{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3400.3-3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3400.3-3","heading":"-3 Department of Agriculture lands.","body":"Subject to the provisions of § 3400.3-1, the Secretary may issue leases that authorize surface coal mining operations on Federal lands within the National Forest System, provided that such leases may not be issued on lands within a national forest unless the tract is assessed to be acceptable for all or certain stipulated methods of surface coal mining operations under the provisions of Criterion No. 1 in § 3461.1 of this title.","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 3400—COAL MANAGEMENT: GENERAL","Subpart 3400—Introduction: General"],"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":"327a6637403992623402c577169720aafa2197ff356bbf29f3dc946d3c5deb18","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3400.3-2","next":"us/43-cfr-3400.3-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}