---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3280.4"
title: "43"
number: "3280.4"
heading: "When may BLM require Federal lessees to unitize their leases or require a Federal lessee to commit a lease to a unit?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3280.4"
---

# §3280.4. When may BLM require Federal lessees to unitize their leases or require a Federal lessee to commit a lease to a unit?

- (a) BLM may initiate the formation of a unit agreement, or require an existing Federal lease to commit to a unit agreement, if in the public interest.
- (b) BLM may require that Federal leases that become effective on or after August 8, 2005, contain a provision stating that BLM may require commitment of the lease to a unit agreement, and may prescribe the unit agreement to which such lease must commit to protect the rights of all parties in interest, including the United States.

## 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.