Code of Federal Regulations Title 43. Public Lands:  Interior § 43.3137.130 Under what circumstances will BLM approve a voluntary termination of the unit?

(a) Before the unit operator discovers production sufficient to establish a participating area;  and

(b) The unit operator submits to BLM certification that at least 75 percent of the operating rights owners in the unit agreement, on a surface acreage basis, agree to the termination.