[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: 43CFR3162.6]

[Page 425]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3160_ONSHORE OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart 3162_Requirements for Operating Rights Owners and Operators
 
Sec. 3162.6  Well and facility identification.

    (a) Every well within a Federal or Indian lease or supervised 
agreement shall have a well indentification sign. All signs shall be 
maintained in a legible condition.
    (b) For wells located on Federal and Indian lands, the operator 
shall properly identify, by a sign in a conspicuous place, each well, 
other than those permanently abandoned. The well sign shall include the 
well number, the name of the operator, the lease serial number, the 
surveyed location (the quarter-quarter section, section, township and 
range or other authorized survey designation acceptable to the 
authorized officer; such as metes and bounds). When approved by the 
authorized officer, individual well signs may display only a unique well 
name and number. When specifically requested by the authorized officer, 
the sign shall include the unit or communitization name or number. The 
authorized officer may also require the sign to include the name of the 
Indian allottee lessor(s) preceding the lease serial number. In all 
cases, individual well signs in place on the effective date of this 
rulemaking which do not have the unit or communitization agreement 
number or do not have quarter-quarter identification will satisfy these 
requirements until such time as the sign is replaced. All new signs 
shall have identification as above, including quarter-quarter section.
    (c) All facilities at which Federal or Indian oil is stored shall be 
clearly identified with a sign that contains the name of the operator, 
the lease serial number or communitization or unit agreement 
identification number, as appropriate, and in public land states, the 
quarter-quarter section, township, and range. On Indian leases, the sign 
also shall include the name of the appropriate Tribe and whether the 
lease is tribal or allotted. For situations of 1 tank battery servicing 
1 well in the same location, the requirements of this paragraph and 
paragraph (b) of this section may be met by 1 sign as long as it 
includes the information required by both paragraphs. In addition, each 
storage tank shall be clearly identified by a unique number. All 
identification shall be maintained in legible condition and shall be 
clearly apparent to any person at or approaching the sales or 
transportation point. With regard to the quarter-quarter designation and 
the unique tank number, any such designation established by state law or 
regulation shall satisfy this requirement.
    (d) All abandoned wells shall be marked with a permanent monument 
containing the information in paragraph (b) of this section. The 
requirement for a permanent monument may be waived in writing by the 
authorized officer.

[52 FR 5391, Feb. 20, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 17363, May 16, 1988]