[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR228.105]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 228_MINERALS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart E_Oil and Gas Resources
 
Sec. 228.105  Issuance of onshore orders and notices to lessees.

    (a) Onshore oil and gas orders. The Chief of the Forest Service may 
issue, or cosign with the Director, Bureau of Land Management, Onshore 
Oil and Gas Orders necessary to implement and supplement the regulations 
of this subpart.
    (1) Adoption of Onshore Oil and Gas Order No. 1. Until such time as 
another order is adopted and codified in the CFR, operators shall submit 
surface use plans of operations in accordance with Section III.G.4(b), 
Guidelines for preparing surface use program, of the Department of the 
Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Onshore Oil and Gas Order No. 1, 48 
FR 48915-30 (Oct. 21, 1983), published as Appendix A to this subpart.
    (2) Adoption of additional onshore oil and gas orders. Additional 
onshore oil and gas orders shall be published in the Federal Register 
for public comment and codified in the CFR.
    (3) Applicability of onshore oil and gas orders. Onshore Oil and Gas 
Orders issued pursuant to this section are binding on all operations 
conducted on National Forest System lands, unless otherwise provided 
therein.
    (b) Notices to lessees, transferees, and operators. The authorized 
Forest officer

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may issue, or cosign with the authorized officer of the Bureau of Land 
Management, Notices to Lessees, Transferees, and Operators necessary to 
implement the regulations of this subpart. Notices to Lessees, 
Transferees, and Operators are binding on all operations conducted on 
the administrative unit of the National Forest System (36 CFR 200.2) 
supervised by the authorized Forest officer who issued or cosigned such 
notice.