---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3207.13"
title: "43"
number: "3207.13"
heading: "Must I comply with the requirements of §§ 3207.11 and 3207.12 when my lease overlies a mining claim?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3207.13"
---

# §3207.13. Must I comply with the requirements of §§ 3207.11 and 3207.12 when my lease overlies a mining claim?

- (a) BLM will exempt you from complying with the requirements of §§ [3207.11](/cfr/43/3207.11.md) and [3207.12](/cfr/43/3207.12.md) when you demonstrate to BLM that:
  - (1) The mining claim has a plan of operations approved by the appropriate Federal land management agency; and
  - (2) **Your development of the geothermal resource on the lease would interfere with the mining operations.**
- (b) The exemption provided under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section expires upon termination of the mining operations.

## 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.