§ 250.1702. When do I accrue decommissioning obligations?
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/us/cfr/t30/s§ 250.1702·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
You accrue decommissioning obligations when you do any of the following:
(a)Drill a well;
(b)Install a platform, pipeline, or other facility;
(c)Create an obstruction to other users of the OCS;
(d)Are or become a lessee or the owner of operating rights of a lease on which there is a well that has not been permanently plugged according to this subpart, a platform, a lease term pipeline, or other facility, or an obstruction;
(e)Are or become a holder of a pipeline right-of-way grant on which there is a pipeline, platform, other facility, or an obstruction;
(f)Are or become the holder of a right-of-use and easement grant on which there is a well, pipeline, platform, other facility, or an obstruction; or
(g)Re-enter a well that was previously plugged according to this subpart. \[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 88 FR 23580, Apr. 18, 2023\]