---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3137.130"
title: "43"
number: "3137.130"
heading: "Under what circumstances will BLM approve a voluntary termination of the unit?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3137.130"
---

# §3137.130. Under what circumstances will BLM approve a voluntary termination of the unit?


BLM will approve the voluntary termination of the unit at any time—

- (a) Before the unit operator discovers production sufficient to establish a participating area; and
- (b) The unit operator submits to BLM certification that at least 75 percent of the operating rights owners in the unit agreement, on a surface acreage basis, agree to the termination.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 67 FR 17886, Apr. 11, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6508, 43 U.S.C. 1733 and 1740.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 55497, Nov. 9, 1981, unless otherwise noted.