36.25.165    BLOCK MANAGEMENT AREAS: CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION OF STATE LAND

(1) The department may include state land in a block management area only if it finds that:

(a) inclusion is in the best interests of the public and the trust;

(b) the block management agreement does not conflict with rights of holders of leases, licenses, and easements;

(c) inclusion would not result in damage to the land;

(d) the block management area contains private land; and

(e) the state land is contiguous to federal or private land that is within the block management area.

History: 77-1-804, MCA; IMP, 77-1-804, MCA; NEW, 1994 MAR p. 2002, Eff. 7/22/94; TRANS, 1996 MAR p. 2384.