43 CFR Part 3280 — Geothermal Resources Unit Agreements
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
Subpart 3286 — 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?