---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3178.2"
title: "43"
number: "3178.2"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3178.2"
---

# §3178.2. Scope.

- (a) This subpart applies to:
  - (1) All onshore Federal and Indian (other than Osage Tribe) oil and gas leases, units, and communitized areas, except as otherwise provided in this subpart;
  - (2) Indian Mineral Development Act (IMDA) oil and gas agreements, unless specifically excluded in the agreement or unless the relevant provisions of this subpart are inconsistent with the agreement;
  - (3) Leases and other business agreements and contracts for the development of tribal energy resources under a Tribal Energy Resource Agreement entered into with the Secretary, unless specifically excluded in the lease, other business agreement, or Tribal Energy Resource Agreement;
  - (4) Committed State or private tracts in a federally approved unit or communitization agreement defined by or established under 43 CFR subpart [3105](/cfr/43/subpart3105.md) or [43](/cfr/43/subpart43.md) CFR [part 3180](/cfr/43/part3180.md); and
  - (5) All onshore wells, and production equipment located on a Federal or Indian lease or a federally approved unit or communitized area, and compressors located on a Federal or Indian lease or a federally approved unit or communitized area and which compress production from the same Federal or Indian lease or federally approved unit or communitized area.
- (b) **For purposes of this subpart, the term “lease” also includes IMDA agreements.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 81 FR 83078, Nov. 18, 2016, 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.