43 CFR § 3105.22 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3105.22"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 3105.22 - Purpose."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3105.22"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3100"
part_name: "OIL AND GAS LEASING"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 396d and 2107; 30 U.S.C. 189, 306, 359, and 1751; 43 U.S.C. 1701  and 42 U.S.C. 15801."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 30966, Apr. 23, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3100"
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# 3105.22 Purpose.

When a lease or a portion thereof cannot be independently developed and operated in conformity with an established well-spacing or well-development program, the authorized officer may approve a communitization agreement for such lands with other lands, whether or not owned by the United States, upon a determination that it is in the public interest. Operations or production under such an agreement will be deemed to be operations or production as to each lease committed thereto.