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UNITED STATES <br />DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br />Notice to Lessees and Operators of Onshore Federal and <br />Indian Oil and Gas Leases <br />(NTL-3A) <br />Reportin of Undesirable Events <br />This Notice, which supersedes NTL-3 dated January 1, 1975, is issued pursuant to the authority <br />prescribed in Title 30 CFR 221.5, 221.7, and 221.36. Operators of onshore Federal and Indian oil <br />and gas leases shall report all spills, discharges, or other undesirable events in accordance with <br />the requirements of this Notice. All such events occur on State or private land leases within <br />federally supervised unit or communitized areas must likewise be reported in accordance with <br />the requirements of this Notice. However, compliance with this Notice does not relieve an <br />operator from the obligation of complying with the applicable rules and regulations of any State <br />or Federal Agencies regarding notification and reporting of undesirable events. <br />As used in this Notice, the term Deputy State Director (DSD) means that officer of the Bureau of <br />Land Management (BL) having Minerals jurisdiction for the geographic area in which the <br />undesirable event occurs. <br />• I. Major Undesirable Events Reguiring Immediate Notification <br />Major undesirable events are defined as those incidents listed below in subsections A. through F. <br />These incidents, when occurring on a lease supervised by the BLM, must be reported to the <br />appropriate DSD as soon as practical but wither a maximum of 24 hours: <br />A. Oil, saltwater, and toxic liquid spills, or any combination thereof, that result in the <br />discharge (spilling) of 100 or more barrels of liquid; however, discharges of such <br />magnitude, if entirely contained within the facility frewall, may be reported in <br />writing pursuant to Section III of this Notice; <br />B. Equipment failures or other accidents that result in the venting of 500 or more MCF <br />of gas; <br />C. Any fire which consumes the volumes as specified in I.A. and I.B. above; <br />D. Any spill, venting, or fire, regardless of the volume involved, that occurs in a <br />sensitive area, such as parks, recreation sites, wildlife refuges, lakes, reservoirs, <br />streams, and urban or suburban area; <br />E. Each accident that involves a fatal injury; and <br />F. Every blowout (loss of control of any well) that occurs. <br />• <br />Attachment 1-1