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43 CFR §3509.25

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We will reject your application:
  1. (a)If you do not meet the qualifications in § 3509.15 of this part;
  2. (b)If you filed your application less than one year before the minerals vest in the United States; or
  3. (c)We determine that issuing the lease is not in the public interest.