[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: 43CFR3140.0-5]

[Page 396]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3140_COMBINED HYDROCARBON LEASING--Table of Contents
 
Subpart 3140_Conversion of Existing Oil and Gas Leases and Valid Claims 
                       Based on Mineral Locations
 
Sec. 3140.0-5  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart, the term:
    (a) Combined hydrocarbon lease means a lease issued in a Special Tar 
Sand Area for the removal of gas and nongaseous hydrocarbon substances 
other than coal, oil shale or gilsonite.
    (b) A complete plan of operations means a plan of operations which 
is in substantial compliance with the information requirements of 43 CFR 
3572.1 for both exploration plans and mining plans, as well as any 
additional information required in these regulations and under 43 CFR 
3572.1, as may be appropriate.
    (c) Special Tar Sand Area means an area designated by the Department 
of the Interior's orders of November 20, 1980 (45 FR 76800), and January 
21, 1981 (46 FR 6077) referred to in those orders as Designated Tar Sand 
Areas, as containing substantial deposits of tar sand.
    (d) Owner of an oil and gas lease means all of the record title 
holders of an oil gas lease.
    (e) Owner of a valid claim based on a mineral location means all 
parties appearing on the title records recognized as official under 
State law as having the right to sell or transfer any part of the mining 
claim, which was located within a Special Tar Sand Area prior to January 
21, 1926, for any hydrocarbon resource, except coal, oil shale or 
gilsonite, leasable under the Combined Hydrocarbon Leasing Act.
    (f) Unitization means unitization as that term is defined in 43 CFR 
part 3180.

[47 FR 22478, May 24, 1982, as amended at 55 FR 12351, Apr. 3, 1990]