Residential, Business, and Wind and Solar Resource Leases on Indian Land
other · US Department of the Interior · Published 2012-12-05 · Effective 2013-01-04 · 77 FR 72440
Document
Document number
2012-28926
Federal Register citation
77 FR 72440
CFR reference
25 CFR 162
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of the Interior
Publication date
2012-12-05
Effective date
2013-01-04
Interior docket
Docket ID BIA-2011-0001
Abstract
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is revising its regulations addressing non-agricultural surface leasing of Indian land. This rule adds new regulations to address residential leases, business leases, wind energy evaluation leases, and wind and solar development leases on Indian land, and removes the existing regulations for non-agricultural leases.