---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3501.17"
title: "43"
number: "3501.17"
heading: "Are there any general planning or environmental considerations that affect issuance of my permit or lease?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3501.17"
---

# §3501.17. Are there any general planning or environmental considerations that affect issuance of my permit or lease?

- (a) BLM will not issue you a permit or lease unless it conforms with the decisions, terms and conditions of an applicable comprehensive land use plan.
- (b) BLM or the surface management agency will comply with any applicable environmental requirements before issuing you a permit or lease. This may result in conditions on your permit or lease.
- (c) BLM will issue permits and leases consistent with any unsuitability designation under [part 1600 of this title](/cfr/43/part1600.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 30 U.S.C. 189, 192c, and 209; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and sec. 402, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946 (5 U.S.C. appendix).

### Source

Source: 64 FR 53536, Oct. 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted.