§3715.2. What activities do I have to be engaged in to allow me to occupy the public lands?
43 C.F.R. § 3715.2
In order to occupy the public lands under the mining laws for more than 14 calendar days in any 90-day period within a 25-mile radius of the initially occupied site, you must be engaged in certain activities. Those activities that are the reason for your occupancy must:
Be reasonably incident;
Constitute substantially regular work;
Be reasonably calculated to lead to the extraction and beneficiation of minerals;
Involve observable on-the-ground activity that BLM may verify under § 3715.7; and
Use appropriate equipment that is presently operable, subject to the need for reasonable assembly, maintenance, repair or fabrication of replacement parts.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 18 U.S.C. 1001, 3571 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 22, 42, 612; 43 U.S.C. 1061 et seq., 1201, 1457, 1732 (b) and (c), 1733 (a) and (g).
Source
Source: 61 FR 37125, July 16, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 611-615; 43 U.S.C. 1201; 43 U.S.C. 1740.