{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3140.41","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3140.41","heading":"Approval of plan of operations (and unit and operating agreements).","body":"(a) The owner of an oil and gas lease, or the owner of a valid claim based on a mineral location will have such lease or claim converted to a combined hydrocarbon lease when the plan of operations, filed under § 3140.23, is deemed acceptable and is approved by the authorized officer.\n(b) The conversion of a lease within a unit of the National Park System will be approved only with the consent of the Regional Director of the National Park Service in accordance with § 3140.70.\n(c) A plan of operations may not be approved in part but may be approved where it contains an appropriately staged plan of exploration and development operations.","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 3140—LEASING IN SPECIAL TAR SAND AREAS","Subpart 3140—Conversion of Existing Oil and Gas Leases and Valid Claims Based on Mineral Locations"],"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":"a57603aaf159d125173244eb2792eac5023e9416a9d51832c806a4fd2da0fa8b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3140.32","next":"us/43-cfr-3140.42"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}