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Part 3200 — Geothermal Resource Leasing

261 sections · Title 43: Public Lands: Interior

§ 3200.1Definitions.
§ 3200.3Changes in agency duties.
§ 3200.4What requirements must I comply with when taking any actions or conducting any operations under this part?
§ 3200.5What are my rights of appeal?
§ 3200.6What types of geothermal leases will BLM issue?
§ 3200.7What regulations apply to geothermal leases issued before August 8, 2005?
§ 3200.8What regulations apply to leases issued in response to applications pending on August 8, 2005?
§ 3201.10What lands are available for geothermal leasing?
§ 3201.11What lands are not available for geothermal leasing?
§ 3202.10Who may hold a geothermal lease?
§ 3202.11Must I prove I am qualified to hold a lease when filing an application to lease?
§ 3202.12Are other persons allowed to act on my behalf to file an application to lease?
§ 3202.13What happens if the applicant dies before the lease is issued?
§ 3203.5What is the general process for obtaining a geothermal lease?
§ 3203.10How are lands included in a competitive sale?
§ 3203.11Under what circumstances may parcels be offered as a block for competitive sale?
§ 3203.12What fees must I pay to nominate lands?
§ 3203.13How often will BLM hold a competitive lease sale?
§ 3203.14How will BLM provide notice of a competitive lease sale?
§ 3203.15How does BLM conduct a competitive lease sale?
§ 3203.17How must I make payments if I am the successful bidder?
§ 3203.18What happens to parcels that receive no bids at a competitive lease sale?
§ 3204.5How can I obtain a noncompetitive lease?
§ 3204.10What payment must I submit with my noncompetitive lease application?
§ 3204.11How may I acquire a noncompetitive lease for lands that were not sold at a competitive lease sale?
§ 3204.12How may I acquire a noncompetitive lease for lands subject to a mining claim?
§ 3204.14May I amend my application for a noncompetitive lease?
§ 3204.15May I withdraw my application for a noncompetitive lease?
§ 3205.6When may BLM issue a direct use lease to an applicant?
§ 3205.7How much acreage should I apply for in a direct use lease?
§ 3205.10How do I obtain a direct use lease?
§ 3205.12How will BLM respond to direct use lease applications on lands managed by another agency?
§ 3205.13May I withdraw my application for a direct use lease?
§ 3205.14May I amend my application for a direct use lease?
§ 3205.15How will I know whether my direct use lease will be issued?
§ 3206.10What must I do for BLM to issue a lease?
§ 3206.11What must BLM do before issuing a lease?
§ 3206.12What are the minimum and maximum lease sizes?
§ 3206.13What is the maximum acreage I may hold?
§ 3206.14How does BLM compute acreage holdings?
§ 3206.15How will BLM charge acreage holdings if the United States owns only a fractional interest in the geothermal resources in a lease?
§ 3206.16Is there any acreage which is not chargeable?
§ 3206.17What will BLM do if my holdings exceed the maximum acreage limits?
§ 3206.18When will BLM issue my lease?
§ 3207.5What terms (time periods) apply to my lease?
§ 3207.10What is the primary term of my lease?
§ 3207.11What work am I required to perform during the first 10 years of my lease for BLM to grant the initial extension of the primary term of my lease?
§ 3207.12What work am I required to perform each year for BLM to continue the initial and additional extensions of the primary term of my lease?
§ 3207.13Must I comply with the requirements of §§ 3207.11 and 3207.12 when my lease overlies a mining claim?
§ 3207.14How do I qualify for a drilling extension?
§ 3207.15How do I qualify for a production extension?
§ 3207.16When may my lease be renewed?
§ 3207.17How is the term of my lease affected by commitment to a unit?
§ 3207.18Can my lease be extended if it is eliminated from a unit?
§ 3210.10When does lease segregation occur?
§ 3210.11Does a lease segregated from an agreement or plan receive any benefits from unitization of the committed portion of the original lease?
§ 3210.12May I consolidate leases?
§ 3210.13Who may lease or locate other minerals on the same lands as my geothermal lease?
§ 3210.14May BLM readjust the terms and conditions in my lease?
§ 3210.15What if I appeal BLM's decision to readjust my lease terms?
§ 3210.16How must I prevent drainage of geothermal resources from my lease?
§ 3210.17What will BLM do if I do not protect my lease from drainage?
§ 3211.10What are the processing and filing fees for leases?
§ 3211.11What are the annual lease rental rates?
