43 CFR Part 3500 — Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale
Subpart 3501 — Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale—General
- § 3501.1— What is the authority for this part?
- § 3501.2— What is the scope of this part?
- § 3501.5— What terms do I need to know to understand this part?
- § 3501.10— What types of mineral use authorizations can I get under these rules?
- § 3501.16— Does my permit or lease grant me an exclusive right to develop the lands covered by the permit or lease?
- § 3501.17— Are there any general planning or environmental considerations that affect issuance of my permit or lease?
- § 3501.20— If BLM approves my application for a use authorization under this part, when does it become effective?
- § 3501.30— May I appeal BLM's decisions under this part?
Subpart 3502 — Qualification Requirements
- § 3502.10— Who may hold permits and leases?
- § 3502.13— May foreign citizens hold permits or leases?
- § 3502.15— Are there any additional restrictions on holding leases or interests in leases?
- § 3502.20— Will BLM issue a lease to me if I am not complying with the diligence requirements of the Mineral Leasing Act?
- § 3502.25— Where do I file evidence that I am qualified to hold a permit or lease?
- § 3502.26— May I supplement or update my qualifications statement?
- § 3502.27— If I am an individual, what information must I give BLM in my qualifications statement?
- § 3502.28— If I am an association or a partnership, what information must I give BLM in my qualifications statement?
- § 3502.29— If I am a guardian or trustee for a trust holding on behalf of a beneficiary, what information must I give BLM in my qualifications statement?
- § 3502.30— If I am a corporation, what information must I give BLM in my qualifications statement?
- § 3502.33— If I represent an applicant as an attorney-in-fact, do I have to submit anything to BLM?
- § 3502.34— What must I submit if there are other parties in interest?
- § 3502.40— What happens if an applicant or successful bidder for a permit or lease dies before the permit or lease is issued?
- § 3502.41— What happens to a permit or lease if the permittee or lessee dies?
- § 3502.42— What happens if the heir is not qualified?
Subpart 3503 — Areas Available for Leasing
- § 3503.10— Are all Federal lands available for leasing under this part?
- § 3503.11— Are there any other areas in which I cannot get a permit or lease for the minerals covered by this part?
- § 3503.12— For what areas may I receive a sulphur permit or lease?
- § 3503.13— For what areas may I receive a hardrock mineral permit or lease?
- § 3503.14— For what areas may I get a permit or lease for asphalt?
- § 3503.15— May I lease the gold or silver reserved to the United States on land I hold under a private land claim in New Mexico?
- § 3503.16— May I obtain permits or leases for sand and gravel in Nevada under the terms of this part?
- § 3503.20— What if another Federal agency manages the lands I am interested in?
- § 3503.21— What happens if the surface of the land I am interested in belongs to a non-Federal political subdivision or charitable organization?
- § 3503.25— When may BLM issue permits and leases for Federal minerals underlying private surface?
- § 3503.28— Does BLM incorporate any special requirements to protect the lands and resources?
- § 3503.30— How should I describe surveyed lands or lands shown on protraction or amended protraction diagrams in states which are part of the Public Land Survey System?
- § 3503.31— How should I describe lands in states which are part of the Public Land Survey System but have not been surveyed and are not shown on a protraction or amended protraction diagram?
- § 3503.32— How should I describe acquired lands?
- § 3503.33— Will BLM issue me a lease for unsurveyed lands?
- § 3503.36— Are there any size or shape limitations on the lands I can apply for?
- § 3503.37— Is there a limit to the acreage of lands I can hold under permits and leases?
- § 3503.38— How does BLM compute my acreage holdings?
- § 3503.40— Where do I file my permit or lease application and other necessary documents?
- § 3503.41— Will BLM disclose information I submit under these regulations?
- § 3503.42— When I submit confidential, proprietary information, how can I help ensure it is not available to the public?
- § 3503.43— How long will information I give BLM remain confidential or proprietary?
- § 3503.44— How will BLM treat Indian information submitted under the Indian Mineral Development Act?
- § 3503.45— How will BLM administer information concerning other Indian minerals?
- § 3503.46— When will BLM consult with Indian mineral owners when information concerning their minerals is the subject of a FOIA request?
Subpart 3504 — Fees, Rental, Royalty and Bonds
- § 3504.10— What fees must I pay?
- § 3504.11— What forms of payment will BLM and MMS accept?
- § 3504.12— What payments do I submit to BLM and what payments do I submit to MMS?
- § 3504.15— How does BLM determine my rent?
- § 3504.16— When is my rental due after the first year of the lease?
- § 3504.17— What happens if I do not pay my rental on time?
- § 3504.20— What are the requirements for paying royalties on production?
- § 3504.22— How will I know what the royalty rate is on my lease production?
- § 3504.25— Do I have to produce a certain amount per year?
- § 3504.26— May I create overriding royalties on my Federal lease?
- § 3504.50— Do I have to file a bond to receive a permit or lease?
- § 3504.51— How do I file my bond?
- § 3504.55— What types of bonds are acceptable?
- § 3504.56— If I have more than one permit or lease, may I combine bond coverage?
