[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 3503_Areas Available for Leasing

 

Sec.  3503.11  Are there any other areas in which I cannot get a permit or lease for the minerals covered by this part?



    Prospecting permits and leases for solid leasable and hardrock 

minerals are not available under this part for:

    (a) Lands within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park 

System, except as expressly authorized by law;

    (b) Lands within Indian Reservations, except the Uintah and Ouray 

Indian Reservation, Hillcreek Extension, State of Utah;

    (c) Lands within incorporated cities, towns and villages;

    (d) Lands within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, oil shale 

reserves and national petroleum reserves;

    (e) Lands acquired by the United States for development of helium, 

fissionable material deposits or other minerals essential to the defense 

of the country, except leasable minerals;

    (f) Lands acquired by foreclosure or otherwise for resale;

    (g) Acquired lands reported as surplus under the Federal Property 

and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.);

    (h) Any tidelands or submerged coastal lands within the continental 

shelf adjacent or littoral to any part of lands within the jurisdiction 

of the United States;

    (i) Lands within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument;

    (j) Lands adjacent to or within Searles Lake, California, which are 

not available for potassium prospecting permits (BLM will lease 

potassium in this area by competitive bidding); and

    (k) Any other lands withdrawn from mineral leasing.