43 CFR § 3452.1-1 - General.

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title: "43 CFR § 3452.1-1 - General."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3452.1-1"
section_name: "General."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3450"
part_name: "MANAGEMENT OF EXISTING 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 42635, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3450"
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# 3452.1-1 General.

The lessee may surrender the entire lease, a legal subdivision thereof, an aliquot part thereof (not less than 10 acres) or any bed of the coal deposit therein. A partial relinquishment shall describe clearly the surrendered parcel or coal deposits and give the exact acreage relinquished. If the authorized officer accepts the relinquishment of any coal deposits in a lease, the coal reserves shall be adjusted in accordance with part 3480 of this title.

[47 FR 33147, July 30, 1982, as amended at 50 FR 8627, Mar. 4, 1985]