1. (a) Prior to issuing an invitation to bid for a mineral lease, a determination will be made whether the proposed lease would be an acceptable operation at the specific park property. Department staff shall make this determination after an analysis of the following considerations.

   1. (1) Environmental impact,
   2. (2) Compatibility with the overall property and its nature,
   3. (3) Safety of the park visitor, and
   4. (4) Financial benefit to the Department.
2. (b) The determination of the Department regarding whether to proceed with issuing an invitation to bid for a minerals lease shall rest solely with the Department and shall not be subject to the Administrative Procedures Act.

<i>¹This emergency action expired without being superseded by a permanent action. Upon expiration of an emergency action enacting a new Section, the Section is no longer effective. Therefore, on 7-15-04 (after the 7-14-04 expiration of this emergency action), Section 735:30-23-2 was no longer effective, and remained as such until added by permanent action on 7-11-05. </i>

Added at 20 Ok Reg 2645, eff 6-4-03 through 7-14-04 (emergency)¹

Added at 22 Ok Reg 2659, eff 7-11-05

Amended at 39 Ok Reg 2327, eff 9-11-22