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Part 3280 — Geothermal Resources Unit Agreements

70 sections · Title 43: Public Lands: Interior

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