[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: 43CFR3800]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 3800_MINING CLAIMS UNDER THE GENERAL MINING LAWS--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart 3809_Surface Management

 

Sec.  3809.11  When do I have to submit a plan of operations?



    (a) You must submit a plan of operations and obtain BLM's approval 

before beginning operations greater than casual use, except as described 

in Sec.  3809.21. Also see Sec.  Sec.  3809.31 and 3809.400 through 

3809.434.

    (b) You must submit a plan of operations for any bulk sampling in 

which you will remove 1,000 tons or more of presumed ore for testing.

    (c) You must submit a plan of operations for any operations causing 

surface disturbance greater than casual use in the following special 

status areas where Sec.  3809.21 does not apply:

    (1) Lands in the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) 

designated by the CDCA plan as ``controlled'' or ``limited'' use areas;

    (2) Areas in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and areas 

designated for potential addition to the system;

    (3) Designated Areas of Critical Environmental Concern;

    (4) Areas designated as part of the National Wilderness Preservation 

System and administered by BLM;

    (5) Areas designated as ``closed'' to off-road vehicle use, as 

defined in Sec.  8340.0-5 of this title;

    (6) Any lands or waters known to contain Federally proposed or 

listed threatened or endangered species or their proposed or designated 

critical habitat, unless BLM allows for other action under a formal 

land-use plan or threatened or endangered species recovery plan; and

    (7) National Monuments and National Conservation Areas administered 

by BLM.