---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3280.1"
title: "43"
number: "3280.1"
heading: "What is the purpose and scope of this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3280.1"
---

# §3280.1. What is the purpose and scope of this part?

- (a) The purpose of this part is to provide holders of Federal and non-Federal geothermal leases and owners of non-Federal mineral interests the opportunity to unite under a Federal geothermal unit agreement to explore for and develop geothermal resources in a manner that is necessary or advisable in the public interest.
- (b) **These regulations identify—**
  - (1) The procedures a prospective unit operator must follow to receive BLM approval for unit area designation and a Federal geothermal unit agreement;
  - (2) The operational requirements a unit operator must meet once the unit agreement is approved; and
  - (3) The procedures BLM will follow in reviewing, approving, and administering a Federal geothermal unit agreement.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1001-1028 and 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 24432, May 2, 2007, unless otherwise noted.