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 Michigan Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 16, 2016)
 Department NR. Natural Resources
 Office of Minerals Management
 Chapter Oil and Gas Leases on State Lands

  Section 299.8102. Lease sale applications; notice of location and classification of lands.  

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  • (1) Any party may submit applications identifying state lands desired for oil and gas leasing. The department may also  identify lands for leasing.

    (2)   Applications for state lands desired to be offered for leasing shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 30028, Lansing, Michigan 48909, or such other address as applicable. Applications may be general or specific in nature. General applications shall specify the area by county, township, and range. Specific applications shall include all of the following information:

    (a)     The specific  land  description,  including private  claims   and submerged lands.

    (b)   County.

    (c)   ) Section.

    (d)  Township.

    (e)   ) Range.

    (f)  For platted subdivisions, the lot and block numbers, subdivision name, and county.

    (3)   The minimum application fee shall accompany the written application and shall be in  accordance  with  the fee schedule  approved  by the commission.

    (4)   The department shall identify all available lands requested or recommended for leasing and shall recommend to the commission its classifications for leasing as development, non-development, or nonleasable. The department shall publish a notice describing the general location of the lands recommended for leasing and the recommended classification in a newspaper, as defined in section 1461 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended, being S600.1461 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, not less than 10 days before the commission takes final action on the recommended land classifications. This notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper published in the county where the lands are situated. If a newspaper is not published in the  county  where the lands are situated, then notice shall  be  published  in a newspaper published in a county adjoining the county in which the lands are located.

    (5)   The commission shall offer lands approved by it for leasing at public auction or may enter into leases under R 299.8105.

History: 1981 AACS.