43 CFR § 3217.13
When does my communitization agreement go into effect?
June 11, 2020
(a) Your communitization agreement is effective when BLM approves and signs it.
(b) Before we approve the agreement:
(1) All parties must sign the agreement; and
(2)
(i) We must determine that the tracts cannot be independently developed; and
(ii) That the agreement is in the public interest.