[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: 43CFR3141.1]

[Page 401]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3140_COMBINED HYDROCARBON LEASING--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart 3141_Competitive Leasing in Special Tar Sand Areas
 
Sec. 3141.1  General.

    (a) All oil and gas within a Special Tar Sand Area shall be leased 
only by competitive bonus bidding and only combined hydrocarbon leases 
shall be issued for oil and gas within such areas.
    (b) The acreage of combined hydrocarbon leases held within a Special 
Tar Sand Area shall not be charged against acreage limitations for the 
holding of oil and gas leases.
    (c)(1) The authorized officer may noncompetitively lease additional 
lands for ancillary facilities in a Special Tar Sand Area that are shown 
by an applicant to be needed to support any operations necessary for the 
recovery of tar sand. Such uses include, but are not limited to, mill 
siting or waste disposal. An application for a lease or permit to use 
additional lands shall be filed under the provisions of part 2920 of 
this title with the proper BLM office having jurisdiction of the lands. 
The application for additional lands may be filed at the time a plan of 
operations is filed.
    (2) A lease for the use of additional lands shall not be issued 
under this part when the use can be authorized under part 2800 of this 
title. Such uses include, but are not limited to, reservoirs, pipelines, 
electrical generation systems, transmission lines, roads and railroads.
    (3) Within units of the National Park System, permits or leases for 
additional lands for any purpose shall be issued only by the National 
Park Service. Applications for such permits or leases shall be filed 
with the Regional Director of the National Park Service.