43 C.F.R. § 3515.25

Is BLM required to publish notice or hold a hearing?

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Yes. After you and BLM agree on the lands for exchange, we will publish a notice of the proposed exchange in the Federal Register and in a newspaper(s) in the county(s) where the lands involved are located. The notice will include:

(a) The time and place of a public hearing(s);

(b) Our preliminary findings that the exchange is in the public interest; and