---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3282.1"
title: "43"
number: "3282.1"
heading: "What is a participating area?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3282.1"
---

# §3282.1. What is a participating area?

- (a) **A participating area is the combined portion of the unitized area which BLM determines—**
  - (1) Is reasonably proven to produce geothermal resources; or
  - (2) **Supports production in commercial quantities, such as pressure support from injection wells.**
- (b) The size and configuration of all participating areas and revisions are not effective until BLM approves them.

## 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.