[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR3150.0-1]

[Page 407]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3150--ONSHORE OIL AND GAS GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart 3150--Onshore Oil and Gas Geophysical Exploration; General
 
Sec. 3150.0-1  Purpose.


    The purpose of this part is to establish procedures for conducting 
oil and gas geophysical exploration operations when authorization for 
such operations is required from the Bureau of Land Management. 
Geophysical exploration on public lands, the surface of which is 
administered by the Bureau, requires Bureau approval. The procedures in 
this part also apply to geophysical exploration conducted under the 
rights granted by any Federal oil and gas lease unless the surface is 
administered by the U.S. Forest Service. However, a lessee may elect to 
conduct exploration operations outside of the rights granted by the 
lease, in which case authorization from the surface managing agency or 
surface owner may be required. At the request of any other surface 
managing agency, the procedures in this part may be applied on a case-
by-case basis to unleased public lands administered by such agency. The 
procedures of this part do not apply to:
    (a) Casual use activities;
    (b) Operations conducted on private surface overlying public lands 
unless such operations are conducted by a lessee under the rights 
granted by the Federal oil and gas lease; and
    (c) Exploration operations conducted in the Arctic National Wildlife 
Refuge in accordance with section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act (See 50 CFR part 37).