{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3510.11","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3510.11","heading":"If I already have a Federal lease, or the mineral rights on adjacent private lands, may I lease adjoining Federal lands that contain the same deposits without competitive bidding?","body":"Yes. If the adjoining Federal lands are available for leasing, you may lease them noncompetitively, even if they are known to contain a deposit of the mineral you are interested in leasing. We will either issue a new lease for these lands (fringe acreage) or add the lands to your existing Federal lease (modification).","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 3500—LEASING OF SOLID MINERALS OTHER THAN COAL AND OIL SHALE","Subpart 3510—Noncompetitive Leasing: Fringe Acreage Leases and Lease Modifications"],"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":"131f9f6072975f4045449f83d75720dce00d86421512c3ed383b48f2bb47a7d2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3509.51","next":"us/43-cfr-3510.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}