---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3603.12"
title: "43"
number: "3603.12"
heading: "What rights pertain to users of common use areas?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3603.12"
---

# §3603.12. What rights pertain to users of common use areas?

- (a) BLM's designation of a common use area does not establish a right to remove the materials superior to any subsequent claim or entry of the lands.
- (b) Once you have a permit or a sales contract to remove mineral materials from a common use area, your rights under that permit or contract are superior to any subsequent claim or entry on the lands.

## 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.