---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3201.11"
title: "43"
number: "3201.11"
heading: "What lands are not available for geothermal leasing?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3201.11"
---

# §3201.11. What lands are not available for geothermal leasing?


BLM will not issue leases for:

- (a) Lands where the Secretary has determined that issuing the lease would cause unnecessary or undue degradation of public lands and resources;
- (b) Lands contained within a unit of the National Park System, or otherwise administered by the National Park Service;
- (c) Lands within a National Recreation Area;
- (d) Lands where the Secretary determines after notice and comment that geothermal operations, including exploration, development or utilization of lands, are reasonably likely to result in a significant adverse effect on a significant thermal feature within a unit of the National Park System;
- (e) Fish hatcheries or wildlife management areas administered by the Secretary;
- (f) Indian trust or restricted lands within or outside the boundaries of Indian reservations;
- (g) The Island Park Geothermal Area; and
- (h) Lands where Section 43 of the Mineral Leasing Act ([30 U.S.C. 226-3](/usc/30/226-3.md)) prohibits geothermal leasing, including:
  - (1) Wilderness areas or wilderness study areas administered by BLM or other surface management agencies;
  - (2) Lands designated by Congress as wilderness study areas, except where the statute designating the study area specifically allows leasing to continue; and
  - (3) Lands within areas allocated for wilderness or further planning in Executive Communication 1504, Ninety-Sixth Congress (House Document 96-119), unless such lands are allocated to uses other than wilderness by a land and resource management plan or are released to uses other than wilderness by an Act of Congress.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1001-1028; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and Pub. L. 109-58.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 24400, May 2, 2007, unless otherwise noted.