{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3105.22","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3105.22","heading":"Purpose.","body":"When a lease or a portion thereof cannot be independently developed and operated in conformity with an established well-spacing or well-development program, the authorized officer may approve a communitization agreement for such lands with other lands, whether or not owned by the United States, upon a determination that it is in the public interest. Operations or production under such an agreement will be deemed to be operations or production as to each lease committed thereto.","path":["Title 43—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 3100—OIL AND GAS LEASING","Subpart 3105—Cooperative Conservation Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"0bcce615dcd7c4c46707fcff57f884d0acdc1618b7840c252413fb803454c273","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3105.21","next":"us/43-cfr-3105.23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}