43 CFR § 2803.10 - Who may hold a grant or lease?

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title: "43 CFR § 2803.10 - Who may hold a grant or lease?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "2803.10"
section_name: "Who may hold a grant or lease?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2000)"
part_number: "2800"
part_name: "RIGHTS-OF-WAY UNDER THE FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1733, 1740, 1763, 1764, and 3003."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 21058, Apr. 22, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2800"
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# 2803.10 Who may hold a grant or lease?

To hold a grant under these regulations, you must be:

(a) An individual, association, corporation, partnership, or similar business entity, or a Federal agency or state, tribal, or local government;

(b) Technically and financially able to construct, operate, maintain, and terminate the use of the public lands you are applying for; and

(c) Of legal age and authorized to do business in the State or States where the right-of-way you seek is located.

[70 FR 21058, Apr. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 35678, May 1, 2024]