§3425.1-8. Rejection of applications.
43 C.F.R. § 3425.1-8
An application for a lease shall be rejected in total or in part if the authorized officer determines that: (1) The application is not consistent with the applicable regulations; (2) issuance of the lease would compromise the regional leasing process described in § 3420.3 of this title; or (3) leasing of the lands covered by the application, for environmental or other sufficient reasons, would be contrary to the public interest.
Any application subject to rejection under paragraph (a) of this section shall not be rejected until the applicant is given written notice of the opportunity to provide requested missing information and fails to do so within the time specified in the decision issued for that purpose.
The authorized officer shall transmit reasonable notice of the rejection of an emergency lease application to the Governor of the affected State(s).
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[44 FR 42615, July 19, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 33141, July 30, 1982; 48 FR 37655, Aug. 19, 1983]
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; 48 FR 37655, Aug. 19, 1983]