---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3601.6"
title: "43"
number: "3601.6"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3601.6"
---

# §3601.6. Policy.


It is BLM's policy:

- (a) To make mineral materials available unless it is detrimental to the public interest to do so;
- (b) To sell mineral material resources at not less than fair market value;
- (c) To permit Federal, State, Territorial, and local government entities and non-profit organizations free use of these materials for qualified purposes;
- (d) To protect public land resources and the environment and minimize damage to public health and safety during the exploration for and the removal of such minerals;
- (e) To prevent unauthorized removal of mineral materials; and
- (f) **To require purchasers and permittees to account for all removals of mineral materials.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1701 et seq.; Sec. 2, Act of September 28, 1962 (Pub. L. 87-713, 76 Stat. 652).

### Source

Source: 66 FR 58901, Nov. 23, 2001, unless otherwise noted.