---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3509.50"
title: "43"
number: "3509.50"
heading: "Under what conditions would BLM reject my application for a fractional interest prospecting permit or lease?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3509.50"
---

# §3509.50. Under what conditions would BLM reject my application for a fractional interest prospecting permit or lease?


BLM will reject your fractional interest application if:

- (a) You do not meet the qualifications in [§ 3509.45](/cfr/43/3509.45.md) of this part;
- (b) You would have an interest in the total Federal and non-Federal mineral estate of less than 50% once the fractional interest prospecting permit or lease is issued, unless we determine it would be in the best interests of the government to issue the permit or lease; or
- (c) **We determine that it is not in the public interest to grant 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.