---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3430.6-3"
title: "43"
number: "3430.6-3"
heading: "Duration of leases."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3430.6-3"
---

# §3430.6-3. Duration of leases.


Preference right leases shall be issued for a term of 20 years and for so long thereafter as coal is produced in commercial quantities as defined in [§ 3483.1](/cfr/43/3483.1.md) of this title. Each lease shall be subject to readjustment at the end of the first 20-year period and at the end of each period of 10 years thereafter in accordance with [subpart 3451 of this title](/cfr/43/subpart3451.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 42628, July 19, 1979. Redesignated and amended at 47 FR 33144, July 30, 1982; 50 FR 8627, Mar. 4, 1985]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 351-359; 30 U.S.C. 521-531; 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.; and 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 42628, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 42628, July 19, 1979. Redesignated and amended at 47 FR 33144, July 30, 1982; 50 FR 8627, Mar. 4, 1985]