---
kind: "unit"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands: Interior"
key: "subtB/chII/subchC/part3170/subpart3171"
level: "subpart"
label: "Subpart 3171"
heading: "Approval of Operations"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/subtB-chII-subchC-part3170-subpart3171"
sections_count: 26
---

# Subpart 3171 — Approval of Operations

Title 43 C.F.R. — Public Lands: Interior › Subtitle B — Regulations Relating to Public Lands › Chapter II — Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior › Subchapter C — Minerals Management (3000) › Part 3170 — Onshore Oil and Gas Production

## Sections

- [§3171.1. Authority.](/cfr/43/3171.1.md)
- [§3171.2. Purpose.](/cfr/43/3171.2.md)
- [§3171.3. Scope.](/cfr/43/3171.3.md)
- [§3171.4. Definitions.](/cfr/43/3171.4.md)
- [§3171.5. Application for Permit to Drill (APD).](/cfr/43/3171.5.md)
- [§3171.6. Components of a complete APD package.](/cfr/43/3171.6.md)
- [§3171.7. Drilling plan.](/cfr/43/3171.7.md)
- [§3171.8. Surface Use Plan of Operations.](/cfr/43/3171.8.md)
- [§3171.9. Bonding.](/cfr/43/3171.9.md)
- [§3171.10. Operator certification.](/cfr/43/3171.10.md)
- [§3171.11. Onsite inspection.](/cfr/43/3171.11.md)
- [§3171.12. APD posting and processing.](/cfr/43/3171.12.md)
- [§3171.13. Approval of APDs.](/cfr/43/3171.13.md)
- [§3171.14. Valid Period of Approved APD.](/cfr/43/3171.14.md)
- [§3171.15. Master Development Plans.](/cfr/43/3171.15.md)
- [§3171.16. Waiver from electronic submission requirements.](/cfr/43/3171.16.md)
- [§3171.17. General operating requirements—operator responsibilities.](/cfr/43/3171.17.md)
- [§3171.18. Rights-of-Way and Special Use Authorizations.](/cfr/43/3171.18.md)
- [§3171.19. Operating on lands with non-Federal surface and Federal oil and gas.](/cfr/43/3171.19.md)
- [§3171.20. Leases for Indian oil and gas.](/cfr/43/3171.20.md)
- [§3171.21. Subsequent operations and Sundry Notices.](/cfr/43/3171.21.md)
- [§3171.22. Well conversions.](/cfr/43/3171.22.md)
- [§3171.23. Variances.](/cfr/43/3171.23.md)
- [§3171.24. Waivers, exceptions, or modifications.](/cfr/43/3171.24.md)
- [§3171.25. Abandonment.](/cfr/43/3171.25.md)
- [§3171.26. Appeal procedures.](/cfr/43/3171.26.md)