---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 23.6"
title: "43"
number: "23.6"
heading: "Basis for denial of a permit, lease, or contract."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/23.6"
---

# §23.6. Basis for denial of a permit, lease, or contract.


An application or offer for a permit, lease, or contract to conduct exploratory or extractive operations may be denied any applicant or offeror who has forfeited a required bond because of failure to comply with an exploration or mining plan. However, a permit, lease, or contract may not be denied an applicant or offeror because of the forfeiture of a bond if the lands disturbed under his previous permit, lease, or contract have subsequently been reclaimed without cost to the Federal Government.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 32, 41 Stat. 450, as amended; 30 U.S.C. 189; sec. 5, 44 Stat. 1058; 30 U.S.C. 285; sec. 10, 61 Stat. 915; 30 U.S.C. 359; and sec. 2, 48 Stat. 1270; 43 U.S.C. 315.

### Source

Source: 34 FR 852, Jan. 18, 1969, unless otherwise noted.