---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 580.21"
title: "30"
number: "580.21"
heading: "What must I do in conducting G&G prospecting or scientific research?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/580.21"
---

# §580.21. What must I do in conducting G&G prospecting or scientific research?


While conducting G&G prospecting or scientific research activities under a permit or notice, you must:

- (a) **Immediately report to the Regional Director if you—**
  - (1) Detect hydrocarbon or any other mineral occurrences;
  - (2) Detect environmental hazards that imminently threaten life and property; or
  - (3) Adversely affect the environment, aquatic life, archaeological resources, or other uses of the area where you are prospecting or conducting scientific research activities.
- (b) Consult and coordinate your G&G activities with other users of the area for navigation and safety purposes.
- (c) If you conduct shallow test drilling or deep stratigraphic test drilling activities, you must use the best available and safest technologies that the Regional Director considers economically feasible.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Section 104, Public Law 97-451, 96 Stat. 2451 (30 U.S.C. 1714), Public Law 109-432, Div C, Title I, 120 Stat. 3000; 30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334; 33 U.S.C. 2704, 2716; E.O. 12777, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq., 43 U.S.C. 1337.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.