{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3430.5-3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3430.5-3","heading":"-3 Determination to lease.","body":"A preference right lease shall be issued if, upon review of the application, any available land use plan and the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement, the authorized officer determines that:\n(a) Coal has been discovered in commercial quantities on the lands applied for;\n(b) The applicant has used reasonable economic assumptions and data to support the showing that coal has been found on the proposed lease in commercial quantities; and\n(c) The conditions or protective lease stipulations assure that environmental damage can be avoided or acceptably mitigated.","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 3430—NONCOMPETITIVE LEASES","Subpart 3430—Preference Right 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":"bd355d3faaf4020aa7c0ff00cc32bdbce7bd30fa31ff4cc8c2fa1d0fe4fea6d2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3430.5-2","next":"us/43-cfr-3430.5-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}