[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR3110.4]

[Page 363-364]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3110_NONCOMPETITIVE LEASES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart 3110_Noncompetitive Leases
 
Sec. 3110.4  Requirements for offer.

    (a) An offer to lease shall be made on a current form approved by 
the Director, or on unofficial copies of that form in current use. For 
noncompetitive leases processed under Sec. 3108.2-4 of this title, the 
current lease form shall be

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used. Copies shall be exact reproductions on 1 page of both sides of the 
official approved form, without additions, omissions, or other changes, 
or advertising. The original copy of each offer shall be typewritten or 
printed plainly in ink, signed in ink and dated by the offeror or the 
offeror's duly authorized agent, and shall be accompanied by the first 
year's rental and a nonrefundable filing fee of $75. The original and 2 
copies of each offer to lease, with each copy showing that the original 
has been signed, shall be filed in the proper BLM office. A 
noncompetitive offer to lease a future interest applied for under 
``Sec. 3110.9'' of this title shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable 
filing fee of $75. Where remittances for offers are returned for 
insufficient funds, the offer shall not obtain priority of filing until 
the date the remittance is properly made.
    (b) Where a correction to an offer is made, whether at the option of 
the offeror or at the request of the authorized officer, it shall gain 
priority as of the date the filing is correct and complete. The priority 
that existed before the date the corrected offer is filed, may be 
defeated by an intervening offer to the extent of any conflict in such 
offers, except as provided under Sec. Sec. 3103.2-1(a) and 3110.3-3(c) 
of this title.
    (c) An offer shall be limited to either public domain minerals or 
acquired lands minerals, subject to the provisions for corrections under 
paragraph (b) of this section.
    (d) Compliance with subpart 3102 shall be required.
    (e) All offers for leases should name the United States agency from 
which consent to the issuance of a lease shall be obtained, or the 
agency that may have title records covering the ownership for the 
mineral interest involved, and identify the project, if any, of which 
the lands covered by the offer are a part.

[53 FR 22840, June 17, 1988; 53 FR 31958, Aug. 22, 1988]