{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-23.6","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 23.6","heading":"Basis for denial of a permit, lease, or contract.","body":"An application or offer for a permit, lease, or contract to conduct exploratory or extractive operations may be denied any applicant or offeror who has forfeited a required bond because of failure to comply with an exploration or mining plan. However, a permit, lease, or contract may not be denied an applicant or offeror because of the forfeiture of a bond if the lands disturbed under his previous permit, lease, or contract have subsequently been reclaimed without cost to the Federal Government.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior","PART 23—SURFACE EXPLORATION, MINING AND RECLAMATION OF LANDS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"0a594b673f196fa9c9bb03d5e522abd1d24fe28c5b97be0e309e3f6eef4e4c46","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-23.5","next":"us/43-cfr-23.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}