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2881.7—Scope.

(a) What do these regulations apply to? The regulations in this part apply to:

(1) Issuing grants and TUPs for pipelines to transport oil or gas, and administering, amending, assigning, renewing, and terminating them;

(2) All grants and permits BLM and its predecessors previously issued under section 28 of the Act; and

(3) Pipeline systems, or parts thereof, within a Federal oil and gas lease owned by:

(i) A party who is not the lessee or lease operator; or

(ii) The lessee or lease operator which are downstream from a custody transfer metering device.

(b) What don't these regulations apply to? The regulations in this part do not apply to:

(1) Production facilities on an oil and gas lease which operate for the benefit of the lease. The lease authorizes these production facilities;

(2) Pipelines crossing Federal lands under the jurisdiction of a single Federal department or agency other than BLM, including bureaus and agencies within the Department of the Interior;

(3) Authorizations BLM issues to Federal agencies for oil or gas transportation under § 2801.6 of this chapter; or

(4) Authorizations BLM issues under Title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (see part 2800 of this chapter ).

(c) Notwithstanding the definition of “grant” in section 2881.5 of this subpart, the regulations in this part apply, consistent with 43 U.S.C. 1652(c), to any authorization issued by the Secretary of the Interior or his or her delegate under 43 U.S.C. 1652(b) for the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline System.

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