---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3179.40"
title: "43"
number: "3179.40"
heading: "Reasonable precautions to prevent waste."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3179.40"
---

# §3179.40. Reasonable precautions to prevent waste.

- (a) Operators must use all reasonable precautions to prevent the waste of oil or gas developed from the lease.
- (b) The Authorized Officer may specify reasonable measures to prevent waste as conditions of approval of an Application for Permit to Drill (APD).
- (c) After an APD is approved, the Authorized Officer may order an operator to implement, within a reasonable time, additional reasonable measures to prevent waste at ongoing exploration and production operations.
- (d) Reasonable measures to prevent waste may reflect factors including, but not limited to, relevant advances in technology and changes in industry practice.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 89 FR 25426, Apr. 10, 2024, 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.