---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3120.13"
title: "43"
number: "3120.13"
heading: "Protests."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3120.13"
---

# §3120.13. Protests.

- (a) No action pursuant to the regulations in this subpart will be suspended under [43 CFR 4.21(a)](/cfr/43/4.21.md?p=a) due to a protest from a notice by the authorized officer to hold a lease sale.
- (b) Notwithstanding [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the authorized officer may suspend the offering of a specific parcel while considering a protest against its inclusion in a Notice of Competitive Lease Sale.
- (c) Only the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management may suspend a lease sale for good cause after reviewing the reason(s) for a protest.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. and 351-359; 40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; Pub. L. 113-291, 128 Stat. 3762; and the Attorney General's Opinion of April 2, 1941 (40 Op. Atty. Gen. 41).

### Source

Source: 89 FR 30985, Apr. 23, 2024, unless otherwise noted.