{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3715.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3715.2","heading":"What activities do I have to be engaged in to allow me to occupy the public lands?","body":"In order to occupy the public lands under the mining laws for more than 14 calendar days in any 90-day period within a 25-mile radius of the initially occupied site, you must be engaged in certain activities. Those activities that are the reason for your occupancy must:\n(a) Be reasonably incident;\n(b) Constitute substantially regular work;\n(c) Be reasonably calculated to lead to the extraction and beneficiation of minerals;\n(d) Involve observable on-the-ground activity that BLM may verify under § 3715.7; and\n(e) Use appropriate equipment that is presently operable, subject to the need for reasonable assembly, maintenance, repair or fabrication of replacement parts.","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 3710—PUBLIC LAW 167; ACT OF JULY 23, 1955","Subpart 3715—Use and Occupancy Under the Mining Laws"],"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":"ec5176e372817e4379eee929ebfe06a8a0b0ddab90ae292aea4d4b0fd3d1e7da","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3715.1","next":"us/43-cfr-3715.2-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}