Requirements for Site Security and Production Handling; Applying for Commingling and Allocation Approval

What it does

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to revise its regulations governing site security and production handling and commingling applications to reflect Congress's direction in section 50101(d)(3) of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBB) and policy direction in Executive Orders (E.O.s) entitled, Unleashing American Energy and Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Deregulatory Initiative and policy guidance in Secretary's Order (S.O.) 3418, entitled, Unleashing American Energy. The BLM is proposing to revise the regulations to allow for commingling of production more broadly to promote oil and gas production on Federal, Indian, private and State lands. Commingling of production can reduce an operator's cost which could extend the economic life of a well, thereby allowing the operator to continue producing from a well that might otherwise be abandoned.

The Land Management Bureau's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

43 CFR 3170

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1004-AF38 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Send your comments on this proposed rule to the BLM on or before March 31, 2026. The BLM is not obligated to consider any comments received after this date in making its decision on the final rule.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Reginfo.gov lists a rule with this regulation identifier as under review at the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs since Nov. 13, 2026 (stage: Final Rule). See it

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket BLM-2025-0070 on Regulations.gov
• Title 43 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register