---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3509.25"
title: "43"
number: "3509.25"
heading: "For what reasons will BLM reject my application for a future interest lease?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3509.25"
---

# §3509.25. For what reasons will BLM reject my application for a future interest lease?


We will reject your application:

- (a) If you do not meet the qualifications in [§ 3509.15](/cfr/43/3509.15.md) of this part;
- (b) If you filed your application less than one year before the minerals vest in the United States; or
- (c) **We determine that issuing the lease is not in the public interest.**

## 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.