43 C.F.R. Subpart 3283—Filing and Approval of Documents
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
All proposals and supporting papers, instruments and documents submitted under this part shall be filed with the authorized officer, unless otherwise provided in this part or otherwise instructed by the Director. [48 FR 44793, Sept. 30, 1983] (a) Where a duly executed agreement is submitted for Departmental approval, a minimum of 6 signed counterparts shall be filed. The same number of counterparts shall be filed for documents supplementing, modifying or amending an agreement, including change of operator, designation of a new operator and notice of surrender, relinquishment or termination. (b) The address of each signatory party to the agreement shall be inserted below the party's signature. Each signature shall be attested to by at least 1 witness, if not notarized. Corporate or other signatures made in a representative capacity shall be accompanied by evidence of the authorization of the signatories to act unless such evidence is already a matter of record in the Bureau of Land Management. (The parties may execute any number of counterparts of the agreement with the same force and effect as if all parties signed the same document, or may execute a ratification of consent in a separate instrument with like force and effect.) (c) Any modification of an approved agreement shall require approval of the Secretary or his/her duly authorized representative under procedures similar to those cited in §3283.2–1 of this title. [48 FR 44793, Sept. 30, 1983] A duly executed unit or cooperative agreement shall be approved by the Secretary or his/her duly authorized representative upon a determination that such agreement is necessary or advisable in the public interest and is for the purpose of properly conserving the natural resources, taking into account the environmental consequences of the action. Such approval shall be incorporated in a certificate appended to the agreement. No such agreement shall be approved unless at least 1 of the parties is a holder of a Federal lease embracing lands being committed to the agreement and unless the parties signatory to the agreement hold sufficient interests in the area to give effective control of operations therein. [48 FR 44793, Sept. 30, 1983] No more than 5 years after approval of any cooperative or unit plan of development or operation, and at least every 5 years thereafter, the authorized officer shall review each plan and, after notice and opportunity for comment, eliminate from such plan any lease or part of a lease not regarded as reasonably necessary for cooperative or unit operations under the plan. Such elimination shall be based on scientific evidence, and shall occur only when it is determined by the authorized officer to be for the purpose of conserving and properly managing the geothermal resource. [54 FR 13887, Apr. 6, 1989 and 55 FR 26443, June 28, 1990] Each application for approval of a participating area, or revision thereof, shall be accompanied by 3 copies of a substantiating geologic and engineering report, structure contour map(s), cross-section or other pertinent data. [48 FR 44793, Sept. 30, 1983] Plans of development and operation, plans of further development and operation and proposed participating areas and revisions thereof shall be submitted in quadruplicate. [48 FR 44793, Sept. 30, 1983] All instruments or documents other than plans of development and operation, plans of further development and operation and proposed participating areas and revisions thereof submitted for approval shall be submitted for approval in sufficient number to permit the approving official to return at least 1 approved counterpart. [48 FR 44793, Sept. 30, 1983]
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 3280—GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES UNIT AGREEMENTS: UNPROVEN AREAS
Subpart 3283—Filing and Approval of Documents
§ 3283.1 Filing of documents and number of counterparts.
§ 3283.2 Executed agreement.
§ 3283.2-1 Approval of executed agreement.
§ 3283.2-2 Review of executed agreement.
§ 3283.3 Participating area.
§ 3283.4 Plan of development.
§ 3283.5 Return of approved documents.
