---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3206.11"
title: "43"
number: "3206.11"
heading: "What must BLM do before issuing a lease?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3206.11"
---

# §3206.11. What must BLM do before issuing a lease?


For all leases, BLM must:

- (a) Determine that the land is available; and
- (b) Determine that your lease development will not have a significant adverse impact on any significant thermal feature within any of the following units of the National Park System:
  - (1) Mount Rainier National Park;
  - (2) Crater Lake National Park;
  - (3) Yellowstone National Park;
  - (4) **John D.** Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway;
  - (5) Bering Land Bridge National Preserve;
  - (6) Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve;
  - (7) Katmai National Park;
  - (8) Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve;
  - (9) **Wrangell-St.** Elias National Park and Preserve;
  - (10) Lake Clark National Park and Preserve;
  - (11) Hot Springs National Park;
  - (12) Big Bend National Park (including that portion of the Rio Grande National Wild Scenic River within the boundaries of Big Bend National Park);
  - (13) Lassen Volcanic National Park;
  - (14) Hawaii Volcanoes National Park;
  - (15) Haleakala National Park;
  - (16) Lake Mead National Recreation Area; and
  - (17) Any other significant thermal features within National Park System units that the Secretary may add to the list of these features, in accordance with [30 U.S.C. 1026(a)(3)](/usc/30/1026.md?p=a-3).

## 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.