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Title 30: Mineral Resources

PART 250—OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF

Subpart A—General
Contents
AuthoritY anD DEfinition of TErms
§250.101   Authority and applicability.
§250.102   What does this part do?
§250.103   Where can I find more information about the requirements in this part?
§250.104   How may I appeal a decision made under BSEE regulations?
§250.105   Definitions.
PErformancE StanDarDs
§250.106   What standards will the Director use to regulate lease operations?
§250.107   What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment?
§250.108   What requirements must I follow for cranes and other material-handling equipment?
§250.109   What documents must I prepare and maintain related to welding?
§250.110   What must I include in my welding plan?
§250.111   Who oversees operations under my welding plan?
§250.112   What standards must my welding equipment meet?
§250.113   What procedures must I follow when welding?
§250.114   How must I install, maintain, and operate electrical equipment?
§250.115   What are the procedures for, and effects of, incorporation of documents by reference in this part?
§§250.116-250.117   [Reserved]
Gas StoraGE or InJEction
§250.118   Will BSEE approve gas injection?
§250.119   [Reserved]
§250.120   How does injecting, storing, or treating gas affect my royalty payments?
§250.121   What happens when the reservoir contains both original gas in place and injected gas?
§250.122   What effect does subsurface storage have on the lease term?
§250.123   [Reserved]
§250.124   Will BSEE approve gas injection into the cap rock containing a sulphur deposit?
FEEs
§250.125   Service fees.
§250.126   Electronic payment instructions.
InspEctions of OpErations
§250.130   Why does BSEE conduct inspections?
§250.131   Will BSEE notify me before conducting an inspection?
§250.132   What must I do when BSEE conducts an inspection?
§250.133   Will BSEE reimburse me for my expenses related to inspections?
Disqualification

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§250.135   What will BSEE do if my operating performance is unacceptable?
§250.136   How will BSEE determine if my operating performance is unacceptable?
SpEcial TYpEs of Approvals
§250.140   When will I receive an oral approval?
§250.141   May I ever use alternate procedures or equipment?
§250.142   How do I receive approval for departures?
§§250.143-250.144   [Reserved]
§250.145   How do I designate an agent or a local agent?
§250.146   Who is responsible for fulfilling leasehold obligations?
NaminG anD IDEntifYinG FacilitiEs anD WElls (DoEs Not IncluDE MODUs)
§250.150   How do I name facilities and wells in the Gulf of Mexico Region?
§250.151   How do I name facilities in the Pacific Region?
§250.152   How do I name facilities in the Alaska Region?
§250.153   Do I have to rename an existing facility or well?
§250.154   What identification signs must I display?
§§250.160-250.167   [Reserved]
SuspEnsions
§250.168   May operations or production be suspended?
§250.169   What effect does suspension have on my lease?
§250.170   How long does a suspension last?
§250.171   How do I request a suspension?
§250.172   When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOO or SOP?
§250.173   When may the Regional Supervisor direct an SOO or SOP?
§250.174   When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOP?
§250.175   When may the Regional Supervisor grant an SOO?
§250.176   Does a suspension affect my royalty payment?
§250.177   What additional requirements may the Regional Supervisor order for a suspension?
PrimarY LEasE REquirEmEnts, LEasE TErm ExtEnsions, anD LEasE CancEllations
§250.180   What am I required to do to keep my lease term in effect?
§§250.181-250.185   [Reserved]
Information anD REportinG REquirEmEnts
§250.186   What reporting information and report forms must I submit?
§250.187   What are BSEE's incident reporting requirements?
§250.188   What incidents must I report to BSEE and when must I report them?
§250.189   Reporting requirements for incidents requiring immediate notification.
§250.190   Reporting requirements for incidents requiring written notification.
§250.191   How does BSEE conduct incident investigations?
§250.192   What reports and statistics must I submit relating to a hurricane, earthquake, or other natural occurrence?
§250.193   Reports and investigations of possible violations.
§250.194   How must I protect archaeological resources?
§250.195   What notification does BSEE require on the production status of wells?
§250.196   Reimbursements for reproduction and processing costs.
§250.197   Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection.
REfErEncEs
§250.198   Documents incorporated by reference.
§250.199   Paperwork Reduction Act statements—information collection.
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AUTHOrITY aND DEfINITION Of TErms
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§250.101   Authority and applicability.
The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) authorized the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
to regulate oil, gas, and sulphur exploration, development, and production operations on the Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS). Under the Secretary's authority, the Director requires that all operations:
(a) Be conducted according to the OCS Lands Act (OCSLA), the regulations in this part, BSEE orders, the lease
or right-of-way, and other applicable laws, regulations, and amendments; and

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(b) Conform to sound conservation practice to preserve, protect, and develop mineral resources of the OCS to:
(1) Make resources available to meet the Nation's energy needs;
(2) Balance orderly energy resource development with protection of the human, marine, and coastal
environments;
(3) Ensure the public receives a fair and equitable return on the resources of the OCS;
(4) Preserve and maintain free enterprise competition; and
(5) Minimize or eliminate conflicts between the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas
and the recovery of other resources.
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§250.102   What does this part do?
(a) This part 250 contains the regulations of the BSEE Offshore program that govern oil, gas, and sulphur
exploration, development, and production operations on the OCS. When you conduct operations on the OCS, you
must submit requests, applications, and notices, or provide supplemental information for BSEE approval.
(b) The following table of general references shows where to look for information about these processes.
For information about .  .  .
(1) Applications for permit to drill,
(2) Development and Production Plans (DPP),
(3) Downhole commingling,
(4) Exploration Plans (EP),
(5) Flaring,
(6) Gas measurement,
(7) Off-lease geological and geophysical permits,
(8) Oil spill financial responsibility coverage,
(9) Oil and gas production safety systems,
(10) Oil spill response plans,
(11) Oil and gas well-completion operations,
(12) Oil and gas well-workover operations,
(13) Decommissioning Activities,
(14) Platforms and structures,
(15) Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way,
(16) Sulphur operations,
(17) Training,
(18) Unitization,
(19) Safety and Environmental Management Systems
(SEMS),

Refer to .  .  .
30 CFR part 250, subpart D.
30 CFR part 550, subpart B.
30 CFR part 250, subpart K.
30 CFR part 550, subpart B.
30 CFR part 250, subpart K.
30 CFR part 250, subpart L.
30 CFR part 551.
30 CFR part 553.
30 CFR part 250, subpart H.
30 CFR part 254.
30 CFR part 250, subpart E.
30 CFR part 250, subpart F.
30 CFR part 250, subpart Q.
30 CFR part 250, subpart I.
30 CFR part 250, subpart J and 30 CFR part 550,
subpart J.
30 CFR part 250, subpart P.
30 CFR part 250, subpart O.
30 CFR part 250, subpart M.
30 CFR part 250, subpart S.

