§ 3516.10 What are use permits? Use permits allow you to use the surface of lands not included within your permit or lease to help you develop the mineral deposits. You may only get a use permit during the life of your permit or lease, and only for unentered, unappropriated, BLM-administered land. Use permits are not prospecting permits.

§ 3516.12 What activities may I conduct under a use permit? Phosphate use permits authorize you to conduct activities to properly extract, treat, or remove the mineral deposits. Sodium use permits authorize you to occupy camp sites, develop refining works and use the surface for other purposes connected with, and necessary to, the proper

§ 3517.10 What are development contracts and processing and milling arrangements? Development contracts and processing and milling arrangements involving hardrock minerals are agreements between one or more lessees and one or more other persons to justify large scale operations for the discovery, development, production, or transportation of ores

cannot locate the delinquent co-claimant, you must publish notification in a newspaper nearest the location of the claims or sites at least once a week for 90 days. {"origins":[{"level":"part","identifier":"3837","label_level":"Part 3837","hierarchy":{"title":"43","subtitle":"B","chapter":"II","subchapter":"C","part":"3837"},"current":false,"authority":["\u003ca href=\"https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/43/2\" class=\"usc

§ 3862.1-2 Fees. An applicant for a lode mining claim patent must pay fees as described in § 3860.1. [70 FR

§ 3864.1-5 Fees. An applicant for a millsite patent must pay fees as described in § 3860.1. [70 FR 58880

§ 3604.27 What rights does a free use permit give me against other users of the land? Permits that BLM issues under this subpart constitute a superior right to remove the materials in accordance with the permit terms and provisions, as against any claim to or entry of the lands made after the date BLM designated the tract for mineral materials

§ 3504.70 When will BLM terminate the period of liability of my bond? BLM may terminate the period of liability for any bond only when you have filed an acceptable replacement bond or when you have met all your permit or lease terms and conditions. {"origins":[{"level

§ 3509.11 Under what conditions will BLM issue a future interest lease to me? When it is in the public interest, we will issue you a future interest lease for lands where you either have an existing mining operation or have established that a valuable deposit exists.

§ 3509.40 What are fractional interest prospecting permits and leases? They are prospecting permits and leases for parcels where the United States holds less than 100 per cent of the mineral interest of the parcel. Fractional interest leases allow development of the shared mineral interests.

§ 3513.31 What is the effect of a suspension of operations (economic concerns)? This suspension does not affect the term of the lease or the annual rental payment. BLM will reduce the minimum annual production requirements of your lease in proportion to that part of the lease year for which a suspension of operations is effective.

Amendments 1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted "Archivist" for "Administrator of General Services". Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

the congressional allotment for printing and binding. Additional copies may be printed in the quantities and distributed in the manner the Joint Committee on Printing directs. Historical and Revision Notes Based on 44 U.

§ 3181.4 Inclusion of non-Federal lands. (a) Where State-owned land is to be unitized with Federal lands, approval of the agreement by appropriate State officials must be obtained prior to its submission to the proper BLM office for final approval. When authorized by the laws of the State in which the unitized land is

potential for development in relation to the entire proposed unit area; and (2) The committed tracts provide the unit operator with sufficient control of the unit area to conduct resource exploration and development in the public interest. (b) If BLM determines that the unit operator does not have sufficient control of the unit area, we will not approve the unit agreement.

§ 3282.5); (b) The information required in § 3281.2(a)(2) and (3) for the lands in the proposed participating area; and (c) Any other information BLM may require.

§ 3213.12 May BLM accept a partial relinquishment if it will reduce my lease to less than 640 acres? Except for direct use leases, lands remaining in your lease must contain at least 640 acres, or all of your leased lands must be in one section, whichever is less. Otherwise, we will not accept your partial relinquishment. BLM will only allow an

§ 3215.14 When BLM releases my bond, does that end my responsibilities? When BLM releases your bond, we relinquish the security but we continue to hold the lessee or operator responsible for noncompliance with applicable requirements under the lease. Specifically, we do not waive any legal claim we may have against any person under the

(b) You must plug and abandon your well for permanent prevention of interzonal migration of fluids and migration of fluids to the surface. You must reclaim your well location according to the terms of BLM approvals and orders. {"origins":[{"level":"part","identifier":"3200","label_level":"Part 3200","hierarchy":{"title":"43","subtitle":"B","chapter":"II","subchapter":"C","part":"3200"},"current":false

§ 3262.13 May BLM require me to follow a well spacing program? BLM may require you to follow a well spacing program if we determine that it is necessary for proper development. If we require well spacing, we will consider the following factors when we set well spacing: (a) Hydrologic, geologic, and reservoir

responsibility to meet other requirements of the unit agreement. For example, the unit operator may continue to be required to diligently develop or produce the resource during a suspension of drilling obligations. (b) The unit operator must ensure all interests in the agreement are notified of any suspension granted and the terms of the suspension. {"origins":[{"level":"part","identifier":"3280

Government publications of a permanent nature furnished by authority of law to officers other than Members of Congress of the United States Government, for their official use, shall be stamped "Property of the United States Government," and shall be preserved by them and delivered to their successors in office as a part of the property of the office.

§ 3502.42 What happens if the heir is not qualified? We will allow unqualified heirs to hold ownership in a lease or permit for up to two years. During that period, the heir must either become qualified or divest himself or herself of the interest. {"origins":[{"level

§ 3504.11 What forms of payment will BLM and MMS accept? Make your payments to BLM in cash, postal money order, negotiable instrument in U.S. currency, or such other method as BLM may authorize. See MMS regulations at 30 CFR part 218 for their payment

Amendments 2021—Pub. L. 117–81 substituted "section 3861" for "section 2354".

1 individual with mental illness. Editorial Notes Amendments 1991—Pub. L. 102–173 substituted "individual with mental illness" for "mentally ill individual" in subsecs. (a

Editorial Notes Amendments 1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–321 substituted "the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration" for "the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration". 1991—Pub. L. 102–173 designated existing