[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 36, Volume 2] [Revised as of July 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 36CFR228.1] [Page 137-138] TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 228_MINERALS--Table of Contents Subpart A_Locatable Minerals Sec. 228.1 Purpose. Subpart A_Locatable Minerals Sec. 228.1 Purpose. 228.2 Scope. 228.3 Definitions. 228.4 Plan of operations--notice of intent--requirements. 228.5 Plan of operations--approval. 228.6 Availability of information to the public. 228.7 Inspection, noncompliance. 228.8 Requirements for environmental protection. 228.9 Maintenance during operations, public safety. 228.10 Cessation of operations, removal of structures and equipment. 228.11 Prevention and control of fire. 228.12 Access. 228.13 Bonds. 228.14 Appeals. 228.15 Operations within National Forest Wilderness. Subpart B_Leasable Minerals 228.20-228.39 [Reserved] Subpart C_Disposal of Mineral Materials 228.40 Authority. 228.41 Scope. 228.42 Definitions. 228.43 Policy governing disposal. 228.44 Disposal on existing Federal leased areas. 228.45 Qualifications of applicants. 228.46 Application of other laws and regulations. General Provisions 228.47 General terms and conditions of contracts and permits. 228.48 Appraisal and measurement. 228.49 Reappraisal. 228.50 Production records. 228.51 Bonding. 228.52 Assignments. 228.53 Term. 228.54 Single entry sales or permits. [[Page 138]] 228.55 Cancellation or suspension. 228.56 Operating plans. Types and Methods of Disposal 228.57 Types of disposal. 228.58 Competitive sales. 228.59 Negotiated or noncompetitive sales. 228.60 Prospecting permits. 228.61 Preference right negotiated sales. 228.62 Free use. 228.63 Removal under terms of a timber sale or other Forest Service contract. 228.64 Community sites and common-use areas. 228.65 Payment for sales. 228.66 Refunds. 228.67 Information collection requirements. Subpart D_Miscellaneous Minerals Provisions 228.80 Operations within Misty Fjords and Admiralty Island National Monuments, Alaska. Subpart E_Oil and Gas Resources 228.100 Scope and applicability. 228.101 Definitions. Leasing 228.102 Leasing analyses and decisions. 228.103 Notice of appeals of decisions. 228.104 Consideration of requests to modify, waive, or grant exceptions to lease stipulations. Authorization of Occupancy Within a Leasehold 228.105 Issuance of onshore orders and notices to lessees. 228.106 Operator's submission of surface use plan of operations. 228.107 Review of surface use plan of operations. 228.108 Surface use requirements. 228.109 Bonds. 228.110 Indemnification. Administration of Operations 228.111 Temporary cessation of operations. 228.112 Compliance and inspection. 228.113 Notice of noncompliance. 228.114 Material noncompliance proceedings. 228.115 Additional notice of decisions. 228.116 Information collection requirements. Authority: 30 Stat. 35 and 36, as amended (16 U.S.C. 478, 551); 41 Stat. 437, as amended, Sec. 5102(d), 101 Stat. 1330-256 (30 U.S.C. 226); 61 Stat. 681, as amended (30 U.S.C. 601); 61 Stat. 914, as amended (30 U.S.C. 352); 69 Stat. 368, as amended (30 U.S.C. 611); and 94 Stat. 2400. Source: 39 FR 31317, Aug. 28, 1974, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 46 FR 36142, July 14, 1981. It is the purpose of these regulations to set forth rules and procedures through which use of the surface of National Forest System lands in connection with operations authorized by the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. 21-54), which confer a statutory right to enter upon the public lands to search for minerals, shall be conducted so as to minimize adverse environmental impacts on National Forest System surface resources. It is not the purpose of these regulations to provide for the management of mineral resources; the responsibility for managing such resources is in the Secretary of the Interior.