[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR3161.3]

[Page 416]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3160--ONSHORE OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart 3161--Jurisdiction and Responsibility
 
Sec. 3161.3  Inspections.

    (a) The authorized officer shall establish procedures to ensure that 
each Federal and Indian lease site which is producing or is expected to 
produce significant quantities of oil or gas in any year or which has a 
history of noncompliance with applicable provisions of law or 
regulations, lease terms, orders or directives shall be inspected at 
least once annually. Similarly, each lease site on non-Federal or non-
Indian lands subject to a formal agreement such as a unit or 
communitization agreement which has been approved by the Department of 
the Interior and in which the United States or the Indian lessors share 
in production shall be inspected annually whenever any of the foregoing 
criteria are applicable.
    (b) In accomplishing the inspections, the authorized officer may 
utilize Bureau personnel, may enter into cooperative agreements with 
States or Indian Tribes, may delegate the inspection authority to any 
State, or may contract with any non-Federal Government entities. Any 
cooperative agreement, delegation or contractual arrangement shall not 
be effective without concurrence of the Secretary and shall include 
applicable provisions of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act.

[49 FR 37363, Sept. 21, 1984, as amended at 52 FR 5391, Feb. 20, 1987]