[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

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                Subpart 3503_Areas Available for Leasing

 

Sec.  3503.46  When will BLM consult with Indian mineral owners when information concerning their minerals is the subject of a FOIA request?



    BLM will notify the Indian mineral owner(s) identified in the 

records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and the BIA, and give 

them a reasonable period of time to state objections to disclosure, 

using the standards and procedures of Sec.  2.15(d) of this title, 

before making a decision about the applicability of FOIA exemption 4 to 

protect:

    (a) information obtained from a person outside the United States 

Government; when

    (b) following consultation with a submitter under Sec.  2.15(d) of 

this title, BLM determines that the submitter does not have an interest 

in withholding the records that can be protected under FOIA; but

    (c) BLM has reason to believe that disclosure of the information may 

result in commercial or financial injury to the Indian mineral owner(s), 

but is uncertain that such is the case.