[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: 43CFR3150.0-5]



[Page 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.  3150.0-5  Definitions.



    As used in this part, the term:

    (a) Oil and gas geophysical exploration means activity relating to 

the search for evidence of oil and gas which requires the physical 

presence upon the lands and which may result in damage to the lands or 

the resources located thereon. It includes, but is not limited to, 

geophysical operations, construction of roads and trails and cross-

country transit of vehicles over such lands. It does not include core 

drilling for subsurface geologic information or drilling for oil and 

gas; these activities shall be authorized only by the issuance of an oil 

and gas lease and the approval of an Application for a Permit to Drill. 

The regulations in this part, however, are not intended to prevent 

drilling operations necessary for placing explosive charges, where 

permissible, for seismic exploration.

    (b) Casual use means activities that involve practices which do not 

ordinarily lead to any appreciable disturbance or damage to lands, 

resources and improvements. For example, activities which do not involve 

use of heavy equipment or explosives and which do not involve vehicular 

movement except over established roads and trails are casual use.



[53 FR 17359, May 16, 1988; 53 FR 31959, Aug. 22, 1988]