43 CFR § 3217.12 - What does BLM need to approve my communitization agreement?

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title: "43 CFR § 3217.12 - What does BLM need to approve my communitization agreement?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3217.12"
section_name: "What does BLM need to approve my communitization agreement?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3200"
part_name: "GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE LEASING"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 1001-1028; 43 U.S.C. 1701  and Pub. L. 109-58."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 24400, May 2, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3217.12 What does BLM need to approve my communitization agreement?

For BLM to approve a communitization agreement, you must give us the following information:

(a) The location of the separate tracts comprising the drilling or spacing unit;

(b) How you will prorate production or royalties to each separate tract based on total acres involved;

(c) The name of each tract operator; and

(d) Provisions for protecting the interests of all parties, including the United States.