[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR254.34]

[Page 365]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 254_LANDOWNERSHIP ADJUSTMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart C_Conveyance of Small Tracts
 
Sec. 254.34  Mineral survey fractions.

    (a) Mineral survey fractions subject to conveyance under this 
subpart are limited to those tracts which:
    (1) Cannot be efficiently administered because of size, shape, or 
location;
    (2) Are occupied or could be occupied or used by adjoining owners; 
and
    (3) When sold separately or aggregated in one transaction, do not 
exceed 40 acres.
    (b) Forest Service officials shall consider the following criteria 
in determining whether to convey mineral survey fractions under this 
subpart:
    (1) The mineral survey fractions are interspersed among and are more 
or less an integral part of private land holdings;
    (2) The feasibility and cost of surveying the parcels in order to 
manage them effectively;
    (3) The size, shape, and location of the parcels as they affect 
management, utility, access, occupancy or use of the parcels or the 
lands with which they are interspersed.