[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR9.41]

[Page 172-173]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 9_MINERALS MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B_Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights
 
Sec.  9.41  Operating standards.

    The following standards shall apply to operations within a unit:
    (a) Surface operations shall at no time be conducted within 500 feet 
of the banks of perennial, intermittent or ephemeral watercourses; or 
within 500 feet of the high pool shoreline of natural or man-made 
impoundments; or within 500 feet of the mean high

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tideline; or within 500 feet of any structure or facility (excluding 
roads) used for unit interpretation, public recreation or for 
administration of the unit, unless specifically authorized by an 
approved plan of operations.
    (b) The operator shall protect all survey monuments, witness 
corners, reference monuments and bearing trees against destruction, 
obliteration, or damage from operations and shall be responsible for the 
reestablishment, restoration, or referencing of any monuments, corners 
and bearing trees which are destroyed, obliterated, or damaged by such 
operations.
    (c) Whenever drilling or producing operations are suspended for 24 
hours or more, but less than 30 days, the wells shall be shut in by 
closing wellhead valves or blowout prevention equipment. When producing 
operations are suspended for 30 days or more, a suitable plug or other 
fittings acceptable to the Superintendent shall be used to close the 
wells.
    (d) The operator shall mark each and every operating derrick or well 
in a conspicuous place with his name or the name of the owner, and the 
number and location of the well, and shall take all necessary means and 
precautions to preserve these markings.
    (e) Around existing or future installations, e.g., well, storage 
tanks, all high pressure facilities, fences shall be built for 
protection of unit visitors and wildlife, and protection of said 
facilities unless otherwise authorized by the Superintendent. Fences 
erected for protection of unit visitors and wildlife shall be of a 
design and material acceptable to the Superintendent, and where 
appropriate, shall have at least one gate which is of sufficient width 
to allow access by fire trucks. Hazards within visitor use areas will be 
clearly marked with warning signs acceptable to the Superintendent.
    (f) The operator shall carry on all operations and maintain the site 
at all times in a safe and workmanlike manner, having due regard for the 
preservation of the environment of the unit. The operator shall take 
reasonable steps to prevent and shall remove accumulations of oil or 
other materials deemed to be fire hazards from the vicinity of well 
locations and lease tanks, and shall remove from the property or store 
in an orderly manner all scrap or other materials not in use.
    (g) Operators will be held fully accountable for their contractor's 
or subcontractor's compliance with the requirements of the approved plan 
of operations.

[43 FR 57825, Dec. 8, 1978; 44 FR 37915, June 29, 1979]