43 CFR § 3281.6 - What action will BLM take after reviewing a proposed unit area designation?

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title: "43 CFR § 3281.6 - What action will BLM take after reviewing a proposed unit area designation?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3281.6"
section_name: "What action will BLM take after reviewing a proposed unit area designation?"
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"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 1001-1028 and 43 U.S.C. 1701"
regulatory_source: "72 FR 24432, May 2, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3281.6 What action will BLM take after reviewing a proposed unit area designation?

(a) BLM will approve the unit area designation in writing and notify the prospective unit operator once we determine that:

(1) We have received the information required at § 3281.2;

(2) Information available to BLM documents that the area is geologically appropriate for unitization; and

(3) Unitization is appropriate to conserve the natural resources of a geothermal reservoir, field, or like area, or part thereof.

(b) BLM will notify a prospective unit operator in writing if we do not designate a proposed unit area.