---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 2091.5-3"
title: "43"
number: "2091.5-3"
heading: "Segregative effect and opening: Emergency withdrawals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/2091.5-3"
---

# §2091.5-3. Segregative effect and opening: Emergency withdrawals.

- (a) When the Secretary determines that an emergency exists and extraordinary measures need to be taken to preserve values that would otherwise be lost, a withdrawal is made immediately in accordance with [§ 2310.5](/cfr/43/2310.5.md) of this title. Emergency withdrawals are effective on the date the Public Land Order making the withdrawal is signed, and cannot exceed 3 years in duration and may not be extended.
- (b) The lands covered by an emergency withdrawal are opened automatically on the date of expiration of the withdrawal unless segregation is effected by the publication in the Federal Register of a notice of a withdrawal application or proposal.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 52 FR 12175, Apr. 15, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1740.