---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3503.44"
title: "43"
number: "3503.44"
heading: "How will BLM treat Indian information submitted under the Indian Mineral Development Act?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3503.44"
---

# §3503.44. How will BLM treat Indian information submitted under the Indian Mineral Development Act?


Under the Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982 (IMDA) ([25 U.S.C. 2101](/usc/25/2101.md) et seq.), the Department of the Interior will hold as privileged proprietary information of the affected Indian or Indian tribe—

- (a) All findings forming the basis of the Secretary's intent to approve or disapprove any Minerals Agreement under IMDA; and
- (b) All projections, studies, data, or other information concerning a Minerals Agreement under IMDA, regardless of the date received, related to—
  - (1) The terms, conditions, or financial return to the Indian parties;
  - (2) The extent, nature, value, or disposition of the Indian mineral resources; or
  - (3) **The production, products, or proceeds thereof.**

## 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.