---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 225.32"
title: "25"
number: "225.32"
heading: "Permission to start operations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/225.32"
---

# §225.32. Permission to start operations.

- (a) No exploration, drilling, or mining operations are permitted on any Indian lands before the Secretary has granted written approval of the minerals agreement pursuant to the regulations. After a minerals agreement is approved, written permission to start operations must be secured by applying for the permits referred to in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b) Applicable permits in accordance with rules and regulations in 30 CFR part [750](/cfr/30/part750.md), [43](/cfr/30/part43.md) CFR parts [3160](/cfr/25/part3160.md), [3260](/cfr/25/part3260.md), 3480, 3590, and Orders or Notices to Lessees (NTL) issued thereunder shall be required before actual operations are conducted on the minerals agreement acreage.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, and 2101-2108; and Sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 14971, Mar. 30, 1994, unless otherwise noted.