{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3515.25","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3515.25","heading":"Is BLM required to publish notice or hold a hearing?","body":"Yes. After you and BLM agree on the lands for exchange, we will publish a notice of the proposed exchange in the Federal Register and in a newspaper(s) in the county(s) where the lands involved are located. The notice will include:\n(a) The time and place of a public hearing(s);\n(b) Our preliminary findings that the exchange is in the public interest; and\n(c) A request for public comments on the merits of the proposed exchange.","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":"571d0459dc43174d41ca776090df4dedf705ea989a7b1dd3e07445f70968ba0b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3515.23","next":"us/43-cfr-3515.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
