---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3284.7"
title: "43"
number: "3284.7"
heading: "May BLM authorize operations on uncommitted Federal leases located within a unit?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3284.7"
---

# §3284.7. May BLM authorize operations on uncommitted Federal leases located within a unit?


BLM may authorize a lessee/operator to conduct operations on an uncommitted Federal lease located within a unit if the lessee/operator demonstrates to our satisfaction that operations on the lease are:

- (a) In the public interest; and
- (b) **Will not unnecessarily affect unit operations.**

## 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.