43 C.F.R. Subpart 3204—Noncompetitive Leasing
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
Submit two (2) executed copies of Form 3200–24 to BLM. At least one form must have an original signature. We will accept only exact copies of the form on one two-sided page. You must accurately describe the lands covered by your offer on the form or BLM may reject of all or part of your offer. To obtain this form (and other BLM forms), contact the nearest BLM Office. Describe the lands as follows: (a) For lands surveyed under the public land rectangular survey system, describe the lands by legal subdivision, section, township, and range; (b) For unsurveyed lands, describe the lands by metes and bounds, giving courses and distances, and tie this information to an official corner of the public land surveys, or to a prominent topographic feature; (c) For approved protracted surveys, include an entire section, township, and range. Do not divide protracted sections into aliquot parts; (d) For unsurveyed lands in Louisiana and Alaska that have water boundaries, discuss the description with BLM before submission; and (e) For fractional interest lands, identify the United States mineral ownership by percentage. Submit the processing fee for noncompetitive lease applications found in the fee schedule in §3000.12 of this chapter for each lease offer, and an advance rent in the amount of $1 per acre (or fraction of an acre). BLM will refund the advance rent if we reject the lease offer, or if you withdraw the lease offer before BLM accepts it. If the advance rental payment you send is more than 10 percent below the correct amount, BLM will reject the lease offer. [63 FR 52364, Sept. 30, 1998, as amended at 58875, Oct. 7, 2005] Yes, you may combine acquired and public domain lands on the same lease offer if you clearly identify both the acquired lands and the public domain lands. Lease offers must cover all lands available for leasing in a section. The smallest lease you can apply for is 640 acres, or all lands available for leasing in the section, whichever is less. You may not apply for a lease which is larger than 2,560 acres, although BLM will make an exception to this requirement when your lease offer includes an irregular subdivision. Leases must not extend outside a 6 square mile area. If your offer does not meet these requirements, we will reject it. BLM begins processing offers as soon as we receive them. If more than one person makes a lease offer for the same lands, BLM will give priority to the qualified offer which we received first. Once BLM approves a noncompetitive lease offer, we will reject any later offers received for the same land. However, if BLM receives additional offers for the same land while the original offer is still pending, BLM must determine if the overlapping offers warrant converting the land at issue to a KGRA: (a) If BLM determines that the land should be considered a KGRA, then we reject all noncompetitive offers, and offerors must follow the competitive bidding procedures to lease the lands. (b) If BLM determines that KGRA status is not warranted despite the multiple offers, then we will award the lease to the first qualified offeror. BLM determines the first qualified offeror based on when we received the offer and whether the offeror is qualified to hold a lease. We will issue a noncompetitive lease to the offeror who is first to file a lease offer that meets all the requirements. You may withdraw your lease offer in whole or in part before we issue you a lease. If you withdraw only part of your offer, the lands remaining must meet the acreage requirements of 43 CFR 3204.14. If a partial withdrawal causes your lease offer to contain less than the minimum acreage required under 43 CFR 3204.14, we will reject the lease offer. You may amend your lease offer before we issue the lease, provided your amended lease offer meets all the lease offer requirements in this subpart. BLM will determine your priority based on the date we receive your amended lease offer, not the date of the original lease offer.
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 3200—GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE LEASING
Subpart 3204—Noncompetitive Leasing
§ 3204.10 How do I file a lease offer?
§ 3204.11 How do I describe the lands in my lease offer?
§ 3204.12 What fees must I pay with my lease offer?
§ 3204.13 May I combine acquired and public domain lands on the same lease offer?
§ 3204.14 What is the largest and smallest lease I can apply for?
§ 3204.15 What happens when two or more offerors apply for a noncompetitive lease for the same land?
§ 3204.16 How does BLM determine the first qualified offeror?
§ 3204.17 May I withdraw my lease offer?
§ 3204.18 May I amend my lease offer?