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 36148, June 6, 2016]

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§250.103   Where can I find more information about the requirements in this part?
BSEE may issue Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) that clarify, supplement, or provide more detail about
certain requirements. NTLs may also outline what you must provide as required information in your various
submissions to BSEE.
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§250.104   How may I appeal a decision made under BSEE regulations?
To appeal orders or decisions issued under BSEE regulations in 30 CFR parts 250 to 282, follow the procedures
in 30 CFR part 290.
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§250.105   Definitions.
Terms used in this part will have the meanings given in the Act and as defined in this section:
Act means the OCS Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.).

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Affected State means with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, or other activity proposed, conducted, or
approved under the provisions of the Act, any State:
(1) The laws of which are declared, under section 4(a)(2) of the Act, to be the law of the United States for the
portion of the OCS on which such activity is, or is proposed to be, conducted;
(2) Which is, or is proposed to be, directly connected by transportation facilities to any artificial island or
installation or other device permanently or temporarily attached to the seabed;
(3) Which is receiving, or according to the proposed activity, will receive oil for processing, refining, or
transshipment that was extracted from the OCS and transported directly to such State by means of vessels or by a
combination of means including vessels;
(4) Which is designated by the Secretary as a State in which there is a substantial probability of significant impact
on or damage to the coastal, marine, or human environment, or a State in which there will be significant changes in the
social, governmental, or economic infrastructure, resulting from the exploration, development, and production of oil
and gas anywhere on the OCS; or
(5) In which the Secretary finds that because of such activity there is, or will be, a significant risk of serious
damage, due to factors such as prevailing winds and currents to the marine or coastal environment in the event of any
oil spill, blowout, or release of oil or gas from vessels, pipelines, or other transshipment facilities.
Air pollutant means any airborne agent or combination of agents for which the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) has established, under section 109 of the Clean Air Act, national primary or secondary ambient air quality
standards.
Analyzed geological information means data collected under a permit or a lease that have been analyzed.
Analysis may include, but is not limited to, identification of lithologic and fossil content, core analysis, laboratory
analyses of physical and chemical properties, well logs or charts, results from formation fluid tests, and descriptions of
hydrocarbon occurrences or hazardous conditions.
Ancillary activities mean those activities on your lease or unit that you:
(1) Conduct to obtain data and information to ensure proper exploration or development of your lease or unit; and
(2) Can conduct without Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approval of an application or permit.
Archaeological interest means capable of providing scientific or humanistic understanding of past human
behavior, cultural adaptation, and related topics through the application of scientific or scholarly techniques, such as
controlled observation, contextual measurement, controlled collection, analysis, interpretation, and explanation.
Archaeological resource means any material remains of human life or activities that are at least 50 years of age
and that are of archaeological interest.
Arctic OCS means the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas (for more information on these areas, see
the Proposed Final OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017 (June 2012) at http://www.boem.gov/Oil-andGas-Energy-Program/Leasing/Five-Year-Program/2012-2017/Program-Area-Maps/index.aspx).
Arctic OCS conditions means, for the purposes of this part, the conditions operators can reasonably expect during
operations on the Arctic OCS. Such conditions, depending on the time of year, include, but are not limited to: Extreme
cold, freezing spray, snow, extended periods of low light, strong winds, dense fog, sea ice, strong currents, and
dangerous sea states. Remote location, relative lack of infrastructure, and the existence of subsistence hunting and
fishing areas are also characteristic of the Arctic region.
Attainment area means, for any air pollutant, an area that is shown by monitored data or that is calculated by air
quality modeling (or other methods determined by the Administrator of EPA to be reliable) not to exceed any primary
or secondary ambient air quality standards established by EPA.
Best available and safest technology (BAST) means the best available and safest technologies that the BSEE
Director determines to be economically feasible wherever failure of equipment would have a significant effect on
safety, health, or the environment.
Best available control technology (BACT) means an emission limitation based on the maximum degree of
reduction for each air pollutant subject to regulation, taking into account energy, environmental and economic impacts,
and other costs. The Regional Supervisor will verify the BACT on a case-by-case basis, and it may include reductions
achieved through the application of processes, systems, and techniques for the control of each air pollutant.
Cap and flow system means an integrated suite of equipment and vessels, including a capping stack and
associated flow lines, that, when installed or positioned, is used to control the flow of fluids escaping from the well by
conveying the fluids to the surface to a vessel or facility equipped to process the flow of oil, gas, and water. A cap and
flow system is a high pressure system that includes the capping stack and piping necessary to convey the flowing
fluids through the choke manifold to the surface equipment.
Capping stack means a mechanical device, including one that is pre-positioned, that can be installed on top of a
subsea or surface wellhead or blowout preventer to stop the uncontrolled flow of fluids into the environment.

