43 CFR § 3901.20 - Acreage limitations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3901.20"
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title: "43 CFR § 3901.20 - Acreage limitations."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3901.20"
section_name: "Acreage limitations."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 3901.20 Acreage limitations.

No entity may hold more than 50,000 acres of Federal oil shale leases on public lands and 50,000 acres on acquired lands in any one state. Oil shale lease acreage does not count toward acreage limitations associated with leases for other minerals.