{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-254.6","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 254.6","heading":"Segregative effect.","body":"(a) If a proposal is made to exchange Federal lands, the authorized officer may request the appropriate State Office of the Bureau of Management (BLM) to segregate the Federal lands by a notation on the public land records. Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands shall be segregated from appropriation under the public land laws and mineral laws for a period not to exceed 5 years from the date of record notation.\n(b) Any interests of the United States in the non-Federal lands that are covered by the exchange proposal may be noted and segregated from appropriation under the mineral laws for a period not to exceed 5 years from the date of notation.\n(c) The segregative effect terminates as follows:\n(1) Automatically, upon issuance of a patent or other document of conveyance to the affected lands;\n(2) On the date and time specified in an opening order, published in the Federal Register by the appropriate BLM State Office, if a decision is made not to proceed with the exchange or upon removal of any lands from the exchange proposal; or\n(3) Automatically, at the end of the segregation period not to exceed 5 years from the date of notation on the public land records, whichever occurs first.","path":["Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property","CHAPTER II—FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 254—LANDOWNERSHIP ADJUSTMENTS","Subpart A—Land Exchanges"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-36.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:44Z","sha256":"18ecfba4b279825e1863d8dbc823ce3183a003d4acccff25a24d304c944530bf","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-254.5","next":"us/36-cfr-254.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}