[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR3101.2-1]



[Page 334]

 

                    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. 3101.2-1  Public domain lands.



    (a) No person or entity shall take, hold, own or control more than 

246,080 acres of Federal oil and gas leases in any one State at any one 

time. No more than 200,000 acres of such acres may be held under option.

    (b) In Alaska, the acreage that can be taken, held, owned or 

controlled is limited to 300,000 acres in the northern leasing district 

and 300,000 acres in the southern leasing district, of which no more 

than 200,000 acres may be held under option in each of the 2 leasing 

districts. The boundary between the 2 leasing districts in Alaska begins 

at the northeast corner of the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge as 

established on December 2, 1980 (16 U.S.C. 3101), at a point on the 

boundary between the United States and Canada, then northwesterly along 

the northern boundary of the refuge to the left limit of the Tanana 

River (63[deg]9[min]38[sec] north latitude, 142[deg]20[min]52[sec] west 

longitude), then westerly along the left limit to the confluence of the 

Tanana and Yukon Rivers, and then along the left limit of the Yukon 

River from said confluence to its principal southern mouth.



[48 FR 33662, July 22, 1983, as amended at 53 FR 17352, May 16, 1988]