[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR2881.5]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 2880_RIGHTS-OF-WAY UNDER THE MINERAL LEASING ACT--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart 2881_General Information

 

Sec.  2881.5  What acronyms and terms are used in the regulations in this part?



    (a) Acronyms. Unless an acronym is listed in this section, the 

acronyms listed in part 2800 of this chapter apply to this part. As used 

in this part:

    MLA means the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 

185).

    TAPS means the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline System.

    TUP means a temporary use permit.

    (b) Terms. Unless a term is defined in this part, the defined terms 

in part 2800 of this chapter apply to this part. As used in this part, 

the term:

    Act means section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended 

(30 U.S.C. 185).

    Actual costs means the financial measure of resources the Federal 

government expends or uses in processing a right-of-way application or 

in monitoring the construction, operation, and termination of a facility 

authorized by a grant or permit. Actual costs include both direct and 

indirect costs, exclusive of management overhead costs.

    Casual use means activities ordinarily resulting in no or negligible 

disturbance of the public lands, resources, or improvements. Examples of 

casual use include: Surveying, marking routes, and collecting data to 

prepare applications for grants or TUPs.

    Facility means an improvement or structure, whether existing or 

planned, that is, or would be, owned and controlled by the grant or TUP 

holder within the right-of-way or TUP area.

    Federal lands means all lands owned by the United States, except 

lands:

    (1) In the National Park System;

    (2) Held in trust for an Indian or Indian tribe; or

    (3) On the Outer Continental Shelf.

    Grant means any authorization or instrument BLM issues under section 

28 of the Mineral Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. 185, authorizing a 

nonpossessory, nonexclusive right to use Federal lands to construct, 

operate, maintain, or terminate a pipeline. The term includes those 

authorizations and instruments BLM and its predecessors issued for like 

purposes before November 16, 1973, under then existing statutory 

authority. It does not include authorizations issued under FLPMA (43 

U.S.C. 1761 et seq.).

    Monitoring means those actions, subject to Sec.  2886.11 of this 

part, that the Federal government performs to ensure



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compliance with the terms, conditions, and stipulations of a grant or 

TUP.

    (1) For Monitoring Categories 1 through 4, the actions include 

inspecting construction, operation, maintenance, and termination of 

permanent or temporary facilities and protection and rehabilitation 

activities until the holder completes rehabilitation of the right-of-way 

or TUP area and BLM approves it;

    (2) For Monitoring Category 5 (Master Agreements), those actions 

agreed to in the Master Agreement; and

    (3) For Monitoring Category 6, those actions agreed to between BLM 

and the applicant before BLM issues the grant or TUP.

    Oil or gas means oil, natural gas, synthetic liquid or gaseous 

fuels, or any refined product produced from them.

    Pipeline means a line crossing Federal lands for transportation of 

oil or gas. The term includes feeder lines, trunk lines, and related 

facilities, but does not include a lessee's or lease operator's 

production facilities located on its oil and gas lease.

    Pipeline system means all facilities, whether or not located on 

Federal lands, used by a grant holder in connection with the 

construction, operation, maintenance, or termination of a pipeline.

    Production facilities means a lessee's or lease operator's pipes and 

equipment used on its oil and gas lease to aid in extracting, 

processing, and storing oil or gas. The term includes:

    (1) Storage tanks and processing equipment;

    (2) Gathering lines upstream from such tanks and equipment, or in 

the case of gas, upstream from the point of delivery; and

    (3) Pipes and equipment, such as water and gas injection lines, used 

in the production process for purposes other than carrying oil and gas 

downstream from the wellhead.

    Related facilities means those structures, devices, improvements, 

and sites, located on Federal lands, which may or may not be connected 

or contiguous to the pipeline, the substantially continuous use of which 

is necessary for the operation or maintenance of a pipeline, such as:

    (1) Supporting structures;

    (2) Airstrips;

    (3) Roads;

    (4) Campsites;

    (5) Pump stations, including associated heliports, structures, 

yards, and fences;

    (6) Valves and other control devices;

    (7) Surge and storage tanks;

    (8) Bridges;

    (9) Monitoring and communication devices and structures housing 

them;

    (10) Terminals, including structures, yards, docks, fences, and 

storage tank facilities;

    (11) Retaining walls, berms, dikes, ditches, cuts and fills; and

    (12) Structures and areas for storing supplies and equipment.

    Right-of-way means the Federal lands BLM authorizes a holder to use 

or occupy under a grant.

    Substantial deviation means a change in the authorized location or 

use which requires:

    (1) Construction or use outside the boundaries of the right-of-way 

or TUP area; or

    (2) Any change from, or modification of, the authorized use. 

Examples of substantial deviation include: Adding equipment, overhead or 

underground lines, pipelines, structures, or other facilities not 

included in the original grant or TUP.

    Temporary use permit or TUP means a document BLM issues under 30 

U.S.C. 185 that is a revocable, nonpossessory privilege to use specified 

Federal lands in the vicinity of and in connection with a right-of-way, 

to construct, operate, maintain, or terminate a pipeline or to protect 

the environment or public safety. A TUP does not convey any interest in 

land.

    Third party means any person or entity other than BLM, the 

applicant, or the holder of a right-of-way authorization.