{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3201.11","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3201.11","heading":"What lands are not available for geothermal leasing?","body":"BLM will not issue leases for:\n(a) Lands where the Secretary has determined that issuing the lease would cause unnecessary or undue degradation of public lands and resources;\n(b) Lands contained within a unit of the National Park System, or otherwise administered by the National Park Service;\n(c) Lands within a National Recreation Area;\n(d) Lands where the Secretary determines after notice and comment that geothermal operations, including exploration, development or utilization of lands, are reasonably likely to result in a significant adverse effect on a significant thermal feature within a unit of the National Park System;\n(e) Fish hatcheries or wildlife management areas administered by the Secretary;\n(f) Indian trust or restricted lands within or outside the boundaries of Indian reservations;\n(g) The Island Park Geothermal Area; and\n(h) Lands where Section 43 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226-3) prohibits geothermal leasing, including:\n(1) Wilderness areas or wilderness study areas administered by BLM or other surface management agencies;\n(2) Lands designated by Congress as wilderness study areas, except where the statute designating the study area specifically allows leasing to continue; and\n(3) Lands within areas allocated for wilderness or further planning in Executive Communication 1504, Ninety-Sixth Congress (House Document 96-119), unless such lands are allocated to uses other than wilderness by a land and resource management plan or are released to uses other than wilderness by an Act of Congress.","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 3200—GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE LEASING","Subpart 3201—Available 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":"a47848955b91d0884dd317817cb9c09d19ac020ea84743ee63bcb8654d61c3d6","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3201.10","next":"us/43-cfr-3202.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}