30 C.F.R. § 250.1704 When must I submit decommissioning applications and reports?
Title 30 - Mineral Resources
Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 40913, July 19, 2006. You must submit decommissioning applications and receive approval and submit subsequent reports according to the table in this section. [67 FR 35406, May 17, 2002; 67 FR 44265, July 1, 2002; 67 FR 66047, Oct. 30, 2002]
Title 30: Mineral Resources
PART 250—OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
Subpart Q—Decommissioning Activities
General
§ 250.1704 When must I submit decommissioning applications and reports?
Decommissioning Applications and Reports Table------------------------------------------------------------------------ Decommissioning applications and reports When to submit Instructions------------------------------------------------------------------------(a) Initial platform removal In the Pacific OCS Include application [not required in Region or Alaska OCS information the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, submit the required under Region]. application to the § Regional Supervisor 250.1726. at least 2 years before production is projected to cease.(b) Final removal application Before removing a Include for a platform or other platform or other information facility. facility in the Gulf required under of Mexico OCS Region, § or not more than 2 250.1727. years after the submittal of an initial platform removal application to the Pacific OCS Region and the Alaska OCS Region.(c) Post-removal report for a Within 30 days after Include platform or other facility. you remove a platform information or other facility. required under § 250.1729.(d) Pipeline decommissioning Before you Include application. decommission a information pipeline. required under § 250.1751(a) or § 250.1752(a), as applicable.(e) Post-pipeline Within 30 days after Include decommissioning report. you decommission a information pipeline. required under § 250.1753.(f) Site clearance report for Within 30 days after Include a platform or other facility. you complete site information clearance required under verification § activities. 250.1743(b).(g) Form MMS-124, Application (1) Before you Include for Permit to Modify temporarily abandon information (formerly Sundry Notices and or permanently plug a required under Reports on Wells). well or zone. §§ 250.1712 and 250.1721. (2) Within 30 days Include after you plug a well. information required under § 250.1717. (3) Before you install Refer to § a subsea protective 250.1722(a). device. (4) Within 30 days Include after you complete a information protective device required under trawl test. § 250.1722(d). (5) Before you remove Refer to § any casing stub or 250.1723. mud line suspension equipment and any subsea protective device. (6) Within 30 days Include after you complete information site clearance required under verification § activities. 250.1743(a).------------------------------------------------------------------------
