43 CFR Part 3280
PART 3280—GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES UNIT AGREEMENTS
- PART 3280—GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES UNIT AGREEMENTS
- Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands › Chapter II—Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior › Subchapter C—Minerals Management (3000)
- Subpart 3280—Geothermal Resources Unit Agreements—General
- § 3280.1 What is the purpose and scope of this part?
- § 3280.2 Definitions.
- § 3280.3 What is BLM's general policy regarding the formation of unit agreements?
- § 3280.4 When may BLM require Federal lessees to unitize their leases or require a Federal lessee to commit a lease to a unit?
- § 3280.5 May BLM require the modification of lease requirements in connection with the creation and operation of a unit agreement?
- § 3280.6 When may BLM require a unit operator to modify the rate of exploration, development, or production?
- § 3280.7 Can BLM require an owner or lessee of lands not under Federal administration to unitize their lands or leases?
- Subpart 3281—Application, Review, and Approval of a Unit Agreement
- § 3281.1 What steps must I follow for BLM to approve my unit agreement?
- § 3281.2 What documents must the unit operator submit to BLM before we may designate a unit area?
- § 3281.3 What geologic information may a unit operator use in proposing a unit area?
- § 3281.4 What are the size and shape requirements for a unit area?
- § 3281.5 What happens if BLM receives applications that include overlapping unit areas?
- § 3281.6 What action will BLM take after reviewing a proposed unit area designation?
- § 3281.7 What documents must a unit operator submit to BLM before we will approve a unit agreement?
- § 3281.8 Must a unit operator provide working interests within the designated unit area the opportunity to join the unit?
- § 3281.9 How does a unit operator provide documentation to BLM of lease and tract commitment status?
- § 3281.10 How will BLM determine that I have sufficient control of the proposed unit area?
- § 3281.11 What are the unit operator qualifications?
- § 3281.12 Who designates the unit operator?
- § 3281.13 Is there a format or model a unit operator must use when proposing a unit agreement?
- § 3281.14 What minimum requirements and terms must be incorporated into the unit agreement?
- § 3281.15 What is the minimum initial unit obligation a unit agreement must contain?
- § 3281.16 When must a Plan of Development be submitted to BLM?
- § 3281.17 What information must be provided in the Plan of Development?
- § 3281.18 What action will BLM take in reviewing the Plan of Development?
- § 3281.19 What action will BLM take on a proposed unit agreement?
- § 3281.20 When is a unit agreement effective?
- Subpart 3282—Participating Area
- § 3282.1 What is a participating area?
- § 3282.2 When must the unit operator have a participating area approved?
- § 3282.3 When must the unit operator submit an application for BLM approval of a proposed initial participating area?
- § 3282.4 What general information must the unit operator submit with a proposed participating area application?
- § 3282.5 What technical information must the unit operator submit with a proposed participating area application?
- § 3282.6 When must the unit operator propose to revise a participating area boundary?
- § 3282.7 What is the effective date of an initial participating area or revision of an existing participating area?
- § 3282.8 What are the reasons BLM would not approve a revision of the participating area boundary?
- § 3282.9 How is production allocated within a participating area?
- § 3282.10 When will unleased Federal lands in a participating area receive a production allocation?
- § 3282.11 May a participating area continue if there is intermittent unit production?
- § 3282.12 When does a participating area terminate?
- Subpart 3283—Modifications to the Unit Agreement
- § 3283.1 When may the unit operator modify the unit agreement?
- § 3283.2 When may the unit operator revise the unit contraction provision of a unit agreement?
- § 3283.3 How will the unit operator know the status of a unit contraction revision request?
- § 3283.4 When may the unit operator add lands to or remove lands from a unit agreement?
- § 3283.5 When will BLM periodically review unit agreements?
- § 3283.6 What is the purpose of BLM's periodic review?
- § 3283.7 When may unit operators be changed?
- § 3283.8 What must be filed with BLM to change the unit operator?
- § 3283.9 When is a change of unit operator effective?
- § 3283.10 If there is a change in the unit operator, when does the previous operator's liability end?
- § 3283.11 Do the terms and conditions of a unit agreement modify Federal lease stipulations?
- § 3283.12 Are transferees and successors in interest of Federal geothermal leases bound by the terms and conditions of the unit agreement?
- Subpart 3284—Unit Operations
- § 3284.1 What general standards apply to operations within a unit?
- § 3284.2 What are the principal operational responsibilities of the unit operator?
- § 3284.3 What happens if the minimum initial unit obligations are not met?
- § 3284.4 How are unit agreement terms affected after completion of the initial unit well?
- § 3284.5 How do unit operations affect lease extensions?
- § 3284.6 May BLM authorize a working interest owner to drill a well on lands committed to the unit?
- § 3284.7 May BLM authorize operations on uncommitted Federal leases located within a unit?
- § 3284.8 May a unit have multiple operators?
- § 3284.9 May BLM set or modify production or injection rates?
- § 3284.10 What must a unit operator do to prevent or compensate for drainage?
- § 3284.11 Must the unit operator develop and operate on every lease or tract in the unit to comply with the obligations in the underlying leases or agreements?
- § 3284.12 When must the unit operator notify BLM of any changes of lease and tract commitment status?
- Subpart 3285—Unit Termination
- § 3285.1 When may BLM terminate a unit agreement?
- § 3285.2 When may BLM approve a voluntary termination of a unit agreement?
- Subpart 3286—Model Unit Agreement
- § 3286.1 Model Unit Agreement.
- Subpart 3287—Relief and Appeals
- § 3287.1 May the unit operator request a suspension of unit obligations or development requirements?
- § 3287.2 When may BLM grant a suspension of unit obligations?
- § 3287.3 How does a suspension of unit obligations affect the terms of the unit agreement?
- § 3287.4 May a decision made by BLM under this part be appealed?
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