43 CFR § 3140.22 - Who may apply.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3140.22"
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title: "43 CFR § 3140.22 - Who may apply."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3140.22"
section_name: "Who may apply."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3140"
part_name: "LEASING IN SPECIAL TAR SAND AREAS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 181  30 U.S.C. 351-359; 43 U.S.C. 1701  Pub. L. 97-78, 95 Stat. 1070; 42 U.S.C. 15801, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 30988, Apr. 23, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3140"
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# 3140.22 Who may apply.

Only owners of oil and gas leases issued within Special Tar Sands Areas, on or before November 16, 1981, and owners of valid claims based on mineral locations within Special Tar Sands Areas, are eligible to convert leases or claims to combined hydrocarbon leases in Special Tar Sands Areas.