{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3120.13","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3120.13","heading":"Protests.","body":"(a) No action pursuant to the regulations in this subpart will be suspended under 43 CFR 4.21(a) due to a protest from a notice by the authorized officer to hold a lease sale.\n(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, the authorized officer may suspend the offering of a specific parcel while considering a protest against its inclusion in a Notice of Competitive Lease Sale.\n(c) Only the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management may suspend a lease sale for good cause after reviewing the reason(s) for a protest.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands","CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER C—MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)","PART 3120—COMPETITIVE LEASES"],"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":"67451888aaf7d0662cee588feb1c44167352bcbd9d5c82edf2ac358eb69bc9c5","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3120.12","next":"us/43-cfr-3120.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}