§ 189.2 - Applicability and scope.

(a) This Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Military Departments (including their National Guard and reserve components).

(b) It applies to DoD-controlled lands acquired or withdrawn from the public domain (including Army civil works lands) within the United States and its territories and possessions for which the mineral rights are owned by the United States, with the following exceptions:

(1) Mineral leasing of lands situated within incorporated cities, towns, and villages (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq. and 181 et seq.).

(2) Mineral leasing of tidelands or submerged lands (30 U.S.C. 351).

(3) Certain hardrock minerals known as locatables (30 U.S.C. 22).

(4) A class of minerals composed of sand and gravel known as saleables (30 U.S.C. 601 et seq. and 41 CFR 101-47.302-2).