[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: 43CFR3140.4-1]

[Page 398-399]
 
                    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. 3140.4-1  Approval of plan of operations (and unit and operating 
agreements).

    (a) The owner of an oil and gas lease, or the owner of a valid claim 
based on a mineral location shall have such lease or claim converted to 
a combined

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hydrocarbon lease when the plan of operations, filed under Sec. 3140.2 
of this title, is deemed acceptable and is approved by the authorized 
officer.
    (b) The conversion of a lease within a unit of the National Park 
System shall be approved only with the consent of the Regional Director 
of the National Park Service in accordance with Sec. 3140.7 of this 
title.
    (c) A plan of operations may not be approved in part but may be 
approved where it contains an appropriately staged plan of exploration 
and development operations.

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