43 CFR § 3430.6-3 - Duration of leases.

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title: "43 CFR § 3430.6-3 - Duration of leases."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3430.6-3"
section_name: "Duration of leases."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3430"
part_name: "NONCOMPETITIVE LEASES"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 181  30 U.S.C. 351-359; 30 U.S.C. 521-531; 30 U.S.C. 1201  and 43 U.S.C. 1701"
regulatory_source: "44 FR 42628, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3430.6-3 Duration of leases.

Preference right leases shall be issued for a term of 20 years and for so long thereafter as coal is produced in commercial quantities as defined in § 3483.1 of this title. Each lease shall be subject to readjustment at the end of the first 20-year period and at the end of each period of 10 years thereafter in accordance with subpart 3451 of this title.

[44 FR 42628, July 19, 1979. Redesignated and amended at 47 FR 33144, July 30, 1982; 50 FR 8627, Mar. 4, 1985]