---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3255.15"
title: "43"
number: "3255.15"
heading: "When will BLM consult with Indian mineral owners when information concerning their minerals is the subject of a FOIA request?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3255.15"
---

# §3255.15. When will BLM consult with Indian mineral owners when information concerning their minerals is the subject of a FOIA request?

- (a) We use the standards and procedures of [§ 2.15(d)](/cfr/43/2.15.md?p=d) of this title before making a decision about the applicability of FOIA exemption 4 to information obtained from a person outside the United States Government.
- (b) BLM will notify the Indian mineral owner(s) identified in the records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and BIA, and give them a reasonable period of time to state objections to disclosure. BLM will issue this notice following consultation with a submitter under [§ 2.15(d)](/cfr/43/2.15.md?p=d) of this title if:
  - (1) BLM determines that the submitter does not have an interest in withholding the records that can be protected under FOIA; and
  - (2) BLM has reason to believe that disclosure of the information may result in commercial or financial injury to the Indian mineral owner(s), but is uncertain that such is the case.

## 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.