[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: 43CFR3140.1-4]

[Page 397]
 
                    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. 3140.1-4  Other provisions.

    (a) A combined hydrocarbon lease shall be for no more than 5,120 
acres. Acreage held under lease in a Special Tar Sand Area is not 
chargeable to State oil and gas limitations allowable in Sec. 3101.2 of 
this title.
    (b) The rental rate for a combined hydrocarbon lease shall be $2 per 
acre per year and shall be payable annually in advance.
    (c)(1) The royalty rate for a combined hydrocarbon lease converted 
from an oil and gas lease shall be that provided for in the original oil 
and gas lease.
    (2) The royalty rate for a combined hydrocarbon lease converted from 
a valid claim based on a mineral location shall be 12\1/2\ percent.
    (3) A reduction of royalties may be granted either as provided in 
Sec. 3103.4 of this title or, at the request of the lessee and upon a 
review of information provided by the lessee, prior to commencement of 
commercial operations if the purpose of the request is to promote 
development and the maximum production of tar sand.
    (d)(1) Existing oil and gas leases and valid claims based on mineral 
locations may be unitized prior to or after the lease or claim has been 
converted to a combined hydrocarbon lease. The requirements of 43 CFR 
part 3180 shall provide the procedures and general guidelines for 
unitization of combined hydrocarbon leases. For leases within units of 
the National Park System, unitization requires the consent of the 
Regional Director of the National Park Service in accordance with Sec. 
3140.4-1(b) of this title.
    (2) If the plan of operations submitted for conversion is designed 
to cover a unit, a fully executed unit agreement shall be approved 
before the plan of operations applicable to the unit may be approved 
under Sec. 3140.2 of this title. The proposed plan of operations and 
the proposed unit agreement may be reviewed concurrently. The approved 
unit agreement shall be effective after the leases or claims subject to 
it are converted to combined hydrocarbon leases. The plan of operations 
shall explain how and when each lease included in the unit operation 
will be developed.
    (e) Except as provided for in this subpart, the regulations set out 
in part 3100 of this title are applicable, as appropriate, to all 
combined hydrocarbon leases issued under this subpart.

[47 FR 22478, May 24, 1982, as amended at 48 FR 33682, July 22, 1983; 55 
FR 12351, Apr. 3, 1990; 61 FR 4752, Feb. 8, 1996]