[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: 43CFR3500]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 3500_LEASING OF SOLID MINERALS OTHER THAN COAL AND OIL SHALE

--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart 3501_Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale_

                                 General

 

Sec.  3501.16  Does my permit or lease grant me an exclusive right to develop the lands covered by the permit or lease?



    No. Your permit or lease gives you an exclusive right to the 

mineral, but not to the lands. BLM may allow other uses or disposal of 

the lands, including leasing of other minerals, if those uses or 

disposals will not unreasonably interfere with your operation. If BLM 

issues other permits or leases covering the lands contained within your 

permit or lease, they will contain suitable stipulations for 

simultaneous operation based on consideration of safety, environmental 

protection, conservation, ultimate recovery of the resource, and other 

factors. You must also make all reasonable efforts to avoid interference 

with other authorized uses. In cases where the date of the lease is used 

to determine priority for development and a lease is renewed, BLM will 

use the effective date of the original lease to determine priority for 

development.