[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: 43CFR3162.6]



[Page 437-438]

 

                    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 3162_Requirements for Operating Rights Owners and Operators

 

Sec.  3162.6  Well and facility identification.



    (a) Every well within a Federal or Indian lease or supervised 

agreement shall have a well indentification sign. All signs shall be 

maintained in a legible condition.



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    (b) For wells located on Federal and Indian lands, the operator 

shall properly identify, by a sign in a conspicuous place, each well, 

other than those permanently abandoned. The well sign shall include the 

well number, the name of the operator, the lease serial number, the 

surveyed location (the quarter-quarter section, section, township and 

range or other authorized survey designation acceptable to the 

authorized officer; such as metes and bounds). When approved by the 

authorized officer, individual well signs may display only a unique well 

name and number. When specifically requested by the authorized officer, 

the sign shall include the unit or communitization name or number. The 

authorized officer may also require the sign to include the name of the 

Indian allottee lessor(s) preceding the lease serial number. In all 

cases, individual well signs in place on the effective date of this 

rulemaking which do not have the unit or communitization agreement 

number or do not have quarter-quarter identification will satisfy these 

requirements until such time as the sign is replaced. All new signs 

shall have identification as above, including quarter-quarter section.

    (c) All facilities at which Federal or Indian oil is stored shall be 

clearly identified with a sign that contains the name of the operator, 

the lease serial number or communitization or unit agreement 

identification number, as appropriate, and in public land states, the 

quarter-quarter section, township, and range. On Indian leases, the sign 

also shall include the name of the appropriate Tribe and whether the 

lease is tribal or allotted. For situations of 1 tank battery servicing 

1 well in the same location, the requirements of this paragraph and 

paragraph (b) of this section may be met by 1 sign as long as it 

includes the information required by both paragraphs. In addition, each 

storage tank shall be clearly identified by a unique number. All 

identification shall be maintained in legible condition and shall be 

clearly apparent to any person at or approaching the sales or 

transportation point. With regard to the quarter-quarter designation and 

the unique tank number, any such designation established by state law or 

regulation shall satisfy this requirement.

    (d) All abandoned wells shall be marked with a permanent monument 

containing the information in paragraph (b) of this section. The 

requirement for a permanent monument may be waived in writing by the 

authorized officer.



[52 FR 5391, Feb. 20, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 17363, May 16, 1988]