§ 3211.12How and where do I pay my rent?
§ 3211.13When is my annual rental payment due?
§ 3211.14Will I always pay rent on my lease?
§ 3211.15How do I credit rent towards royalty?
§ 3211.16Can I credit rent towards direct use fees?
§ 3211.17What is the royalty rate on geothermal resources produced from or attributable to my lease that are used for commercial generation of electricity?
§ 3211.18What is the royalty rate on geothermal resources produced from or attributable to my lease that are used directly for purposes other than commercial generation of electricity?
§ 3211.19What is the royalty rate on byproducts derived from geothermal resources produced from or attributable to my lease?
§ 3211.20How do I credit advanced royalty towards royalty?
§ 3211.21When do I owe minimum royalty?
§ 3212.10What is the difference between a suspension of operations and production and a suspension of operations?
§ 3212.11How do I obtain a suspension of operations or a suspension of operations and production on my lease?
§ 3212.12How long does a suspension of operations or a suspension of operations and production last?
§ 3212.13How does a suspension affect my lease term and obligations?
§ 3212.14What happens when the suspension ends?
§ 3212.15Will my lease remain in effect if I cease production and I do not have an approved suspension?
§ 3212.16Can I apply to BLM to reduce, suspend, or waive the royalty or rental of my lease?
§ 3212.17What information must I submit when I request that BLM suspend, reduce, or waive my royalty or rental?
§ 3212.25Can I convert the royalty rate terms of my lease in effect before August 8, 2005, to the terms of the Geothermal Steam Act, as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005?
§ 3213.10Who may relinquish a lease?
§ 3213.11What must I do to relinquish a lease?
§ 3213.12May BLM accept a partial relinquishment if it will reduce my lease to less than 640 acres?
§ 3213.13When does relinquishment take effect?
§ 3213.14Will BLM terminate my lease if I do not pay my rent on time?
§ 3213.15How will BLM notify me if it terminates my lease?
§ 3213.16May BLM cancel my lease?
§ 3213.17May BLM terminate my lease for reasons other than non-payment of rentals?
§ 3213.18When is a termination effective?
§ 3213.19What can I do if BLM notifies me that my lease is being terminated because of a violation of the law, regulations, or lease terms?
§ 3214.10Who must post a geothermal bond?
§ 3214.11Who must my bond cover?
§ 3214.12What activities must my bond cover?
§ 3214.13What is the minimum dollar amount required for a bond?
§ 3214.14May BLM increase the bond amount above the minimum?
§ 3214.15What kind of financial guarantee will BLM accept to back my bond?
§ 3214.16Is there a special bond form I must use?
§ 3214.17Where must I submit my bond?
§ 3214.18Who will BLM hold liable under the lease and what are they liable for?
§ 3214.19What are my bonding requirements when a lease interest is transferred to me?
§ 3214.20How do I modify my bond?
§ 3214.21What must I do if I want to use a certificate of deposit to back my bond?
§ 3214.22What must I do if I want to use a letter of credit to back my bond?
§ 3215.10When may BLM collect against my bond?
§ 3215.11Must I replace my bond after BLM collects against it?
§ 3215.12What will BLM do if I do not restore the face amount or file a new bond?
§ 3215.13Will BLM terminate or release my bond?
§ 3215.14When BLM releases my bond, does that end my responsibilities?
§ 3216.10What types of lease interests may I transfer?
§ 3216.11Where must I file a transfer request?
§ 3216.12When does a transferee take responsibility for lease obligations?
§ 3216.13What are my responsibilities after I transfer my interest?
§ 3216.14What filing fees and forms does a transfer require?
§ 3216.15When must I file my transfer request?
§ 3216.16Must I file separate transfer requests for each lease?
§ 3216.17Where must I file estate transfers, corporate mergers, and name changes?
§ 3216.18How do I describe the lands in my lease transfer?
§ 3216.19May I transfer record title interest for less than 640 acres?
§ 3216.20When does a transfer segregate a lease?
§ 3216.21When is my transfer effective?
§ 3216.22Does BLM approve all transfer requests?
§ 3217.10What are unit agreements?
§ 3217.11What are communitization agreements?
§ 3217.12What does BLM need to approve my communitization agreement?
§ 3217.13When does my communitization agreement go into effect?
§ 3217.14When will BLM approve my drilling or development contract?
§ 3217.15What does BLM need to approve my drilling or development contract?
§ 3250.10When do the exploration operations regulations apply?
