43 C.F.R. Subpart 3207—Additional Lease Term
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
(a) If you produce or use geothermal resources in commercial quantities during the primary term, your lease will continue in additional term for as long as you produce or use geothermal resources in commercial quantities for up to forty years beyond the primary term. Section 3207.11 explains how to continue your lease beyond the additional term. (b) If, before the primary or extended term ends, you have a well capable of producing geothermal resources in commercial quantities, BLM may continue your lease for up to forty years beyond the primary term. To continue your lease in an additional term, we must determine that you are diligently trying to begin production. We may ask you to describe in writing your efforts to begin production during the lease term, and the efforts you plan for future lease years. You should also describe negotiations for sales contracts, marketing arrangements, and electrical generating and transmission agreements, and any other information you believe shows diligent efforts. If BLM does not need the lands for another purpose at the end of the forty-year additional term, and if you are producing geothermal resources in commercial quantities, you will have a preferential right to renew the lease for an additional 40-year period under terms and conditions BLM determines. If your lease is located on lands administered by the Department of Agriculture, they must concur with the use of the surface and any terms and conditions before we may grant your renewal. If another Federal agency manages the surface, we will consult with them before granting your renewal.
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 3200—GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE LEASING
Subpart 3207—Additional Lease Term
§ 3207.10 When may I get an additional lease term beyond the primary term?
§ 3207.11 May I renew my lease at the end of its additional term?
