---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 9.71"
title: "36"
number: "9.71"
heading: "What information must I submit to the NPS?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/9.71"
---

# §9.71. What information must I submit to the NPS?


You must provide the information required by this section to the Superintendent of the System unit. You must provide all of the following.

- (a) **The names and contact information of—**
  - (1) The operator;
  - (2) The owner; and
  - (3) The individuals responsible for overall management, field supervision, and emergency response of the proposed operations.
- (b) Documentation demonstrating that you hold a right, and the extent of such right, to operate within the System unit.
- (c) Maps and plats to scale showing the boundaries of each of the oil or gas rights that are relevant to your proposed operations within the System unit boundary.
- (d) Maps and plats to scale showing all proposed surface uses (well site, access route, flowlines, production facilities) that occur outside the System unit.
- (e) **Information regarding downhole operations and conditions, including—**
  - (1) Description, including depths, thicknesses, and properties of geologic horizons between the target zone and the base of the deepest aquifer;
  - (2) Drilling plan, including directional-drilling program, horizontal distance along the wellbore's path from well's surface location to the System unit boundary, depth at which wellbore crosses the boundary, and timeline for operations;
  - (3) Casing, cementing, and mud programs;
  - (4) Stimulation programs; and
  - (5) **Well plugging and abandonment program.**
- (f) If you propose hydraulic fracturing, then you must also provide the information required by [§ 9.89](/cfr/36/9.89.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 230a(a)(4), 459d-3, 460cc-2(i), 460ee(c)(4), 698c(b)(2), 698i(b)(2), and 698m-4; 18 U.S.C. 3571 and 3581; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 54 U.S.C. 100101, 100751, and 103104.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 77992, Nov. 4, 2016, unless otherwise noted.