---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3507.19"
title: "43"
number: "3507.19"
heading: "Under what circumstances will BLM reject my application?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3507.19"
---

# §3507.19. Under what circumstances will BLM reject my application?

- (a) BLM will reject your application for a preference right lease if:
  - (1) You did not discover a valuable deposit of mineral(s) covered by the prospecting permit;
  - (2) You did not submit requested information in a timely manner;
  - (3) You did not otherwise comply with the requirements of this subpart; or
  - (4) In the case of sodium, potassium and sulphur, if BLM determines that the lands are not chiefly valuable for the mineral commodity specified in the permit.
- (b) If you applied for a lease for minerals BLM administers under the authority of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946, BLM may also reject your application if we determine that mining is not the preferred use of the lands in the application. In making this determination, we will consider:
  - (1) The land use plan;
  - (2) Unsuitability criteria under [subpart 1610 of this title](/cfr/43/subpart1610.md);
  - (3) Any environmental impacts; and
  - (4) **The purposes of the statute under which the lands were acquired.**
- (c) We will also reject your application if the surface managing agency does not consent to the lease.

## 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.