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Coastal environment means the physical, atmospheric, and biological components, conditions, and factors that
interactively determine the productivity, state, condition, and quality of the terrestrial ecosystem from the shoreline
inward to the boundaries of the coastal zone.
Coastal zone means the coastal waters (including the lands therein and thereunder) and the adjacent shorelands
(including the waters therein and thereunder) strongly influenced by each other and in proximity to the shorelands of
the several coastal States. The coastal zone includes islands, transition and intertidal areas, salt marshes, wetlands,
and beaches. The coastal zone extends seaward to the outer limit of the U.S. territorial sea and extends inland from
the shorelines to the extent necessary to control shorelands, the uses of which have a direct and significant impact on
the coastal waters, and the inward boundaries of which may be identified by the several coastal States, under the
authority in section 305(b)(1) of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) of 1972.
Competitive reservoir means a reservoir in which there are one or more producible or producing well completions
on each of two or more leases or portions of leases, with different lease operating interests, from which the lessees
plan future production.
Containment dome means a non-pressurized container that can be used to collect fluids escaping from the well or
equipment below the sea surface or from seeps by suspending the device over the discharge or seep location. The
containment dome includes all of the equipment necessary to capture and convey fluids to the surface.
Correlative rights when used with respect to lessees of adjacent leases, means the right of each lessee to be
afforded an equal opportunity to explore for, develop, and produce, without waste, minerals from a common source.
Data means facts and statistics, measurements, or samples that have not been analyzed, processed, or
interpreted.
Departures mean approvals granted by the appropriate BSEE or BOEM representative for operating
requirements/procedures other than those specified in the regulations found in this part. These
requirements/procedures may be necessary to control a well; properly develop a lease; conserve natural resources, or
protect life, property, or the marine, coastal, or human environment.
Development means those activities that take place following discovery of minerals in paying quantities, including
but not limited to geophysical activity, drilling, platform construction, and operation of all directly related onshore
support facilities, and which are for the purpose of producing the minerals discovered.
Development geological and geophysical (G&G) activities mean those G&G and related data-gathering activities
on your lease or unit that you conduct following discovery of oil, gas, or sulphur in paying quantities to detect or imply
the presence of oil, gas, or sulphur in commercial quantities.
Director means the Director of BSEE of the U.S. Department of the Interior, or an official authorized to act on the
Director's behalf.
District Manager means the BSEE officer with authority and responsibility for operations or other designated
program functions for a district within a BSEE Region. For activities on the Alaska OCS, any reference in this part to
District Manager means the BSEE Regional Supervisor.
Easement means an authorization for a nonpossessory, nonexclusive interest in a portion of the OCS, whether
leased or unleased, which specifies the rights of the holder to use the area embraced in the easement in a manner
consistent with the terms and conditions of the granting authority.
Eastern Gulf of Mexico means all OCS areas of the Gulf of Mexico the BOEM Director decides are adjacent to the
State of Florida. The Eastern Gulf of Mexico is not the same as the Eastern Planning Area, an area established for
OCS lease sales.
Emission offsets mean emission reductions obtained from facilities, either onshore or offshore, other than the
facility or facilities covered by the proposed Exploration Plan (EP) or Development and Production Plan (DPP).
Enhanced recovery operations mean pressure maintenance operations, secondary and tertiary recovery, cycling,
and similar recovery operations that alter the natural forces in a reservoir to increase the ultimate recovery of oil or
gas.
Existing facility, as used in 30 CFR 550.303, means an OCS facility described in an Exploration Plan or a
Development and Production Plan approved before June 2, 1980.
Exploration means the commercial search for oil, gas, or sulphur. Activities classified as exploration include but
are not limited to:
(1) Geophysical and geological (G&G) surveys using magnetic, gravity, seismic reflection, seismic refraction, gas
sniffers, coring, or other systems to detect or imply the presence of oil, gas, or sulphur; and
(2) Any drilling conducted for the purpose of searching for commercial quantities of oil, gas, and sulphur, including
the drilling of any additional well needed to delineate any reservoir to enable the lessee to decide whether to proceed
with development and production.

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Facility means:
(1) As used in §250.130, all installations permanently or temporarily attached to the seabed on the OCS (including
manmade islands and bottom-sitting structures). They include mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) or other vessels
engaged in drilling or downhole operations, used for oil, gas or sulphur drilling, production, or related activities. They
include all floating production systems (FPSs), variously described as column-stabilized-units (CSUs); floating
production, storage and offloading facilities (FPSOs); tension-leg platforms (TLPs); spars, etc. They also include
facilities for product measurement and royalty determination (e.g., lease Automatic Custody Transfer Units, gas
meters) of OCS production on installations not on the OCS. Any group of OCS installations interconnected with
walkways, or any group of installations that includes a central or primary installation with processing equipment and
one or more satellite or secondary installations is a single facility. The Regional Supervisor may decide that the
complexity of the individual installations justifies their classification as separate facilities.
(2) As used in 30 CFR 550.303, means all installations or devices permanently or temporarily attached to the
seabed. They include mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), even while operating in the “tender assist” mode (i.e.,
with skid-off drilling units) or other vessels engaged in drilling or downhole operations. They are used for exploration,
development, and production activities for oil, gas, or sulphur and emit or have the potential to emit any air pollutant
from one or more sources. They include all floating production systems (FPSs), including column-stabilized-units
(CSUs); floating production, storage and offloading facilities (FPSOs); tension-leg platforms (TLPs); spars, etc. During
production, multiple installations or devices are a single facility if the installations or devices are at a single site. Any
vessel used to transfer production from an offshore facility is part of the facility while it is physically attached to the
facility.
(3) As used in §250.490(b), means a vessel, a structure, or an artificial island used for drilling, well completion,
well-workover, or production operations.
(4) As used in §§250.900 through 250.921, means all installations or devices permanently or temporarily attached
to the seabed. They are used for exploration, development, and production activities for oil, gas, or sulphur and emit or
have the potential to emit any air pollutant from one or more sources. They include all floating production systems
(FPSs), including column-stabilized-units (CSUs); floating production, storage and offloading facilities (FPSOs);
tension-leg platforms (TLPs); spars, etc. During production, multiple installations or devices are a single facility if the
installations or devices are at a single site. Any vessel used to transfer production from an offshore facility is part of the
facility while it is physically attached to the facility.
(5) As used in subpart S of this part, all types of structures permanently or temporarily attached to the seabed
(e.g., mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs); floating production systems; floating production, storage and offloading
facilities; tension-leg platforms; and spars) that are used for exploration, development, and production activities for oil,
gas, or sulphur in the OCS. Facilities also include DOI-regulated pipelines.
Flaring means the burning of natural gas as it is released into the atmosphere.
Gas reservoir means a reservoir that contains hydrocarbons predominantly in a gaseous (single-phase) state.
Gas-well completion means a well completed in a gas reservoir or in the associated gas-cap of an oil reservoir.
Geological and geophysical (G&G) explorations mean those G&G surveys on your lease or unit that use seismic
reflection, seismic refraction, magnetic, gravity, gas sniffers, coring, or other systems to detect or imply the presence of
oil, gas, or sulphur in commercial quantities.
Governor means the Governor of a State, or the person or entity designated by, or under, State law to exercise
the powers granted to such Governor under the Act.
H2S absent means:
(1) Drilling, logging, coring, testing, or producing operations have confirmed the absence of H2S in concentrations
that could potentially result in atmospheric concentrations of 20 ppm or more of H2S; or
(2) Drilling in the surrounding areas and correlation of geological and seismic data with equivalent stratigraphic
units have confirmed an absence of H2S throughout the area to be drilled.
H2S present means drilling, logging, coring, testing, or producing operations have confirmed the presence of H2S
in concentrations and volumes that could potentially result in atmospheric concentrations of 20 ppm or more of H2S.
H2S unknown means the designation of a zone or geologic formation where neither the presence nor absence of
H2S has been confirmed.
Human environment means the physical, social, and economic components, conditions, and factors that
interactively determine the state, condition, and quality of living conditions, employment, and health of those affected,
directly or indirectly, by activities occurring on the OCS.
Interpreted geological information means geological knowledge, often in the form of schematic cross sections, 3dimensional representations, and maps, developed by determining the geological significance of data and analyzed
geological information.

