[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: 43CFR3161.3]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 3160_ONSHORE OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart 3161_Jurisdiction and Responsibility

 

Sec.  3161.3  Inspections.



    (a) The authorized officer shall establish procedures to ensure that 

each Federal and Indian lease site which is producing or is expected to 

produce significant quantities of oil or gas in any year or which has a 

history of noncompliance with applicable provisions of law or 

regulations, lease terms, orders or directives shall be inspected at 

least once annually. Similarly, each lease site on non-Federal or non-

Indian lands subject to a formal agreement such as a unit or 

communitization agreement which has been approved by the Department of 

the Interior and in which the United States or the Indian lessors share 

in production shall be inspected annually whenever any of the foregoing 

criteria are applicable.

    (b) In accomplishing the inspections, the authorized officer may 

utilize Bureau personnel, may enter into cooperative agreements with 

States or Indian Tribes, may delegate the inspection authority to any 

State, or may contract with any non-Federal Government entities. Any 

cooperative agreement, delegation or contractual arrangement shall not 

be effective without concurrence of the Secretary and shall include 

applicable provisions of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act.



[49 FR 37363, Sept. 21, 1984, as amended at 52 FR 5391, Feb. 20, 1987]