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Special Use Permit BLM

Submitted by patrick.connor… on
Permit/Review
Special Use Permit (BLM)
Responsible Agency/Bureau
Bureau of Land Management
Project Type
Geothermal
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.

Statute/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)
Editorial Category
Permit Inventory