§3425.0-2. Objective.
43 C.F.R. § 3425.0-2
The objective of this subpart is to provide an application process through which the Department may consider holding lease sales apart from the competitive leasing process set out in §§ 3420.3 through 3420.5-2 of this title, where an emergency need for unleased coal deposits is demonstrated, or in areas outside coal production regions or outside eastern activity planning areas.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[44 FR 42615, July 19, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 33141, July 30, 1982]
Authority
Authority: The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended and supplemented (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. ), the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947, as amended (30 U.S.C. 351-359), the Multiple Mineral Development Act of 1954 (30 U.S.C. 521-531 et seq. ), the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq. ), the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. ), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ) and the Small Business Act of 1953, as amended (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq. ).
Source
Source: 44 FR 42615, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[44 FR 42615, July 19, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 33141, July 30, 1982]