43 C.F.R. § 23.6 Basis for denial of a permit, lease, or contract.
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
An application or offer for a permit, lease, or contract to conduct exploratory or extractive operations may be denied any applicant or offeror who has forfeited a required bond because of failure to comply with an exploration or mining plan. However, a permit, lease, or contract may not be denied an applicant or offeror because of the forfeiture of a bond if the lands disturbed under his previous permit, lease, or contract have subsequently been reclaimed without cost to the Federal Government.
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 23—SURFACE EXPLORATION, MINING AND RECLAMATION OF LANDS
§ 23.6 Basis for denial of a permit, lease, or contract.
