Title 25, Part 212 — Leasing of Allotted Lands for Mineral Development

Purpose and scope.

Information collection.

Definitions.

Authority and responsibility of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Authority and responsibility of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM).

Authority and responsibility of the Minerals Management Service (MMS).

Environmental studies.

Government employees cannot acquire leases.

Leasing procedures.

Execution of leases.

Leases for subsurface storage of oil or gas.

Corporate qualifications and requests for information.

Bonds.

Acreage limitation.

[Reserved]

Duration of leases.

Unitization and communitization agreements, and well spacing.

[Reserved]

Removal of restrictions.

§§ 212.31-212.32 [Reserved]

Terms applying after relinquishment.

Individual tribal assignments excluded.

Manner of payments.

Rentals and production royalty on oil and gas leases.

Annual rentals and expenditures for development on leases other than oil and gas, and geothermal resources.

Royalty rates for minerals other than oil and gas.

Suspension of operations.

[Reserved]

Inspection of premises, books, and accounts.

Diligence, drainage and prevention of waste.

Permission to start operations.

Restrictions on operations.

[Reserved]

Surrender of leases.

Fees.

Assignments, overriding royalties, and operating agreements.

Lease or permit cancellation; Bureau of Indian Affairs notice of noncompliance.

Penalties.

Geological and geophysical permits.

Forms.

Appeals.