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Interpreted geophysical information means geophysical knowledge, often in the form of schematic cross sections,
3-dimensional representations, and maps, developed by determining the geological significance of geophysical data
and analyzed geophysical information.
Lease means an agreement that is issued under section 8 or maintained under section 6 of the Act and that
authorizes exploration for, and development and production of, minerals. The term also means the area covered by
that authorization, whichever the context requires.
Lease term pipelines mean those pipelines owned and operated by a lessee or operator that are completely
contained within the boundaries of a single lease, unit, or contiguous (not cornering) leases of that lessee or operator.
Lessee means a person who has entered into a lease with the United States to explore for, develop, and produce
the leased minerals. The term lessee also includes the BOEM-approved assignee of the lease, and the owner or the
BOEM-approved assignee of operating rights for the lease.
Major Federal action means any action or proposal by the Secretary that is subject to the provisions of section
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. (2)(C) (i.e., an action that will have a significant
impact on the quality of the human environment requiring preparation of an environmental impact statement under
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act).
Marine environment means the physical, atmospheric, and biological components, conditions, and factors that
interactively determine the productivity, state, condition, and quality of the marine ecosystem. These include the
waters of the high seas, the contiguous zone, transitional and intertidal areas, salt marshes, and wetlands within the
coastal zone and on the OCS.
Material remains mean physical evidence of human habitation, occupation, use, or activity, including the site,
location, or context in which such evidence is situated.
Maximum efficient rate (MER) means the maximum sustainable daily oil or gas withdrawal rate from a reservoir
that will permit economic development and depletion of that reservoir without detriment to ultimate recovery.
Maximum production rate (MPR) means the approved maximum daily rate at which oil or gas may be produced
from a specified oil-well or gas-well completion.
Minerals include oil, gas, sulphur, geopressured-geothermal and associated resources, and all other minerals that
are authorized by an Act of Congress to be produced.
Natural resources include, without limiting the generality thereof, oil, gas, and all other minerals, and fish, shrimp,
oysters, clams, crabs, lobsters, sponges, kelp, and other marine animal and plant life but does not include water power
or the use of water for the production of power.
Nonattainment area means, for any air pollutant, an area that is shown by monitored data or that is calculated by
air quality modeling (or other methods determined by the Administrator of EPA to be reliable) to exceed any primary or
secondary ambient air quality standard established by EPA.
Nonsensitive reservoir means a reservoir in which ultimate recovery is not decreased by high reservoir production
rates.
Oil reservoir means a reservoir that contains hydrocarbons predominantly in a liquid (single-phase) state.
Oil reservoir with an associated gas cap means a reservoir that contains hydrocarbons in both a liquid and
gaseous (two-phase) state.
Oil-well completion means a well completed in an oil reservoir or in the oil accumulation of an oil reservoir with an
associated gas cap.
Operating rights mean any interest held in a lease with the right to explore for, develop, and produce leased
substances.
Operator means the person the lessee(s) designates as having control or management of operations on the
leased area or a portion thereof. An operator may be a lessee, the BSEE-approved or BOEM-approved designated
agent of the lessee(s), or the holder of operating rights under a BOEM-approved operating rights assignment.
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) means all submerged lands lying seaward and outside of the area of lands
beneath navigable waters as defined in section 2 of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301) whose subsoil and
seabed appertain to the United States and are subject to its jurisdiction and control.
Person includes a natural person, an association (including partnerships, joint ventures, and trusts), a State, a
political subdivision of a State, or a private, public, or municipal corporation.
Pipelines are the piping, risers, and appurtenances installed for transporting oil, gas, sulphur, and produced
waters.
Processed geological or geophysical information means data collected under a permit or a lease that have been
processed or reprocessed. Processing involves changing the form of data to facilitate interpretation. Processing

