[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: 36CFR254.35]

[Page 365-366]
 
              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. 254.35  Limitations.

    (a) Lands within the National Wilderness Preservation System, the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System,

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the National Trails System, and National Monuments are excluded from any 
conveyance under these provisions.
    (b) Lands within National Recreation Areas may not be conveyed by 
sale under this subpart.
    (c) The value of Federal lands conveyed in any transaction, pursuant 
to this subpart, shall not exceed $150,000.
    (d) Compensation for lands conveyed shall be of at least equal 
value, or in the case of interchange, of approximately equal value, and 
may be in the form of land, interest in land (including minerals), or 
cash, or any combination thereof.
    (e) The sale, exchange, or interchange of lands or interest in lands 
under these rules are discretionary and shall be made only if found to 
be in the public interest.
    (f) The abutting landowner(s) shall have the first right of 
acquisition.
    (g) The area of land conveyed shall be limited to the minimum 
necessary to resolve encroachment or land management problems.

[49 FR 1185, Jan. 10, 1984; 49 FR 2762, Jan. 23, 1984]