{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3515.10","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3515.10","heading":"May I exchange my lease or lease right for another mineral lease or lease right?","body":"Yes. BLM may determine that operations on your lease or lands for which you have a preference right to a lease are not in the public interest. If you or BLM identify other lands for exchange, you may relinquish your current lease or preference right in exchange for a mineral lease of other lands of equal value.","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 3515—Mineral Lease Exchanges"],"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":"17a42d931fe0c648a4413c2505b9e8be6b85b4440437fd54fc5badc2dfded751","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3514.40","next":"us/43-cfr-3515.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}