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operations may include, but are not limited to, applying corrections for known perturbing causes, rearranging or
filtering data, and combining or transforming data elements. Reprocessing is the additional processing other than
ordinary processing used in the general course of evaluation. Reprocessing operations may include varying identified
parameters for the detailed study of a specific problem area.
Production means those activities that take place after the successful completion of any means for the removal of
minerals, including such removal, field operations, transfer of minerals to shore, operation monitoring, maintenance,
and workover operations.
Production areas are those areas where flammable petroleum gas, volatile liquids or sulphur are produced,
processed (e.g., compressed), stored, transferred (e.g., pumped), or otherwise handled before entering the
transportation process.
Projected emissions mean emissions, either controlled or uncontrolled, from a source or sources.
Prospect means a geologic feature having the potential for mineral deposits.
Regional Director means the BSEE officer with responsibility and authority for a Region within BSEE.
Regional Supervisor means the BSEE officer with responsibility and authority for operations or other designated
program functions within a BSEE Region.
Right-of-use means any authorization issued under 30 CFR Part 550 to use OCS lands.
Right-of-way pipelines are those pipelines that are contained within:
(1) The boundaries of a single lease or unit, but are not owned and operated by a lessee or operator of that lease
or unit;
(2) The boundaries of contiguous (not cornering) leases that do not have a common lessee or operator;
(3) The boundaries of contiguous (not cornering) leases that have a common lessee or operator but are not
owned and operated by that common lessee or operator; or
(4) An unleased block(s).
Routine operations, for the purposes of subpart F, mean any of the following operations conducted on a well with
the tree installed:
(1) Cutting paraffin;
(2) Removing and setting pump-through-type tubing plugs, gas-lift valves, and subsurface safety valves that can
be removed by wireline operations;
(3) Bailing sand;
(4) Pressure surveys;
(5) Swabbing;
(6) Scale or corrosion treatment;
(7) Caliper and gauge surveys;
(8) Corrosion inhibitor treatment;
(9) Removing or replacing subsurface pumps;
(10) Through-tubing logging (diagnostics);
(11) Wireline fishing;
(12) Setting and retrieving other subsurface flow-control devices; and
(13) Acid treatments.
Sensitive reservoir means a reservoir in which the production rate will affect ultimate recovery.
Significant archaeological resource means those archaeological resources that meet the criteria of significance for
eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places as defined in 36 CFR 60.4, or its successor.
Source control and containment equipment (SCCE) means the capping stack, cap and flow system, containment
dome, and/or other subsea and surface devices, equipment, and vessels the collective purpose of which is to control a
spill source and stop the flow of fluids into the environment or to contain fluids escaping into the environment. “Surface
devices” refers to equipment mounted or staged on a barge, vessel, or facility to separate, treat, store and/or dispose
of fluids conveyed to the surface by the cap and flow system or the containment dome. “Subsea devices” includes, but
is not limited to, remotely operated vehicles, anchors, buoyancy equipment, connectors, cameras, controls and other

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subsea equipment necessary to facilitate the deployment, operation, and retrieval of the SCCE. The SCCE does not
include a blowout preventer.
Suspension means a granted or directed deferral of the requirement to produce (Suspension of Production (SOP))
or to conduct leaseholding operations (Suspension of Operations (SOO)).
Venting means the release of gas into the atmosphere without igniting it. This includes gas that is released
underwater and bubbles to the atmosphere.
Waste of oil, gas, or sulphur means:
(1) The physical waste of oil, gas, or sulphur;
(2) The inefficient, excessive, or improper use, or the unnecessary dissipation of reservoir energy;
(3) The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing of any oil, gas, or sulphur well(s) in a manner
that causes or tends to cause a reduction in the quantity of oil, gas, or sulphur ultimately recoverable under prudent
and proper operations or that causes or tends to cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of oil or
gas; or
(4) The inefficient storage of oil.
Welding means all activities connected with welding, including hot tapping and burning.
Wellbay is the area on a facility within the perimeter of the outermost wellheads.
Well-completion operations mean the work conducted to establish production from a well after the productioncasing string has been set, cemented, and pressure-tested.
Well-control fluid means drilling mud, completion fluid, or workover fluid as appropriate to the particular operation
being conducted.
Western Gulf of Mexico means all OCS areas of the Gulf of Mexico except those the BOEM Director decides are
adjacent to the State of Florida. The Western Gulf of Mexico is not the same as the Western Planning Area, an area
established for OCS lease sales.
Workover operations mean the work conducted on wells after the initial well-completion operation for the purpose
of maintaining or restoring the productivity of a well.
You means a lessee, the owner or holder of operating rights, a designated operator or agent of the lessee(s), a
pipeline right-of-way holder, or a State lessee granted a right-of-use and easement.
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PErfOrmaNcE STaNDarDs
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§250.106   What standards will the Director use to regulate lease operations?
The Director will regulate all operations under a lease, right-of-use and easement, or right-of-way to:
(a) Promote orderly exploration, development, and production of mineral resources;
(b) Prevent injury or loss of life;
(c) Prevent damage to or waste of any natural resource, property, or the environment; and
(d) Cooperate and consult with affected States, local governments, other interested parties, and relevant Federal
agencies.
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§250.107   What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment?
(a) You must protect health, safety, property, and the environment by:
(1) Performing all operations in a safe and workmanlike manner;
(2) Maintaining all equipment and work areas in a safe condition;
(3) Utilizing recognized engineering practices that reduce risks to the lowest level practicable when conducting
design, fabrication, installation, operation, inspection, repair, and maintenance activities; and

