[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR2361.0-5]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2360_NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA--Table of Contents
 
Subpart 2361_Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve 
                                in Alaska
 
Sec. 2361.0-5  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart, the following terms shall have the 
following meanings:
    (a) Act means the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 
(90 Stat. 303, 42 U.S.C. 6501, et seq.).
    (b) Authorized officer means any employee of the Bureau of Land 
Management who has been delegated the authority to perform the duties of 
this subpart.
    (c) Exploration means activities conducted on the Reserve for the 
purpose of evaluating petroleum resources which include crude oil, gases 
of all kinds (natural gas, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, helium, and any 
others), natural gasoline, and related hydrocarbons (tar sands, asphalt, 
propane butane, etc.), oil shale and the products of such resources.
    (d) Reserve means those lands within the National Petroleum Reserve 
in Alaska (prior to June 1, 1977, designated Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 
4) which was established by Executive order of the President, dated 
February 27, 1923, except for tract Numbered 1 as described in Public 
Land Order 2344 (the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory--surface estate 
only) dated April 24, 1961.
    (e) Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
    (f) Special areas means areas within the reserve identified by the 
Secretary of the Interior as having significant subsistence, 
recreational, fish and wildlife, or historical or scenic value and, 
therefore, warranting maximum protection of such values to the extent 
consistent with the requirements of the Act for the exploration of the 
Reserve.
    (g) Use authorization means a written approval of a request for use 
of land or resources.