43 CFR § 3472.1-1 - Qualified applicants and bidders.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3472.1-1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 3472.1-1 - Qualified applicants and bidders."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3472.1-1"
section_name: "Qualified applicants and bidders."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3470"
part_name: "COAL MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS AND LIMITATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 189 and 359; and 43 U.S.C. 1701"
regulatory_source: "44 FR 42643, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3470"
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# 3472.1-1 Qualified applicants and bidders.
A lease may be issued only to (a) citizens of the United States; (b) associations of citizens organized under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof, which are authorized to hold such interests by the statute under which they are organized and by the instrument establishing their association; (c) corporations organized under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof, including a company or corporation operating a common carrier railroad; and (d) public bodies, including municipalities.
[44 FR 42643, July 19, 1979. Redesignated at 44 FR 56340, Oct. 1, 1979]