[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: 43CFR3101.3-1]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3100_OIL AND GAS LEASING--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart 3101_Issuance of Leases
 
Sec. 3101.3-1  Joinder evidence required.

    Before issuance of a lease for lands within an approved unit, the 
lease offeror shall file evidence with the proper BLM office of having 
joined in the unit agreement and unit operating agreement or a statement 
giving satisfactory reasons for the failure to enter into such 
agreement. If such statement is acceptable to the authorized officer the 
operator shall be permitted to operate independently but shall be 
required to conform to the terms and

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provisions of the unit agreement with respect to such operations.

[48 FR 33662, July 22, 1983, as amended at 53 FR 17353, May 16, 1988]