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(4) Complying with all lease, plan, and permit terms and conditions.
(b) You must immediately control, remove, or otherwise correct any hazardous oil and gas accumulation or other
health, safety, or fire hazard.
(c) Best available and safest technology. (1) On all new drilling and production operations and, except as provided
in paragraph (c)(3) of this section, on existing operations, you must use the best available and safest technologies
(BAST) which the Director determines to be economically feasible whenever the Director determines that failure of
equipment would have a significant effect on safety, health, or the environment, except where the Director determines
that the incremental benefits are clearly insufficient to justify the incremental costs of utilizing such technologies.
(2) Conformance with BSEE regulations will be presumed to constitute the use of BAST unless and until the
Director determines that other technologies are required pursuant to paragraph (c)(1) of this section.
(3) The Director may waive the requirement to use BAST on a category of existing operations if the Director
determines that use of BAST by that category of existing operations would not be practicable. The Director may waive
the requirement to use BAST on an existing operation at a specific facility if you submit a waiver request
demonstrating that the use of BAST would not be practicable.
(d) BSEE may issue orders to ensure compliance with this part, including, but not limited to, orders to produce and
submit records and to inspect, repair, and/or replace equipment. BSEE may also issue orders to shut-in operations of
a component or facility because of a threat of serious, irreparable, or immediate harm to health, safety, property, or the
environment posed by those operations or because the operations violate law, including a regulation, order, or
provision of a lease, plan, or permit.
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§250.108   What requirements must I follow for cranes and other material-handling equipment?
(a) All cranes installed on fixed platforms must be operated in accordance with American Petroleum Institute's
Recommended Practice for Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes, API RP 2D (as incorporated by reference
in §250.198).
(b) All cranes installed on fixed platforms must be equipped with a functional anti-two block device.
(c) If a fixed platform is installed after March 17, 2003, all cranes on the platform must meet the requirements of
American Petroleum Institute Specification for Offshore Pedestal Mounted Cranes, API Spec 2C (as incorporated by
reference in §250.198).
(d) All cranes manufactured after March 17, 2003, and installed on a fixed platform, must meet the requirements
of API Spec 2C.
(e) You must maintain records specific to a crane or the operation of a crane installed on an OCS fixed platform,
as follows:
(1) Retain all design and construction records, including installation records for any anti-two block safety devices,
for the life of the crane. The records must be kept at the OCS fixed platform.
(2) Retain all inspection, testing, and maintenance records of cranes for at least 4 years. The records must be
kept at the OCS fixed platform.
(3) Retain the qualification records of the crane operator and all rigger personnel for at least 4 years. The records
must be kept at the OCS fixed platform.
(f) You must operate and maintain all other material-handling equipment in a manner that ensures safe operations
and prevents pollution.
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§250.109   What documents must I prepare and maintain related to welding?
(a) You must submit a Welding Plan to the District Manager before you begin drilling or production activities on a
lease. You may not begin welding until the District Manager has approved your plan.
(b) You must keep the following at the site where welding occurs:
(1) A copy of the plan and its approval letter; and
(2) Drawings showing the designated safe-welding areas.
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You must include all of the following in the welding plan that you prepare under §250.109:
(a) Standards or requirements for welders;
(b) How you will ensure that only qualified personnel weld;
(c) Practices and procedures for safe welding that address:
(1) Welding in designated safe areas;
(2) Welding in undesignated areas, including wellbay;
(3) Fire watches;
(4) Maintenance of welding equipment; and
(5) Plans showing all designated safe-welding areas.
(d) How you will prevent spark-producing activities (i.e., grinding, abrasive blasting/cutting and arc-welding) in
hazardous locations.
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§250.111   Who oversees operations under my welding plan?
A welding supervisor or a designated person in charge must be thoroughly familiar with your welding plan. This
person must ensure that each welder is properly qualified according to the welding plan. This person also must inspect
all welding equipment before welding.
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§250.112   What standards must my welding equipment meet?
Your welding equipment must meet the following requirements:
(a) All engine-driven welding equipment must be equipped with spark arrestors and drip pans;
(b) Welding leads must be completely insulated and in good condition;
(c) Hoses must be leak-free and equipped with proper fittings, gauges, and regulators; and
(d) Oxygen and fuel gas bottles must be secured in a safe place.
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§250.113   What procedures must I follow when welding?
(a) Before you weld, you must move any equipment containing hydrocarbons or other flammable substances at
least 35 feet horizontally from the welding area. You must move similar equipment on lower decks at least 35 feet from
the point of impact where slag, sparks, or other burning materials could fall. If moving this equipment is impractical,
you must protect that equipment with flame-proofed covers, shield it with metal or fire-resistant guards or curtains, or
render the flammable substances inert.
(b) While you weld, you must monitor all water-discharge-point sources from hydrocarbon-handling vessels. If a
discharge of flammable fluids occurs, you must stop welding.
(c) If you cannot weld in one of the designated safe-welding areas that you listed in your safe welding plan, you
must meet the following requirements:
(1) You may not begin welding until:
(i) The welding supervisor or designated person in charge advises in writing that it is safe to weld.
(ii) You and the designated person in charge inspect the work area and areas below it for potential fire and
explosion hazards.
(2) During welding, the person in charge must designate one or more persons as a fire watch. The fire watch
must:
(i) Have no other duties while actual welding is in progress;
(ii) Have usable firefighting equipment;
(iii) Remain on duty for 30 minutes after welding activities end; and
(iv) Maintain a continuous surveillance with a portable gas detector during the welding and burning operation if
welding occurs in an area not equipped with a gas detector.

