{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-162.539","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 162.539","heading":"Must I obtain a WEEL before obtaining a WSR lease?","body":"You may enter into a WSR lease without a WEEL. While you may enter into a lease as a direct result of energy resource information gathered from a WEEL activity, obtaining a WEEL is not a precondition to entering into a WSR lease.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER H—LAND AND WATER","PART 162—LEASES AND PERMITS","Subpart E—Wind and Solar Resource Leases"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"5ff0f51864a35449e4d333a8d620cbc52ac850c355f326e844f228679c6b8d58","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-162.538","next":"us/25-cfr-162.540"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}