Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior |
Subtitle B - Regulations Relating to Public Lands |
Chapter II - Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior |
SubChapter C - Minerals Management (3000) |
Part 3500 - Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale |
Subpart 3503 - Areas Available for Leasing |
Available Areas Under BLM Management |
§ 3503.10 - Are all Federal lands available for leasing under this part?
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§ 3503.10 Are all Federal lands available for leasing under this part?
No. The Secretary of the Interior may not lease lands on any of the following Federal areas:
(a) Land recommended for wilderness allocation by the surface managing agency;
(b) Lands within BLM wilderness study areas;
(c) Lands designated by Congress as wilderness areas; and
(d) Lands within areas allocated for wilderness or further planning in Executive Communication 1504, Ninety-Sixth Congress (House Document Number 96-119), unless such lands are allocated to uses other than wilderness by a land and resource management plan or have been released to uses other than wilderness by an act of Congress.