uses or development (other than grazing use 
or use for raising native forage crops), if (1) adequate zoning 
regulations are in effect, and, where the lands also are needed for 
urban or suburban development, (2) adequate local governmental 
comprehensive plans have been adopted.
    (c) Lands determined to be valuable for residential, commercial, 
agricultural, or industrial purposes may be classified for disposal 
under any appropriate authority other than the Public Land Sale Act if 
(1) disposal under such other authority would be consistent with local 
governmental comprehensive plans, or (2) in the absence of such plans, 
with the views of local governmental authorities.
    (d) Lands outside of Alaska may be classified as suitable for 
homestead entry under part 2510 of this chapter if they are (1) chiefly 
valuable for agricultural purposes, and (2) suitable for development as 
a home and farm for a man and his family, and (3) the anticipated return 
from agricultural use of the land would support the residents. If it is 
determined that the irrigation of land otherwise suitable for homestead 
entry would endanger the supply of adequate water for existing users or 
cause the dissipation of water reserves, such land will not be 
classified for entry. Land may be classified for homestead entry only if 
rainfall is adequate, or if under State law, there is available to the 
land sufficient irrigation water, to permit agricultural development of 
its cultivable portions.
    (e) Lands may be classified as suitable for desert land entry under 
part 2520 of this chapter if (1) the lands are chiefly valuable for 
agricultural purposes, and (2) all provisions concerning irrigation 
water set forth in Sec. 2430.5(d) are met.
    (f) Lands outside of Alaska may be classified as suitable for Indian 
allotment under part 2530 of this chapter if (1) the lands are valuable 
for agricultural purposes, and (2) the lands are on the whole suitable 
for a home for an Indian and his family, and (3) the anticipated return 
from agricultural use of the land would support the residents, and (4) 
the requirements for water supplies set forth in Sec. 2430.5(d) are 
met.
    (g) Lands determined to be valuable for purposes other than public 
purposes may be determined to be suitable for exchange if the 
acquisition of the offered lands, the disposition of the public lands, 
and the anticipated costs of consummating the exchange will not disrupt 
governmental operations.