43 CFR § 3604.13 - When will BLM decline to issue a free use permit to a qualified applicant?

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title: "43 CFR § 3604.13 - When will BLM decline to issue a free use permit to a qualified applicant?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3604.13"
section_name: "When will BLM decline to issue a free use permit to a qualified applicant?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3600"
part_name: "MINERAL MATERIALS DISPOSAL"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 601  43 U.S.C. 1201, 1701  Sec. 2, Act of September 28, 1962 (Pub. L. 87-713, 76 Stat. 652)."
regulatory_source: "66 FR 58901, Nov. 23, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3604.13 When will BLM decline to issue a free use permit to a qualified applicant?

BLM will not issue a free use permit if we determine that you own or control an adequate supply of suitable mineral materials that:

(a) Are readily available, and

(b) You can mine in a manner that is economically and environmentally acceptable.