[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: 43CFR3150.0-5]

[Page 407]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3150_ONSHORE OIL AND GAS GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart 3150_Onshore Oil and Gas Geophysical Exploration; General
 
Sec. 3150.0-5  Definitions.

    As used in this part, the term:
    (a) Oil and gas geophysical exploration means activity relating to 
the search for evidence of oil and gas which requires the physical 
presence upon the lands and which may result in damage to the lands or 
the resources located thereon. It includes, but is not limited to, 
geophysical operations, construction of roads and trails and cross-
country transit of vehicles over such lands. It does not include core 
drilling for subsurface geologic information or drilling for oil and 
gas; these activities shall be authorized only by the issuance of an oil 
and gas lease and the approval of an Application for a Permit to Drill. 
The regulations in this part, however, are not intended to prevent 
drilling operations necessary for placing explosive charges, where 
permissible, for seismic exploration.
    (b) Casual use means activities that involve practices which do not 
ordinarily lead to any appreciable disturbance or damage to lands, 
resources and improvements. For example, activities which do not involve 
use of heavy equipment or explosives and which do not involve vehicular 
movement except over established roads and trails are casual use.

[53 FR 17359, May 16, 1988; 53 FR 31959, Aug. 22, 1988]