Regulations last checked for updates: May 27, 2025

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: May 16, 2025
§ 3901.20 - Acreage limitations.

No entity may hold more than 50,000 acres of Federal oil shale leases on public lands and 50,000 acres on acquired lands in any one state. Oil shale lease acreage does not count toward acreage limitations associated with leases for other minerals.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 189,359,and,42.S.C. 15927, 43 U.S.C. 1732(b) and 1740
source: 73 FR 69469, Nov. 18, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 43 CFR 3901.20