---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3515.15"
title: "43"
number: "3515.15"
heading: "May BLM initiate an exchange?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3515.15"
---

# §3515.15. May BLM initiate an exchange?


Yes. When we do:

- (a) We will notify you that we are prepared to consider exchange of a mineral lease if you relinquish your existing leasing rights.
- (b) We may exchange all or any part of the lands under your preference right lease application(s) or lease(s).

## 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.