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(3) You may not weld piping, containers, tanks, or other vessels that have contained a flammable substance
unless you have rendered the contents inert and the designated person in charge has determined it is safe to weld.
This does not apply to approved hot taps.
(4) You may not weld within 10 feet of a wellbay unless you have shut in all producing wells in that wellbay.
(5) You may not weld within 10 feet of a production area, unless you have shut in that production area.
(6) You may not weld while you drill, complete, workover, or conduct wireline operations unless:
(i) The fluids in the well (being drilled, completed, worked over, or having wireline operations conducted) are
noncombustible; and
(ii) You have precluded the entry of formation hydrocarbons into the wellbore by either mechanical means or a
positive overbalance toward the formation.
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§250.114   How must I install, maintain, and operate electrical equipment?
The requirements in this section apply to all electrical equipment on all platforms, artificial islands, fixed structures,
and their facilities.
(a) You must classify all areas according to API RP 500, Recommended Practice for Classification of Locations
for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities Classified as Class I, Division 1 and Division 2 (as incorporated by
reference in §250.198), or API RP 505, Recommended Practice for Classification of Locations for Electrical
Installations at Petroleum Facilities Classified as Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2 (as incorporated by reference in
§250.198).
(b) Employees who maintain your electrical systems must have expertise in area classification and the
performance, operation and hazards of electrical equipment.
(c) You must install all electrical systems according to API RP 14F, Recommended Practice for Design and
Installation of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class I,
Division 1, and Division 2 Locations (as incorporated by reference in §250.198), or API RP 14FZ, Recommended
Practice for Design and Installation of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for
Unclassified and Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2 Locations (as incorporated by reference in §250.198).
(d) On each engine that has an electric ignition system, you must use an ignition system designed and maintained
to reduce the release of electrical energy.
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§250.115   What are the procedures for, and effects of, incorporation of documents by reference in this part?
For the documents incorporated by reference in this part:
(a) Incorporation by reference of a document is limited to the edition of the document, or the specific edition and
supplement or addendum, that is cited in §250.198. Future amendments or revisions of the incorporated document are
not included. BSEE will publish any changes to the incorporation of the document in the FEDEral REGistEr and amend
§250.198 as appropriate.
(b) BSEE may make a rule amending the incorporation of a document effective without prior opportunity for public
comment when BSEE determines:
(1) That the revisions to the document result in safety improvements or represent new industry standard
technology and do not impose undue costs on the affected parties; and
(2) BSEE meets the requirements for making a rule immediately effective under 5 U.S.C. 553.
(c) The effect of incorporation by reference of a document into the regulations in this part is that the incorporated
document is a requirement. When a section in this part refers to an incorporated document, you are responsible for
complying with the provisions of that entire document, except to the extent that the section that refers to the document
provides otherwise. When a section in this part refers to a part of an incorporated document, you are responsible for
complying with that part of the document as provided in that section.
(d) Under §§250.141 and 250.142, you may comply with a later edition of a specific document incorporated by
reference, provided:
(1) You show that complying with the later edition provides a degree of protection, safety, or performance equal to
or better than would be achieved by compliance with the listed edition; and
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§§250.116-250.117   [Reserved]
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Gas STOragE Or INJEcTION
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§250.118   Will BSEE approve gas injection?
The Regional Supervisor may authorize you to inject gas on the OCS, on and off-lease, to promote conservation
of natural resources and to prevent waste.
(a) To receive BSEE approval for injection, you must:
(1) Show that the injection will not result in undue interference with operations under existing leases; and
(2) Submit a written application to the Regional Supervisor for injection of gas.
(b) The Regional Supervisor will approve gas injection applications that:
(1) Enhance recovery;
(2) Prevent flaring of casinghead gas; or
(3) Implement other conservation measures approved by the Regional Supervisor.
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§250.119   [Reserved]
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§250.120   How does injecting, storing, or treating gas affect my royalty payments?
(a) If you produce gas from an OCS lease and inject it into a reservoir on the lease or unit for the purposes cited in
§250.118(b), you are not required to pay royalties until you remove or sell the gas from the reservoir.
(b) If you produce gas from an OCS lease and store it according to 30 CFR 550.119, you must pay royalty before
injecting it into the storage reservoir.
(c) If you produce gas from an OCS lease and treat it at an off-lease or off-unit location, you must pay royalties
when the gas is first produced.
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§250.121   What happens when the reservoir contains both original gas in place and injected gas?
If the reservoir contains both original gas in place and injected gas, when you produce gas from the reservoir you
must use a BSEE-approved formula to determine the amounts of injected or stored gas and gas original to the
reservoir.
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§250.122   What effect does subsurface storage have on the lease term?
If you use a lease area for subsurface storage of gas, it does not affect the continuance or expiration of the lease.
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§250.123   [Reserved]
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§250.124   Will BSEE approve gas injection into the cap rock containing a sulphur deposit?
To receive the Regional Supervisor's approval to inject gas into the cap rock of a salt dome containing a sulphur
deposit, you must show that the injection:
(a) Is necessary to recover oil and gas contained in the cap rock; and
(b) Will not significantly increase potential hazards to present or future sulphur mining operations.

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FEEs
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§250.125   Service fees.
(a) The table in this paragraph (a) shows the fees that you must pay to BSEE for the services listed. The fees will
be adjusted periodically according to the Implicit Price Deflator for Gross Domestic Product by publication of a
document in the FEDEral REGistEr. If a significant adjustment is needed to arrive at the new actual cost for any reason
other than inflation, then a proposed rule containing the new fees will be published in the FEDEral REGistEr for comment.
Service—processing of the
following:
(1) Suspension of
Operations/Suspension of
Production (SOO/SOP) Request
(2) Deepwater Operations Plan
(DWOP)
(3) Application for Permit to Drill
(APD); Form BSEE-0123

Fee amount
$2,123

30 CFR citation
§250.171(e).

$3,599

§250.292(q).

$2,113 for initial applications only; no fee for revisions

§250.410(d);
§250.513(b);
§250.1617(a).
§250.465(b);
§250.513(b);
§250.613(b);
§250.1618(a);
§250.1704(g).
§250.842.

(4) Application for Permit to
$125
Modify (APM); Form BSEE-0124

$5,426
$14,280 additional fee will be charged if BSEE conducts a
pre-production inspection of a facility offshore, and $7,426
for an inspection of a facility while in a shipyard
A component is a piece of equipment or ancillary system
that is protected by one or more of the safety devices
required by API RP 14C (as incorporated by reference in
§250.198)
$1,314
(6) New Facility Production
$8,967 additional fee will be charged if BSEE conducts a
Safety System Application for
facility with 25-125 components pre-production inspection of a facility offshore, and $5,141
for an inspection of a facility while in a shipyard
$652
(7) New Facility Production
Safety System Application for
facility with fewer than 25
components
$605
(8) Production Safety System
Application—Modification with
more than 125 components
reviewed
$217
(9) Production Safety System
Application—Modification with
25-125 components reviewed
(10) Production Safety System $92
Application—Modification with
fewer than 25 components
reviewed
$22,734
(11) Platform Application—
Installation—Under the Platform
Verification Program
$3,256
(12) Platform Application—
Installation—Fixed Structure
Under the Platform Approval
Program
$1,657
(13) Platform Application—
Installation—Caisson/Well
Protector
(14) Platform Application—
$3,884
Modification/Repair
(15) New Pipeline Application
$3,541
(Lease Term)
(5) New Facility Production
Safety System Application for
facility with more than 125
components

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§250.842.

