---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3275.12"
title: "43"
number: "3275.12"
heading: "What environmental and safety requirements apply to facility operations?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3275.12"
---

# §3275.12. What environmental and safety requirements apply to facility operations?

- (a) You must perform all utilization facility operations in a manner that:
  - (1) Protects the quality of surface and subsurface waters, air, and other natural resources, including wildlife, soil, vegetation, and natural history;
  - (2) Prevents unnecessary or undue degradation of the lands;
  - (3) Protects the quality of cultural, scenic, and recreational resources;
  - (4) Accommodates other land uses as much as possible;
  - (5) Minimizes noise;
  - (6) Prevents injury; and
  - (7) **Prevents damage to property.**
- (b) You must monitor facility operations to identify and address local environmental resources and concerns associated with your facility or lease operations.
- (c) You must remove or, with BLM approval, properly store all equipment and materials not in use.
- (d) You must properly abandon the facility and reclaim any disturbed surface to standards approved or prescribed by us, when the land is no longer needed for facility construction or operation.
- (e) When we require, you must submit a contingency plan describing procedures to protect public health and safety, property, and the environment.
- (f) You must comply with the requirements of [§ 3200.4](/cfr/43/3200.4.md).

## 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.