---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3809.10"
title: "43"
number: "3809.10"
heading: "How does BLM classify operations?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3809.10"
---

# §3809.10. How does BLM classify operations?


BLM classifies operations as—

- (a) **Casual use, for which an operator need not notify BLM.** (You must reclaim any casual-use disturbance that you create. If your operations do not qualify as casual use, you must submit a notice or plan of operations, whichever is applicable. See §§ [3809.11](/cfr/43/3809.11.md) and [3809.21](/cfr/43/3809.21.md).);
- (b) Notice-level operations, for which an operator must submit a notice (except for certain suction-dredging operations covered by [§ 3809.31(b)](/cfr/43/3809.31.md?p=b)); and
- (c) Plan-level operations, for which an operator must submit a plan of operations and obtain BLM's approval.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1280; 30 U.S.C. 22; 30 U.S.C. 612; 43 U.S.C. 1201; and 43 U.S.C. 1732, 1733, 1740, 1781, and 1782.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 70112, Nov. 21, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 22-42, 181 et seq., 301-306, 351-359, and 601 et seq.; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 6508; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and Pub. L. No. 97-35, 95 Stat. 357.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 13974, Mar. 3, 1980, unless otherwise noted.