---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3283.1"
title: "43"
number: "3283.1"
heading: "When may the unit operator modify the unit agreement?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3283.1"
---

# §3283.1. When may the unit operator modify the unit agreement?

- (a) The unit operator may propose to modify a unit agreement by submitting an application to BLM that:
  - (1) Identifies the proposed change and the reason for the change; and
  - (2) **Certifies that all necessary unit interests have agreed to the change.**
- (b) BLM will send the unit operator written notification of BLM's decision regarding the application. Proposed modifications to a unit agreement will not become effective until BLM approves them. BLM's approval may be made effective retroactively to the date the application was complete. BLM may approve a different effective date, including a date the unit operator requests and for which the unit operator provides acceptable justification.

## 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.