---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3505.55"
title: "43"
number: "3505.55"
heading: "What are my obligations to BLM under an approved prospecting permit?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3505.55"
---

# §3505.55. What are my obligations to BLM under an approved prospecting permit?


You must:

- (a) **Pay your annual rental in a timely fashion.** See §§ [3504.15](/cfr/43/3504.15.md) and [3504.16](/cfr/43/3504.16.md) of this part;
- (b) Comply with all permit terms and stipulations the surface management agency attached to the permit;
- (c) Conduct only those exploration activities approved as part of your existing exploration plan; and
- (d) Discontinue activities following expiration of the initial term unless and until BLM extends your permit.

## 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.