---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3513.12"
title: "43"
number: "3513.12"
heading: "What criteria does BLM consider in approving a waiver, suspension, or reduction in rental or minimum royalty, or a reduction in the royalty rate?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3513.12"
---

# §3513.12. What criteria does BLM consider in approving a waiver, suspension, or reduction in rental or minimum royalty, or a reduction in the royalty rate?


We will consider if approval:

- (a) Is in the interest of conservation;
- (b) Will encourage the greatest ultimate recovery of the resource; and
- (c) Is necessary either to promote development of the mineral resources or because you cannot successfully operate the lease under existing terms.

## 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.