[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: 43CFR3150.0-1]



[Page 419-420]

 

                    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.  3150.0-1  Purpose.









    Subpart 3150_Onshore Oil and Gas Geophysical Exploration; General



Sec.  

3150.0-1 Purpose.

3150.0-3 Authority.

3150.0-5 Definitions.

3150.1 Suspension, revocation or cancellation.

3150.2 Appeals.



               Subpart 3151_Exploration Outside of Alaska



3151.1 Notice of intent to conduct oil and gas geophysical exploration 

          operations.

3151.2 Notice of completion of operations.



                   Subpart 3152_Exploration in Alaska



3152.1 Application for oil and gas geophysical exploration permit.

3152.2 Action on application.

3152.3 Renewal of exploration permit.

3152.4 Relinquishment of exploration permit.

3152.5 Modification of exploration permit.

3152.6 Collection and submission of data.

3152.7 Completion of operations.



    Subpart 3153_Exploration of Lands Under the Jurisdiction of the 

                          Department of Defense



3153.1 Geophysical permit requirements.



                     Subpart 3154_Bond Requirements



3154.1 Types of bonds.

3154.2 Additional bonding.

3154.3 Bond cancellation or termination of liability.



    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3150(b) and 668dd; 30 U.S.C. 189 and 359; 42 

U.S.C. 6508; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1732(b), 1733, 1734, 1740.



    Source: 53 FR 17359, May 16, 1988, unless otherwise noted.







    The purpose of this part is to establish procedures for conducting 

oil and gas geophysical exploration operations when authorization for 

such operations is required from the Bureau of Land Management. 

Geophysical exploration on public lands, the surface of which is 

administered by the Bureau, requires Bureau approval. The procedures in 

this part also apply to geophysical exploration conducted under the 

rights granted by any Federal oil and gas lease unless the surface is 

administered by the U.S. Forest Service. However, a lessee may elect to 

conduct exploration operations outside of the rights granted by the 

lease, in which case authorization from the surface managing



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agency or surface owner may be required. At the request of any other 

surface managing agency, the procedures in this part may be applied on a 

case-by-case basis to unleased public lands administered by such agency. 

The procedures of this part do not apply to:

    (a) Casual use activities;

    (b) Operations conducted on private surface overlying public lands 

unless such operations are conducted by a lessee under the rights 

granted by the Federal oil and gas lease; and

    (c) Exploration operations conducted in the Arctic National Wildlife 

Refuge in accordance with section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest 

Lands Conservation Act (See 50 CFR part 37).