1. Nominations for mineral leases for lands within the bed of a lake or stream will be rejected unless:
- (a) the lake or stream has been judicially determined to have been navigable at the time of statehood or was, in the reasonable judgment of the Division, navigable at the time; or
- (b) the issuance to the bid winner of a lease on the navigable lake or navigable stream bed would serve to protect the bid winner as the owner, or holder of mineral rights, on abutting riparian uplands.
- 2. Any lessee or operator proposing, or conducting, exploration or mining operations within the bed of a navigable lake or stream shall, before the commencement of operations, file the notification and obtain such permits as may legally be required by local, state, or federal governmental agencies, having jurisdiction over these activities. In no event will the lessee or operator cause pollution or salinity in any navigable lake or stream to exceed these limits which are set by ordinance, law or inter-governmental treaty.
KEY: royalties, salt, primary term, administrative procedures
Date of Last Change: January 7, 2026
Notice of Continuation: March 2, 2022
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 65A-6-2; 65A-6-4(3)