- § 3504.60— Under what circumstances might BLM elect to change the amount of my bond?
- § 3504.65— What happens to my bond if I do not meet my permit or lease obligations?
- § 3504.66— Must I restore my bond to the full amount if payment has been made from my bond?
- § 3504.70— When will BLM terminate the period of liability of my bond?
- § 3504.71— When will BLM release my bond?
Subpart 3505 — Prospecting Permits
- § 3505.10— What is a prospecting permit?
- § 3505.11— Do I need a prospecting permit to collect mineral specimens for non-commercial purposes?
- § 3505.12— How do I obtain a prospecting permit?
- § 3505.13— What must my application include?
- § 3505.15— Is there an acreage limit for my application?
- § 3505.25— How does BLM prioritize applications for prospecting permits?
- § 3505.30— May I amend or change my application after I file it?
- § 3505.31— May I withdraw my application after I file it?
- § 3505.40— After submitting my application, do I need to submit anything else?
- § 3505.45— What is an exploration plan?
- § 3505.50— How will I know if BLM has approved or rejected my application?
- § 3505.55— What are my obligations to BLM under an approved prospecting permit?
- § 3505.60— How long is my prospecting permit in effect?
- § 3505.61— May BLM extend the term of my prospecting permit?
- § 3505.62— Under what conditions will BLM extend my prospecting permit?
- § 3505.64— How do I apply for an extension?
- § 3505.65— What information must I include in my extension request?
- § 3505.66— If approved, when is my extension effective?
- § 3505.70— May I relinquish my prospecting permit?
- § 3505.75— What happens if I fail to pay the rental?
- § 3505.80— What happens when my permit expires?
- § 3505.85— May BLM cancel my prospecting permit for reasons other than failure to pay rental?
Subpart 3506 — Exploration Licenses
- § 3506.10— What is an exploration license?
- § 3506.11— What must I do to obtain an exploration license?
- § 3506.12— Who prepares and publishes the notice of exploration?
- § 3506.13— What information must I provide to BLM to include in the notice of exploration?
- § 3506.14— May others participate in the exploration program?
- § 3506.15— What will BLM do in response to my exploration license application?
- § 3506.20— After my license is issued, may I modify my license or exploration plan?
- § 3506.25— Once I have a license, what are my responsibilities?
Subpart 3507 — Preference Right Lease Applications
- § 3507.11— What must I do to obtain a preference right lease?
- § 3507.15— How do I apply for a preference right lease?
- § 3507.16— Is there a fee or payment required with my application?
- § 3507.17— What information must my preference right lease application include?
- § 3507.18— What do I need to submit to show that I have found a valuable deposit?
- § 3507.19— Under what circumstances will BLM reject my application?
- § 3507.20— May I appeal BLM's rejection of my preference right lease?
Subpart 3508 — Competitive Lease Applications
- § 3508.11— What lands are available for competitive leasing?
- § 3508.12— How do I get a competitive lease?
- § 3508.14— How will BLM publish the notice of lease sale?
- § 3508.15— What information will the detailed statement of the lease sale terms and conditions include?
- § 3508.20— How will BLM conduct the sale and handle bids?
- § 3508.21— What happens if I am the successful bidder?
- § 3508.22— What happens if BLM rejects my bid?
Subpart 3509 — Fractional and Future Interest Lease Applications
- § 3509.10— What are future interest leases?
- § 3509.11— Under what conditions will BLM issue a future interest lease to me?
- § 3509.12— Who may apply for a future interest lease?
- § 3509.15— Do I have to pay for a future interest lease?
- § 3509.16— How do I apply for a future interest lease?
- § 3509.17— What information must I include in my application for a future interest lease?
- § 3509.18— What will BLM do after it receives my application for a future interest lease?
- § 3509.20— When does my future interest lease take effect?
- § 3509.25— For what reasons will BLM reject my application for a future interest lease?
- § 3509.30— May I withdraw my application for a future interest lease?
- § 3509.40— What are fractional interest prospecting permits and leases?
- § 3509.41— For what lands may BLM issue fractional interest prospecting permits and leases?
- § 3509.45— Who may apply for a fractional interest prospecting permit or lease?
- § 3509.46— How do I apply for a fractional interest prospecting permit or lease?
- § 3509.47— What information must I include in my application for a fractional interest prospecting permit or lease?
- § 3509.48— What will BLM do after it receives my application for a fractional interest lease?
- § 3509.49— What terms and conditions apply to my fractional interest prospecting permit or lease?
- § 3509.50— Under what conditions would BLM reject my application for a fractional interest prospecting permit or lease?
- § 3509.51— May I withdraw my application for a fractional interest prospecting permit or lease?
Subpart 3510 — Noncompetitive Leasing: Fringe Acreage Leases and Lease Modifications
- § 3510.11— If I already have a Federal lease, or the mineral rights on adjacent private lands, may I lease adjoining Federal lands that contain the same deposits without competitive bidding?
- § 3510.12— What must I do to obtain a lease modification or fringe acreage lease?
- § 3510.15— What will BLM do with my application?
- § 3510.20— Do I have to pay a fee to modify my existing lease or obtain a fringe acreage lease?
