Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 02, 2024

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: May 13, 2024
§ 3164.1 - Onshore Oil and Gas Orders.
Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 30996, Apr. 23, 2024.

(a) The Director is authorized to issue Onshore Oil and Gas Orders when necessary to implement and supplement the regulations in this part. All orders will be published in the Federal Register both for public comment and in final form.

(b) These Orders are binding on operating rights owners and operators, as appropriate, of Federal and restricted Indian oil and gas leases which have been, or may hereafter be, issued. The Onshore Oil and Gas Orders listed below are currently in effect:

Order No. Subject Effective date Federal Register reference Supersedes
1.Approval of operationsMay 7, 200771 FRNTL-6.
2.DrillingDec. 19, 198853 FR 46798None.
6.Hydrogen sulfide operationsJan. 22, 199155 FR 48958None.
7.Disposal of produced waterOctober 8, 199358 FR 47354NTL-2B

Note: Numbers to be assigned sequentially by the Washington Office as proposed Orders are prepared for publication.

[47 FR 47765, Oct. 27, 1982. Redesignated at 48 FR 36583, Aug. 12, 1983, and amended at 48 FR 48921, Oct. 21, 1983; 48 FR 56226, Dec. 20, 1983; 53 FR 17364, May 16, 1988; 54 FR 8060, Feb. 24, 1989; 54 FR 8092, Feb. 24, 1989; 54 FR 8106, Feb. 24, 1989; 54 FR 39527, 39529, Sept. 27, 1989; 55 FR 48958, Nov. 23, 1990; 57 FR 3025, Jan. 27, 1992; 58 FR 47361, Sept. 8, 1993; 58 FR 58505, Nov. 2, 1993; 72 FR 1038, Mar. 7, 2007; 81 FR 81421, 81504, 81609, Nov. 17, 2016]
authority: 25 U.S.C. 396d and 2107; 30 U.S.C. 189,306,359,and; 43 U.S.C. 1732(b), 1733, 1740; and Sec. 107, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599, unless otherwise noted
source: 47 FR 47765, Oct. 27, 1982, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 48 FR 36583, Aug. 12, 1983.
cite as: 43 CFR 3164.1