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Special Use Permit (BLM)

Sector/Project Type
Geothermal
Agency / Department
Bureau of Land Management
Milestone Group
Special Use Permit (BLM)
Responsible Agency
DOC
Sector
Renewable Energy
Activity/Trigger
Split estates where BLM is the surface managing agency but does not own the subsurface mineral resource (the mineral estate was not reserved to the Federal government)
Description
Special Use Permit (no form). In split estate where BLM is the surface management (the mineral estate was not reserved to the Federal government), a special use permit, usually, a rights of way (ROW) is required to occupy the surface. The drilling permit will be approved by the appropriate State agency.
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Statute or Regulations
Geothermal Steam Act (30 USC 1001 et seq.); Federal Land Policy Management Act (43 USC 1701 et seq.); Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109‐58)
NEPA
0
Permit Inventory Agency
BLM
Editorial Category
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