43 CFR § 3901.10 - Land descriptions.

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title: "43 CFR § 3901.10 - Land descriptions."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3901.10"
section_name: "Land descriptions."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3900"
part_name: "OIL SHALE MANAGEMENT—GENERAL"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 189, 359, and 241(a), 42 U.S.C. 15927, 43 U.S.C. 1732(b) and 1740."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 69469, Nov. 18, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3901.10 Land descriptions.

(a) All lands in an oil shale lease must be described by the legal subdivisions of the public land survey system or if the lands are unsurveyed, the legal description by metes and bounds.

(b) Unsurveyed lands will be surveyed, at the cost of the lease applicant, by a surveyor approved or employed by the BLM.