43 CFR § 3431.1 - Qualified purchaser.

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title: "43 CFR § 3431.1 - Qualified purchaser."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3431.1"
section_name: "Qualified purchaser."
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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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 3431.1 Qualified purchaser.

Any person who has acquired or applied for a right-of-way under Title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 which requires the removal of coal deposits as a necessary incident to development, construction or use of the right-of-way is qualified to purchase the coal to be removed.