---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3508.12"
title: "43"
number: "3508.12"
heading: "How do I get a competitive lease?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3508.12"
---

# §3508.12. How do I get a competitive lease?

- (a) **Notify BLM of areas in which you are interested.** We may also designate certain lands for competitive leasing.
- (b) Before BLM publishes a notice of lease sale, pay a processing fee on a case-by-case basis as described in [§ 3000.11](/cfr/43/3000.11.md) of this chapter as modified by §§ [3508.14](/cfr/43/3508.14.md) and [3508.21](/cfr/43/3508.21.md). If someone else is the successful bidder, BLM will refund you the amount you paid under this paragraph. If there is no successful bidder, you remain responsible for all processing fees.
- (c) After determining that the lands are available for leasing, we will publish a notice of lease sale containing all significant information (see [§ 3508.14](/cfr/43/3508.14.md) of this part).
- (d) We will award a competitive lease through sale to the qualified bidder who offers the highest acceptable bonus bid. In the event of a tie, BLM will determine a fair method for choosing the successful bid.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 53536, Oct. 1, 1999, as amended at 70 FR 58877, Oct. 7, 2005]

### 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.

### Amendments

[64 FR 53536, Oct. 1, 1999, as amended at 70 FR 58877, Oct. 7, 2005]