[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: 43CFR3140.1-2]

[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. 3140.1-2  Notice of intent to convert.

    (a) Owners of oil and gas leases in Special Tar Sand Areas which are 
scheduled to expire prior to the effective date of these regulations or 
within 6 months thereafter, may preserve the right to convert their 
leases to combined hydrocarbon leases by filing a Notice of Intent to 
Convert with the State Director, Utah State Office, Bureau of Land 
Management, 136 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111.
    (b) A letter, submitted by the lessee, notifying the Bureau of Land 
Management of the lessee's intention to submit a plan of operations 
shall constitute a notice of intent to convert a lease. The Notice of 
Intent shall contain the lease number.
    (c) The Notice of Intent shall be filed prior to the expiration date 
of the lease. The notice shall preserve the lessee's conversion rights 
only for a period ending 6 months after the effective date of this 
subpart.