---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3217.13"
title: "43"
number: "3217.13"
heading: "When does my communitization agreement go into effect?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3217.13"
---

# §3217.13. When does my communitization agreement go into effect?

- (a) **Your communitization agreement is effective when BLM approves and signs it.**
- (b) **Before we approve the agreement—**
  - (1) All parties must sign the agreement; and
  - (2)
    - (i) We must determine that the tracts cannot be independently developed; and
    - (ii) **That the agreement is in the public interest.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1001-1028; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and Pub. L. 109-58.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 24400, May 2, 2007, unless otherwise noted.