43 C.F.R. § 3435.4 Issuance of lease, lease modification or bidding rights.
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
(a) If, after any public hearing(s), the Secretary by written decision concludes that an exchange is in the public interest, the Secretary shall transmit to the lessee or preference right lease applicant: (1) A statement of the Secretary's findings that lease issuance is in the public interest; (2) Either (i) copies of the coal or other mineral exchange lease or coal lease modification containing the terms, conditions and special stipulations under which the lease or coal lease modification is to be granted, or (ii) a statement describing the terms and conditions of the coal lease bidding rights to be granted in exchange; and (3) A statement for execution by the lessee or preference right lease applicant relinquishing all right or interest in the lease or preference right lease application, or portion thereof, to be exchanged. (b) The exchange lease, lease modification or coal lease bidding rights shall be issued upon relinquishment of the lease, preference right lease application, or portion thereof. (c) The exchange lease or lease modification shall be subject to all relevant provisions of Group 3400 or 3500 of this title and 30 CFR Chapter VII, Subchapter D as appropriate. [47 FR 33144, July 30, 1982, as amended at 50 FR 8627, Mar. 4, 1985]
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 3430—NONCOMPETITIVE LEASES
Subpart 3435—Lease Exchange
§ 3435.4 Issuance of lease, lease modification or bidding rights.
