43 CFR § 3280.5 - May BLM require the modification of lease requirements in connection with the creation and operation of a unit agreement?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3280.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 3280.5 - May BLM require the modification of lease requirements in connection with the creation and operation of a unit agreement?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3280.5"
section_name: "May BLM require the modification of lease requirements in connection with the creation and operation of a unit agreement?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3280"
part_name: "GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES UNIT AGREEMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 1001-1028 and 43 U.S.C. 1701"
regulatory_source: "72 FR 24432, May 2, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3280"
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# 3280.5 May BLM require the modification of lease requirements in connection with the creation and operation of a unit agreement?
(a) BLM may, with the consent of the lessees involved, establish, alter, change, or revoke rates of operations (including drilling, operations, production, and other requirements) of the leases, and make conditions with respect to the leases, in connection with the creation and operation of any such unit agreement as BLM may consider necessary or advisable to secure the protection of the public interest.
(b) If leases to be included in a unit have unlike lease terms, such leases need not be modified to be in the same unit.