[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: 43CFR3101.7-2]



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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]