43 CFR 16.3 - Terms and conditions.

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 07, 2026

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Dec 18, 2025

View all text of Part 16 [§ 16.1 - § 16.5]

§ 16.3 - Terms and conditions.

The applicant must agree not to develop wells on Federal land with the principal purpose of recovering the helium component of natural gas unless permission to do so has been expressly granted by the Secretary.

[30 FR 9219, July 23, 1965]

authority: R.S. 2478, as amended, 60 Stat. 950, 74 Stat. 918, 922; 43 U.S.C. 1201,30.S.C. 181, 50 U.S.C. 167a,167g

cite as: 43 CFR 16.3