[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
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[CITE: 25CFR226]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 226_LEASING OF OSAGE RESERVATION LANDS FOR OIL AND GAS MINING
--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  226.43  Penalties for violation of certain operating regulations.

    In lieu of the penalties provided under Sec.  226.42, penalties may 
be imposed by the Superintendent for violation of certain sections of 
the regulations of this part as follows:
    (a) For failure to obtain permission to start operations required by 
Sec.  226.16(b), $50 per day until permission is obtained.
    (b) For failure to file records required by Sec.  226.32, $50 per 
day until compliance is met.
    (c) For failure to mark wells and tank batteries as required by 
Sec.  226.34, $50 for each well and tank battery.
    (d) For failure to construct and maintain pits as required by Sec.  
226.22, $50 for each day after operations are commenced on any well 
until compliance is met.
    (e) For failure to comply with Sec.  226.36 regarding valve or other 
approved controlling device, $100.
    (f) For failure to notify Superintendent before drilling, 
redrilling, deepening, plugging, or abandoning any well, as required by 
Sec. Sec.  226.16(c) and 226.25, $200.
    (g) For failure to properly care for and dispose of deleterious 
fluids as provided in Sec.  226.22, $500 per day until compliance is 
met.
    (h) For failure to file plugging reports as required by Sec.  226.29 
and for failure to file reports as required by Sec.  226.13, $50 per day 
for each violation until compliance is met.
    (i) For failure to perform or start an operation within 5 days after 
ordered by the Superintendent in writing under authority provided in 
this part, if said operation is thereafter performed by or through the 
Superintendent, the actual cost of performance thereof, plus 25 percent.
    (j) Lessee or his/her authorized representative is hereby notified 
that criminal procedures are provided by 18 U.S.C. 1001 for knowingly 
filing fraudulent reports and information.

[39 FR 22254, June 21, 1974. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982, 
as amended at 55 FR 33116, Aug. 14, 1990]

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