§ 3250.11May I conduct exploration operations on my lease, someone else's lease, or unleased land?
§ 3250.12What general standards apply to exploration operations?
§ 3250.13What additional BLM orders or instructions govern exploration?
§ 3250.14What types of operations may I propose in my application to conduct exploration?
§ 3251.10Do I need a permit before I start exploration operations?
§ 3251.11What information is in a complete Notice of Intent to Conduct Geothermal Resource Exploration Operations application?
§ 3251.12What action will BLM take on my Notice of Intent to Conduct Geothermal Resource Exploration Operations?
§ 3251.13Once I have an approved Notice of Intent, how can I change my exploration operations?
§ 3251.14Do I need a bond for conducting exploration operations?
§ 3251.15When will BLM release my bond?
§ 3252.10What operational standards apply to my exploration operations?
§ 3252.11What environmental requirements must I meet when conducting exploration operations?
§ 3252.12How deep may I drill a temperature gradient well?
§ 3252.13How long may I collect information from my temperature gradient well?
§ 3252.14How must I complete a temperature gradient well?
§ 3252.15When must I abandon a temperature gradient well?
§ 3252.16How must I abandon a temperature gradient well?
§ 3253.10Must I share with BLM the data I collect through exploration operations?
§ 3253.11Must I notify BLM when I have completed my exploration operations?
§ 3254.10May BLM inspect my exploration operations?
§ 3254.11What will BLM do if my exploration operations are not in compliance with my permit, other BLM approvals or orders, or the regulations in this part?
§ 3255.10Will BLM disclose information I submit under these regulations?
§ 3255.11When I submit confidential, proprietary information, how can I help ensure it is not available to the public?
§ 3255.12How long will information I give BLM remain confidential or proprietary?
§ 3255.13How will BLM treat Indian information submitted under the Indian Mineral Development Act?
§ 3255.14How will BLM administer information concerning other Indian minerals?
§ 3255.15When will BLM consult with Indian mineral owners when information concerning their minerals is the subject of a FOIA request?
§ 3256.10How do I request a variance from BLM requirements that apply to my exploration operations?
§ 3256.11How may I appeal a BLM decision regarding my exploration operations?
§ 3260.10What types of geothermal drilling operations are covered by these regulations?
§ 3260.11What general standards apply to my drilling operations?
§ 3260.12What other orders or instructions may BLM issue?
§ 3261.10How do I get approval to begin well pad construction?
§ 3261.11How do I apply for approval of drilling operations and well pad construction?
§ 3261.12What is an operations plan?
§ 3261.13What is a drilling program and how do I apply for drilling program approval?
§ 3261.14When must I give BLM my operations plan?
§ 3261.15Must I give BLM my drilling permit application, drilling program, and operations plan at the same time?
§ 3261.16Can my operations plan, drilling permit, and drilling program apply to more than one well?
§ 3261.17How do I amend my operations plan or drilling permit?
§ 3261.18Do I need to file a bond with BLM before I build a well pad or drill a well?
§ 3261.19When will BLM release my bond?
§ 3261.20How will BLM review applications submitted under this subpart and notify me of its decision?
§ 3261.21How do I get approval to change an approved drilling operation?
§ 3261.22How do I get approval for subsequent well operations?
§ 3262.10What operational requirements must I meet when drilling a well?
§ 3262.11What environmental requirements must I meet when drilling a well?
§ 3262.12Must I post a sign at every well?
§ 3262.13May BLM require me to follow a well spacing program?
§ 3262.14May BLM require me to take samples or perform tests and surveys?
§ 3263.10May I abandon a well without BLM's approval?
§ 3263.11What information must I give BLM to approve my Sundry Notice for abandoning a well?
§ 3263.12How will BLM review my Sundry Notice to abandon my well and notify me of their decision?
§ 3263.13What must I do to restore the site?
§ 3263.14May BLM require me to abandon a well?
§ 3263.15May I abandon a producible well?
§ 3264.10What must I submit to BLM after I complete a well?
§ 3264.11What must I submit to BLM after I finish subsequent well operations?
§ 3264.12What must I submit to BLM after I abandon a well?
§ 3264.13What drilling and operational records must I maintain for each well?
§ 3264.14How do I notify BLM of accidents occurring on my lease?
§ 3265.10What part of my drilling operations may BLM inspect?
§ 3265.11What records must I keep available for inspection?
§ 3265.12What will BLM do if my operations do not comply with my permit and applicable regulations?
