[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR3101.7-2]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3100--OIL AND GAS LEASING--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart 3101--Issuance of Leases
 
Sec. 3101.7-2  Action by the Bureau of Land Management.

    (a) Where the surface managing agency has consented to leasing with 
required stipulations, and the Secretary decides to issue a lease, the 
authorized officer shall incorporate the stipulations into any lease 
which it may issue. The authorized officer may add additional 
stipulations.
    (b) The authorized officer shall not issue a lease and shall reject 
any lease offer on lands to which the surface managing agency objects or 
withholds consent required by statute. In all other instances, the 
Secretary has the final authority and discretion to decide to issue a 
lease.
    (c) The authorized officer shall review all recommendations and 
shall accept all reasonable recommendations of the surface managing 
agency.

[48 FR 33662, July 22, 1983. Redesignated and amended at 53 FR 22836, 
June 17, 1988]