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43 CFR §3430.5-3

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A preference right lease shall be issued if, upon review of the application, any available land use plan and the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement, the authorized officer determines that:
  1. (a)Coal has been discovered in commercial quantities on the lands applied for;
  2. (b)The applicant has used reasonable economic assumptions and data to support the showing that coal has been found on the proposed lease in commercial quantities; and
  3. (c)The conditions or protective lease stipulations assure that environmental damage can be avoided or acceptably mitigated.