- § 3510.21— What terms and conditions apply to fringe acreage leases and lease modifications?
Subpart 3511 — Lease Terms and Conditions
- § 3511.10— Do certain leases allow me to mine other commodities as well?
- § 3511.11— If I am mining calcium chloride, may I obtain a noncompetitive mineral lease to produce the commingled sodium chloride?
- § 3511.12— Are there standard terms and conditions which apply to all leases?
- § 3511.25— What is meant by lease readjustment and lease renewal?
- § 3511.26— What if I object to the terms and conditions BLM proposes for a readjusted lease?
- § 3511.27— How do I renew my lease?
- § 3511.30— If I appeal BLM's proposed new terms, must I continue paying royalties or rentals while my appeal is pending?
Subpart 3512 — Assignments and Subleases
- § 3512.11— Once BLM issues me a permit or lease, may I assign or sublease it?
- § 3512.12— Is there a fee for requesting an assignment or sublease?
- § 3512.13— How do I assign my permit or lease?
- § 3512.16— How do I sublease my lease?
- § 3512.17— How do I transfer the operating rights in my permit or lease?
- § 3512.18— Will BLM approve my assignment or sublease if I have outstanding liabilities?
- § 3512.19— Must I notify BLM if I intend to transfer an overriding royalty to another party?
- § 3512.25— If I assign my permit or lease, when do my obligations under the permit or lease end?
- § 3512.30— What are the responsibilities of a sublessor and a sublessee?
- § 3512.33— Does an assignment or sublease alter the permit or lease terms?
Subpart 3513 — Waiver, Suspension or Reduction of Rental and Minimum Royalties
- § 3513.11— May BLM relieve me of the lease requirements of rental, minimum royalty, or production royalty while continuing to hold the lease?
- § 3513.12— What criteria does BLM consider in approving a waiver, suspension, or reduction in rental or minimum royalty, or a reduction in the royalty rate?
- § 3513.15— How do I apply for reduction of rental, royalties, or minimum production?
- § 3513.16— Do I have to pay a fee when I apply for a waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental, minimum royalty, production royalty, or minimum production?
- § 3513.17— How will BLM implement a reduction of rental, royalties, or minimum production?
- § 3513.20— What is a suspension of operations and production (conservation concerns)?
- § 3513.21— What is the effect of a suspension of operations and production (conservation concerns)?
- § 3513.22— How do I apply for a suspension of operations and production (conservation concerns)?
- § 3513.23— May BLM order a suspension of operations and production (conservation concerns)?
- § 3513.25— When will my suspension of operations and production (conservation concerns) take effect?
- § 3513.26— When and how does my suspension of operations and production (conservation concerns) expire or terminate?
- § 3513.30— What is a suspension of operations (economic concerns)?
- § 3513.31— What is the effect of a suspension of operations (economic concerns)?
- § 3513.32— How do I apply for a suspension of operations (economic concerns)?
- § 3513.33— When will my suspension of operations (economic concerns) take effect?
- § 3513.34— When and how does my suspension of operations (economic concerns) expire or terminate?
Subpart 3514 — Lease Relinquishments and Cancellations
- § 3514.11— May I relinquish my lease or any part of my lease?
- § 3514.12— What additional information should I include in a request for partial relinquishment?
- § 3514.15— Where do I file my relinquishment?
- § 3514.20— When is my relinquishment effective?
- § 3514.21— When will BLM approve my relinquishment?
- § 3514.25— When does my lease expire?
- § 3514.30— May BLM cancel my lease?
- § 3514.31— May BLM waive cancellation or forfeiture?
- § 3514.32— Will BLM give me an opportunity to remedy a violation of the lease terms?
- § 3514.40— What if I am a <em>bona fide</em> purchaser and my lease is subject to cancellation?
Subpart 3515 — Mineral Lease Exchanges
- § 3515.10— May I exchange my lease or lease right for another mineral lease or lease right?
- § 3515.12— What regulatory provisions apply if I want to exchange a lease or lease right?
- § 3515.15— May BLM initiate an exchange?
- § 3515.16— What standards does BLM use to assess the public interest of an exchange?
- § 3515.18— Will I be notified when BLM is considering initiating an exchange that will affect my lease?
- § 3515.20— May I exchange preference rights?
- § 3515.21— What types of lands can be exchanged?
- § 3515.22— What if the lands to be exchanged are not of equal value?
- § 3515.23— May BLM require me to submit additional information?
- § 3515.25— Is BLM required to publish notice or hold a hearing?
- § 3515.26— When will BLM make a decision on the exchange?
- § 3515.27— Will BLM attach any special provisions to the exchange lease?
Subpart 3516 — Use Permits
- § 3516.10— What are use permits?
- § 3516.11— What kinds of permits or leases allow use permits?
- § 3516.12— What activities may I conduct under a use permit?
- § 3516.15— How do I apply for a use permit?
- § 3516.16— What must I include with my application?
- § 3516.20— Is there an annual fee or charge for use of the lands?
- § 3516.30— What happens if I fail to pay the annual rental on my use permit?