---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3922.40"
title: "43"
number: "3922.40"
heading: "Tract delineation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3922.40"
---

# §3922.40. Tract delineation.

- (a) The BLM will delineate tracts for competitive sale to provide for the orderly development of the oil shale resource.
- (b) The BLM may delineate more or less lands than were covered by an application for any reason the BLM determines to be in the public interest.
- (c) The BLM may delineate tracts in any area acceptable for further consideration for leasing, whether or not expressions of leasing interest or applications have been received for those areas.
- (d) Where the BLM receives more than 1 application covering the same lands, the BLM may delineate the lands that overlap as a separate tract.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 241(a), 42 U.S.C. 15927, 43 U.S.C. 1732(b) and 1740.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 69477, Nov. 18, 2008, unless otherwise noted.