---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3105.22"
title: "43"
number: "3105.22"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3105.22"
---

# §3105.22. Purpose.


When a lease or a portion thereof cannot be independently developed and operated in conformity with an established well-spacing or well-development program, the authorized officer may approve a communitization agreement for such lands with other lands, whether or not owned by the United States, upon a determination that it is in the public interest. Operations or production under such an agreement will be deemed to be operations or production as to each lease committed thereto.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 396d and 2107; 30 U.S.C. 189, 306, 359, and 1751; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and 42 U.S.C. 15801.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 30966, Apr. 23, 2024, unless otherwise noted.