[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 43CFR3141.1]



[Page 413]

 

                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 3140_LEASING IN SPECIAL TAR SAND AREAS--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart 3141_Leasing in Special Tar Sand Areas

 

Sec.  3141.1  General.



    (a) Combined hydrocarbons or tar sands within a Special Tar Sand 

Area shall be leased only by competitive bonus bidding.

    (b) Oil and gas within a Special Tar Sand Area shall be leased by 

competitive bonus bidding as described in 43 CFR part 3120 or if no 

qualifying bid is received during the competitive bidding process, the 

area offered for competitive lease may be leased noncompetitively as 

described in 43 CFR part 3110.

    (c) The authorized officer may issue either combined hydrocarbon 

leases, or oil and gas leases for oil and gas within such areas.

    (d) The rights to explore for or develop tar sand deposits in a 

Special Tar Sand Area may be acquired through either a combined 

hydrocarbon lease or a tar sand lease.

    (e) An oil and gas lease in a Special Tar Sand Area does not include 

the rights to explore for or develop tar sand.

    (f) A tar sand lease in a Special Tar Sand Area does not include the 

rights to explore for or develop oil and gas.

    (g) The minimum acceptable bid for a lease issued for tar sand shall 

be $2 per acre.

    (h) The acreage of combined hydrocarbon leases or tar sand leases 

held within a Special Tar Sand Area shall not be charged against acreage 

limitations for the holding of oil and gas leases as provided in section 

3101.2-1 of this title.

    (i)(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.



[47 FR 22478, May 24, 1982, as amended at 70 FR 58615, Oct. 7, 2005]