[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: 43CFR3140.1-2]



[Page 408]

 

                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 3140_LEASING IN SPECIAL TAR SAND AREAS--Table of Contents

 

Subpart 3140_Conversion of Existing Oil and Gas Leases and Valid Claims 

                       Based on Mineral Locations

 

Sec.  3140.1-2  Notice of intent to convert.



    (a) Owners of oil and gas leases in Special Tar Sand Areas which are 

scheduled to expire prior to the effective date of these regulations or 

within 6 months thereafter, may preserve the right to convert their 

leases to combined hydrocarbon leases by filing a Notice of Intent to 

Convert with the State Director, Utah State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, 136 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111.

    (b) A letter, submitted by the lessee, notifying the Bureau of Land 

Management of the lessee's intention to submit a plan of operations 

shall constitute a notice of intent to convert a lease. The Notice of 

Intent shall contain the lease number.

    (c) The Notice of Intent shall be filed prior to the expiration date 

of the lease. The notice shall preserve the lessee's conversion rights 

only for a period ending 6 months after the effective date of this 

subpart.