R652-20-602. Non-Sovereign Parcels

The state owns parcels within its sovereign boundaries that are administered and managed by a variety of state agencies. The state has delegated the management of mineral resources owned by it to the Division. A mineral lease on any section of land in which the state owns the mineral estate, excluding State and Institutional Trust Lands, shall be administered and managed by the Division on behalf of the state agency with surface management authority. These mineral resources may be leased on behalf of the state after approval by the state agency with surface management authority.