§3507.17. What information must my preference right lease application include?
43 C.F.R. § 3507.17
Your application must contain:
A statement of your qualifications and holdings as specified in subpart 3503 of this chapter;
Three maps showing—
Utility systems;
The location of any proposed development or mining operations and incidental facilities;
The approximate locations and the extent of the areas you will use for pits, overburden and tailings; and
The location of water sources or other resources which you may use in the proposed operations or incidental facilities;
A narrative statement addressing—
The anticipated scope, method and schedule of development operations, including the type of equipment you will use;
The method of mining anticipated, including the best available estimate of the mining sequence and production rate; and
The relationship, if any, between the planned mining operations and existing or planned mining operations and facilities on adjacent Federal or non-Federal lands;
Financial information which will enable us to determine if you have found a valuable deposit. Include at least an estimate of projected mining and processing costs, saleable products and markets, and projected selling prices;
A complete and accurate description of the lands as found in your prospecting permit, if your application is for less than the lands covered by your prospecting permit; and
Other data, as we may require.
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.