---identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3425.0-2"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "43 CFR § 3425.0-2 - Objective."title_number: 43title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"section_number: "3425.0-2"section_name: "Objective."chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"subchapter_number: "C"subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"part_number: "3420"part_name: "COMPETITIVE LEASING"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended and supplemented (30 U.S.C. 181 ), the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947, as amended (30 U.S.C. 351-359), the Multiple Mineral Development Act of 1954 (30 U.S.C. 521-531 ), the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 ), the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7101 ), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 ) and the Small Business Act of 1953, as amended (15 U.S.C. 631 )."regulatory_source: "44 FR 42615, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "3420"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t43/s3425.0-2
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior
Authority
The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended and supplemented (30 U.S.C. 181 ), the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947, as amended (30 U.S.C. 351-359), the Multiple Mineral Development Act ... The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended and supplemented (30 U.S.C. 181 ), the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947, as amended (30 U.S.C. 351-359), the Multiple Mineral Development Act of 1954 (30 U.S.C. 521-531 ), the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 ), the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7101 ), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 ) and the Small Business Act of 1953, as amended (15 U.S.C. 631 ).
# 3425.0-2 Objective.The objective of this subpart is to provide an application process through which the Department may consider holding lease sales apart from the competitive leasing process set out in §§ 3420.3 through 3420.5-2 of this title, where an emergency need for unleased coal deposits is demonstrated, or in areas outside coal production regions or outside eastern activity planning areas.[44 FR 42615, July 19, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 33141, July 30, 1982]