---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3510.15"
title: "43"
number: "3510.15"
heading: "What will BLM do with my application?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3510.15"
---

# §3510.15. What will BLM do with my application?


We will issue or modify a lease under this subpart only if we determine that:

- (a) The lands are contiguous to your existing Federal lease or to non-Federal lands you own or control;
- (b) The new fringe lease does not exceed the maximum size allowed in a lease, as specified in [§ 3503.37](/cfr/43/3503.37.md) of this part;
- (c) The acreage of the modified lease, including additional lands, is not in excess of the maximum size allowed for a lease, as specified in [§ 3503.37](/cfr/43/3503.37.md) of this part;
- (d) The mineral deposit is not in an area of competitive interest to holders of other active mining units in the area;
- (e) The lands for which you applied for a fringe acreage lease lack sufficient reserves of the mineral resource to warrant independent development;
- (f)
  - (1) The lands for which you applied for a lease modification contain known deposits of the same mineral deposit that can be mined only as part of the mining operations on the original Federal lease; or
  - (2)
    - (i) The acreage to be added does not contain known deposits of the same mineral; and
    - (ii) The acreage to be added will be used for surface activities that are necessary for the recovery of the mineral deposit on the original Federal lease; and
    - (iii) Had the acreage added by the modification been included in the original Federal lease at the time of that lease's issuance, the original Federal lease would have been reasonably compact.
- (g) Leasing the lands will conserve natural resources and will provide for economical and efficient recovery as part of a mining unit; and
- (h) You meet the qualification requirements for holding a lease described in [subpart 3502](/cfr/43/subpart3502.md) of this chapter and the new or modified lease will not cause you to exceed the acreage limitations described in [§ 3503.37](/cfr/43/3503.37.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 53536, Oct. 1, 1999, as amended at 74 FR 641, Jan. 7, 2009]

### 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 74 FR 641, Jan. 7, 2009]