§ 3266.10Will BLM disclose information I submit under these regulations?
§ 3266.11When I submit confidential, proprietary information, how can I help ensure that it is not available to the public?
§ 3266.12How long will information I give BLM remain confidential or proprietary?
§ 3267.10How do I request a variance from BLM requirements that apply to my drilling operations?
§ 3267.11How may I appeal a BLM decision regarding my drilling operations?
§ 3270.10What types of geothermal operations are governed by these utilization regulations?
§ 3270.11What general standards apply to my utilization operations?
§ 3270.12What other orders or instructions may BLM issue?
§ 3271.10What do I need to start preparing a site and building and testing a utilization facility on Federal land leased for geothermal resources?
§ 3271.11Who may apply for a permit to build a utilization facility?
§ 3271.12What do I need to start preliminary site investigations that may disturb the surface?
§ 3271.13How do I obtain approval to build pipelines and facilities connecting the well field to utilization facilities not located on Federal lands leased for geothermal resources?
§ 3271.14What do I need to do to start building and testing a utilization facility if it is not located on Federal lands leased for geothermal resources?
§ 3271.15How do I get a permit to begin commercial operations?
§ 3272.10What must I submit to BLM in my utilization plan?
§ 3272.11How do I describe the proposed utilization facility?
§ 3272.12What environmental protection measures must I include in my utilization plan?
§ 3272.13How will BLM review my utilization plan and notify me of its decision?
§ 3272.14How do I get a permit to build or test my facility?
§ 3273.10When do I need a site license for a utilization facility?
§ 3273.11When is a site license unnecessary?
§ 3273.12How will BLM review my site license application?
§ 3273.13What lands are not available for geothermal site licenses?
§ 3273.14What area does a site license cover?
§ 3273.15What must I include in my site license application?
§ 3273.16What is the annual rent for a site license?
§ 3273.17When may BLM reassess the annual rent for my site license?
§ 3273.18What facility operators must pay the annual site license rent?
§ 3273.19What are the bonding requirements for a site license?
§ 3273.20When will BLM release my bond?
§ 3273.21What are my obligations under the site license?
§ 3273.22How long will my site license remain in effect?
§ 3273.23May I renew my site license?
§ 3273.24When may BLM terminate my site license?
§ 3273.25When may I relinquish my site license?
§ 3273.26When may I assign or transfer my site license?
§ 3274.10Do I need a commercial use permit to start commercial operations?
§ 3274.11What must I give BLM to approve my commercial use permit application?
§ 3274.12How will BLM review my commercial use permit application?
§ 3274.13May I get a permit even if I cannot currently demonstrate I can operate within required standards?
§ 3275.10How do I change my operations if I have an approved facility construction or commercial use permit?
§ 3275.11What are a facility operator's obligations?
§ 3275.12What environmental and safety requirements apply to facility operations?
§ 3275.13How must the facility operator measure the geothermal resources?
§ 3275.14What aspects of my geothermal operations must I measure?
§ 3275.15How accurately must I measure my production and utilization?
§ 3275.16What standards apply to installing and maintaining meters?
§ 3275.17What must I do if I find an error in a meter?
§ 3275.18May BLM require me to test for byproducts associated with geothermal resource production?
§ 3275.19How do I apply to commingle production?
§ 3275.20What will BLM do if I waste geothermal resources?
§ 3275.21May BLM order me to drill and produce wells on my lease?
§ 3276.10What are the reporting requirements for facility and lease operations involving Federal geothermal resources?
§ 3276.11What information must I include for each well in the monthly report of well operations?
§ 3276.12What information must I give BLM in the monthly report for facility operations?
§ 3276.13What additional information must I give BLM in the monthly report for flash and dry steam facilities?
§ 3276.14What information must I give BLM in the monthly report for direct use facilities?
§ 3276.15How must I notify BLM of accidents occurring at my utilization facility?
§ 3277.10When will BLM inspect my operations?
§ 3277.11What records must I keep available for inspection?
§ 3277.12What will BLM do if I do not comply with all BLM requirements pertaining to utilization operations?
§ 3278.10When will BLM disclose information I submit under these regulations?
§ 3278.11When I submit confidential, proprietary information, how can I help ensure it is not available to the public?
§ 3278.12How long will information I give BLM remain confidential or proprietary?
§ 3279.10When may I request a variance from BLM requirements pertaining to utilization operations?
§ 3279.11How may I appeal a BLM decision regarding my utilization operations?