---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3171.2"
title: "43"
number: "3171.2"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3171.2"
---

# §3171.2. Purpose.


The purpose of this subpart is to state the application requirements for the approval of all proposed oil and gas and service wells, certain subsequent well operations, and abandonment.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 88 FR 39516, June 16, 2023, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 396d and 2107; 30 U.S.C. 189, 306, 359, and 1751; and 43 U.S.C. 1732(b), 1733, and 1740.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 81421, Nov. 17, 2016, unless otherwise noted.