43 C.F.R. § 3515.10 May I exchange my lease or lease right for another mineral lease or lease right?
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
Yes. BLM may determine that operations on your lease or lands for which you have a preference right to a lease are not in the public interest. If you or BLM identify other lands for exchange, you may relinquish your current lease or preference right in exchange for a mineral lease of other lands of equal value.
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 3500—LEASING OF SOLID MINERALS OTHER THAN COAL AND OIL SHALE
Subpart 3515—Mineral Lease Exchanges
Lease Exchange Requirements
§ 3515.10 May I exchange my lease or lease right for another mineral lease or lease right?