Content of exploration plan.

Exploration plans must contain the following: (a) The name, address, and telephone number of the applicant, and, if applicable, that of the operator or lessee of record; (b) The name, address, and telephone number of the representative of the applicant who will be present during, and responsible for, conducting exploration; (c) A description of the proposed exploration area, cross-referenced to the map required under paragraph (h) of this section, including: (1) Applicable Federal lease and exploration license serial numbers; (2) Surface topography; (3) Geologic, surface water, and other physical features; (4) Vegetative cover; (5) Endangered or threatened species listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ) that may be affected by exploration operations; (6) Districts, sites, buildings, structures, or objects listed on, or eligible for listing on, the National Register of Historic Places that may be present in the lease area; and (7) Known cultural or archaeological resources located within the proposed exploration area; (d) A description of the methods to be used to conduct oil shale exploration, reclamation, and abandonment of operations including, but not limited to: (1) The types, sizes, numbers, capacity, and uses of equipment for drilling and blasting, and road or other access route construction; (2) Excavated earth-disposal or debris-disposal activities; (3) The proposed method for plugging drill holes; and (4) The estimated size and depth of drill holes, trenches, and test pits; (e) An estimated timetable for conducting and completing each phase of the exploration, drilling, and reclamation; (f) The estimated amounts of oil shale or oil shale products to be removed during exploration, a description of the method to be used to determine those amounts, and the proposed use of the oil shale or oil shale products removed; (g) A description of the measures to be used during exploration for Federal oil shale to comply with the performance standards for exploration (§§ 3930.10 and 3930.11); (h) A map at a scale of 1:24,000 or larger showing the areas of land to be affected by the proposed exploration and reclamation. The map must show: (1) Existing roads, occupied dwellings, and pipelines; (2) The proposed location of trenches, roads, and other access routes and structures to be constructed; (3) Applicable Federal lease and exploration license boundaries; (4) The location of land excavations to be conducted; (5) Oil shale exploratory holes to be drilled or altered; (6) Earth-disposal or debris-disposal areas; (7) Existing bodies of surface water; and (8) Topographic and drainage features; and (i) The name and address of the owner of record of the surface land, if other than the United States. If the surface is owned by a person other than the applicant or if the Federal oil shale is leased to a person other than the applicant, include evidence of authority to enter that land for the purpose of conducting exploration and reclamation.