43 CFR § 3150.0-3 - Authority.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3150.0-3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 3150.0-3 - Authority."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3150.0-3"
section_name: "Authority."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3150"
part_name: "ONSHORE OIL AND GAS GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 3150(b) and 668dd; 30 U.S.C. 189 and 359; 42 U.S.C. 6508; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1732(b), 1733, 1734, 1740."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 17359, May 16, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3150"
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# 3150.0-3 Authority.
The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended and supplemented, (30 U.S.C. 181 *et seq.*), the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947, as amended (30 U.S.C. 351-359), the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 *et seq.*), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 *et seq.*), the Independent Offices Appropriations Act of 1952 (31 U.S.C. 483a), the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6504) and the Department of the Interior Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 1981 (42 U.S.C. 6508).