43 CFR § 6304.23 - What special provisions apply to mineral leasing and material sales?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s6304.23"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 6304.23 - What special provisions apply to mineral leasing and material sales?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "6304.23"
section_name: "What special provisions apply to mineral leasing and material sales?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION (6000)"
part_number: "6300"
part_name: "MANAGEMENT OF DESIGNATED WILDERNESS AREAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 1131 43 U.S.C. 1733, 1740, 1782."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 78372, Dec. 14, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "6300"
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# 6304.23 What special provisions apply to mineral leasing and material sales?
(a) After Congress designates any area of public lands as wilderness, BLM will not issue mineral or geothermal leases, licenses, or permits under the mineral or geothermal leasing laws, or sales contracts or free use permits under the Materials Act (30 U.S.C. 601 *et seq.*)
(b) You may continue to hold and operate mineral or geothermal leases, licenses, contracts, or permits under their original terms and conditions after Congress designates the affected BLM lands as wilderness.