---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 254.21"
title: "36"
number: "254.21"
heading: "Applications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/254.21"
---

# §254.21. Applications.

- (a) **An application to purchase National Forest System lands—**
  - (1) Must be made by designated officials) authorized to do business in the name of a county, city, or local governmental subdivision;
  - (2) May be in the form of a letter, ordinance, or resolution;
  - (3) Must be furnished to the District Ranger or the Forest Supervisor for the National Forest area in which the lands are situated; and
  - (4) **Must be limited to 640 acres or less adjacent to an established community.**
- (b) An application must be accompanied by—
  - (1) A description of the land desired; and
  - (2) A development plan, consisting of a narrative statement and map, which gives a detailed description of the intended use of the site and how essential community needs will be met by the purchase.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 85-569; 72 Stat. 438; 16 U.S.C. 478a, as amended by sec. 213, Pub. L. 94-579; 90 Stat. 2743.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 29673, July 22, 1985, unless otherwise noted.