§3503.11. Are there any other areas in which I cannot get a permit or lease for the minerals covered by this part?
43 C.F.R. § 3503.11
Prospecting permits and leases for solid leasable and hardrock minerals are not available under this part for:
Lands within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park System, except as expressly authorized by law;
Lands within Indian Reservations, except the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, Hillcreek Extension, State of Utah;
Lands within incorporated cities, towns and villages;
Lands within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, oil shale reserves and national petroleum reserves;
Lands acquired by the United States for development of helium, fissionable material deposits or other minerals essential to the defense of the country, except leasable minerals;
Lands acquired by foreclosure or otherwise for resale;
Acquired lands reported as surplus under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.);
Any tidelands or submerged coastal lands within the continental shelf adjacent or littoral to any part of lands within the jurisdiction of the United States;
Lands within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument;
Lands adjacent to or within Searles Lake, California, which are not available for potassium prospecting permits (BLM will lease potassium in this area by competitive bidding); and
Any other lands withdrawn from mineral leasing.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
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.