---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3137.80"
title: "43"
number: "3137.80"
heading: "What are participating areas and how do they relate to the unit agreement?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3137.80"
---

# §3137.80. What are participating areas and how do they relate to the unit agreement?

- (a) Participating areas are those committed tracts or portions of those committed tracts within the unit area that are proven to be productive by a well meeting the productivity criteria specified in the unit agreement.
- (b) You must include a description of the anticipated participating area(s) size in the unit agreement for planning purposes to aid in the mitigation of reasonably foreseeable and significantly adverse effects on NPR-A surface resources. The unit agreement must define the proposed participating areas. Your proposed participating area may be limited to separate producible intervals or areas.
- (c) At the time you meet the productivity criteria discussed in [§ 3137.82](/cfr/43/3137.82.md) of this subpart, you must delineate those participating areas.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 17886, Apr. 11, 2002, as amended at 73 FR 6444, Feb. 4, 2008]

### 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.

### Amendments

[67 FR 17886, Apr. 11, 2002, as amended at 73 FR 6444, Feb. 4, 2008]