25 CFR § 225.23 - Economic assessments.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s225.23"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 225.23 - Economic assessments."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "225.23"
section_name: "Economic assessments."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY AND MINERALS"
part_number: "225"
part_name: "OIL AND GAS, GEOTHERMAL, AND SOLID MINERALS AGREEMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "25 U.S.C. 2, 9, and 2101-2108; and Sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 14971, Mar. 30, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "225"
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# 225.23 Economic assessments.

The Secretary shall prepare or cause to be prepared an economic assessment that shall address, among other things:

(a) Whether there are assurances in the minerals agreement that operations shall be conducted with appropriate diligence;

(b) Whether the production royalties or other form of return on mineral resources is adequate; and

(c) Whether the minerals agreement is likely to provide the Indian mineral owner with a return on the production comparable to what the owner might otherwise obtain through competitive bidding, when such a comparison can reasonably be made.