43 CFR § 3516.11 - What kinds of permits or leases allow use permits?

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title: "43 CFR § 3516.11 - What kinds of permits or leases allow use permits?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3516.11"
section_name: "What kinds of permits or leases allow use permits?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3500"
part_name: "LEASING OF SOLID MINERALS OTHER THAN COAL AND OIL SHALE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552; 30 U.S.C. 189, 192c, and 209; 43 U.S.C. 1701  and sec. 402, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946 (5 U.S.C. appendix)."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 53536, Oct. 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3500"
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# 3516.11 What kinds of permits or leases allow use permits?

Use permits are issued only in support of phosphate and sodium permits and leases. For phosphate permits and leases, BLM may issue you a use permit to use up to 80 acres. For sodium leases, use permits are limited to no more than 40 acres.