# 36 CFR § 254.6: Segregative effect

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.6

## Section

- **Citation:** 36 CFR § 254.6
- **Heading:** Segregative effect
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property > CHAPTER II—FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE > PART 254—LANDOWNERSHIP ADJUSTMENTS > Subpart A—Land Exchanges

## Text

(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.
(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.
(c) The segregative effect terminates as follows:
(1) Automatically, upon issuance of a patent or other document of conveyance to the affected lands;
(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
(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.

## Nearby sections

- [36 CFR § 254.1 § 254.1 Scope and applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.1.md)
- [36 CFR § 254.2 § 254.2 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.2.md)
- [36 CFR § 254.3 § 254.3 Requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.3.md)
- [36 CFR § 254.4 § 254.4 Agreement to initiate an exchange.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.4.md)
- [36 CFR § 254.5 § 254.5 Assembled land exchanges.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.5.md)
- [36 CFR § 254.6 § 254.6 Segregative effect.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.6.md)
- [36 CFR § 254.7 § 254.7 Assumption of costs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.7.md)
- [36 CFR § 254.8 § 254.8 Notice of exchange proposal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.8.md)
- [36 CFR § 254.9 § 254.9 Appraisals.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.9.md)
- [36 CFR § 254.10 § 254.10 Bargaining; arbitration.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.10.md)
- [36 CFR § 254.11 § 254.11 Exchanges at approximately equal value.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.11.md)
- [36 CFR § 254.12 § 254.12 Value equalization; cash equalization waiver.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.12.md)
- [36 CFR § 254.13 § 254.13 Approval of exchanges; notice of decision.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.13.md)
- [36 CFR § 254.14 § 254.14 Exchange agreement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-36-254.14.md)

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