§250.842.

§250.842.

§250.842.

§250.842.

§250.905(l).

§250.905(l).

§250.905(l)

§250.905(l).
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(16) Pipeline Application—
$2,056
Modification (Lease Term)
(17) Pipeline Application—
$4,169
Modification (ROW)
(18) Pipeline Repair Notification $388
(19) Pipeline Right-of-Way
$2,771
(ROW) Grant Application
(20) Pipeline Conversion of
$236
Lease Term to ROW
(21) Pipeline ROW Assignment $201
(22) 500 Feet From Lease/Unit $3,892
Line Production Request
(23) Gas Cap Production
$4,953
Request
(24) Downhole Commingling
$5,779
Request
$4,056
(25) Complex Surface
Commingling and Measurement
Application
$1,371
(26) Simple Surface
Commingling and Measurement
Application
(27) Voluntary Unitization
$12,619
Proposal or Unit Expansion
(28) Unitization Revision
$896
(29) Application to Remove a
$4,684
Platform or Other Facility
$1,142
(30) Application to
Decommission a Pipeline (Lease
Term)
(31) Application to
$2,170
Decommission a Pipeline (ROW)

§250.1000(b).
§250.1000(b).
§250.1008(e).
§250.1015(a).
§250.1015(a).
§250.1018(b).
§250.1156(a).
§250.1157.
§250.1158(a).
§250.1202(a);
§250.1203(b);
§250.1204(a).
§250.1202(a);
§250.1203(b);
§250.1204(a).
§250.1303(d).
§250.1303(d).
§250.1727.
§250.1751(a) or
§250.1752(a).
§250.1751(a) or
§250.1752(a).

(b) Payment of the fees listed in paragraph (a) of this section must accompany the submission of the document for
approval or be sent to an office identified by the Regional Director. Once a fee is paid, it is nonrefundable, even if an
application or other request is withdrawn. If your application is returned to you as incomplete, you are not required to
submit a new fee when you submit the amended application.
(c) Verbal approvals are occasionally given in special circumstances. Any action that will be considered a verbal
permit approval requires either a paper permit application to follow the verbal approval or an electronic application
submittal within 72 hours. Payment must be made with the completed paper or electronic application.
[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 77 FR 50891, Aug. 22, 2012; 78 FR 60213, Oct. 1, 2013; 81 FR 26014, Apr. 29, 2016; 81 FR
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§250.126   Electronic payment instructions.
(a) You must file all payments electronically through the Fees for Services page on the BSEE Web site at
http://www.bsee.gov. This includes, but is not limited to, all OCS applications, permits, or any filing fees. You must
include a copy of the Pay.gov confirmation receipt page with your application, permit, or filing fee.
(b) If you submitted an application or permit through eWell, you must use the interactive payment feature in that
system, which directs you through Pay.gov to make a payment. It is recommended that you keep a copy of your
payment confirmation receipt in the event that any questions arise regarding your transaction.
[81 FR 36149, June 6, 2016]

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INspEcTIONs Of OpEraTIONs
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§250.130   Why does BSEE conduct inspections?
BSEE will inspect OCS facilities and any vessels engaged in drilling or other downhole operations. These include
facilities under jurisdiction of other Federal agencies that we inspect by agreement. We conduct these inspections:
(a) To verify that you are conducting operations according to the Act, the regulations, the lease, right-of-way, the

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BOEM-approved Exploration Plan or Development and Production Plans; or right-of-use and easement, and other
applicable laws and regulations; and
(b) To determine whether equipment designed to prevent or ameliorate blowouts, fires, spillages, or other major
accidents has been installed and is operating properly according to the requirements of this part.
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§250.131   Will BSEE notify me before conducting an inspection?
BSEE conducts both scheduled and unscheduled inspections.
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§250.132   What must I do when BSEE conducts an inspection?
(a) When BSEE conducts an inspection, you must provide:
(1) Access to all platforms, artificial islands, and other installations on your leases or associated with your lease,
right-of-use and easement, or right-of-way; and
(2) Helicopter landing sites and refueling facilities for any helicopters we use to regulate offshore operations.
(b) You must make the following available for us to inspect:
(1) The area covered under a lease, right-of-use and easement, right-of-way, or permit;
(2) All improvements, structures, and fixtures on these areas; and
(3) All records of design, construction, operation, maintenance, repairs, or investigations on or related to the area.
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§250.133   Will BSEE reimburse me for my expenses related to inspections?
Upon request, BSEE will reimburse you for food, quarters, and transportation that you provide for BSEE
representatives while they inspect lease facilities and operations. You must send us your reimbursement request
within 90 days of the inspection.
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DIsQUaLIfIcaTION
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§250.135   What will BSEE do if my operating performance is unacceptable?
BSEE will determine if your operating performance is unacceptable. BSEE will refer a determination of
unacceptable performance to BOEM, who may disapprove or revoke your designation as operator on a single facility
or multiple facilities. We will give you adequate notice and opportunity for a review by BSEE officials before making a
determination that your operating performance is unacceptable.
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§250.136   How will BSEE determine if my operating performance is unacceptable?
In determining if your operating performance is unacceptable, BSEE will consider, individually or collectively:
(a) Accidents and their nature;
(b) Pollution events, environmental damages and their nature;
(c) Incidents of noncompliance;
(d) Civil penalties;
(e) Failure to adhere to OCS lease obligations; or
(f) Any other relevant factors.
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SpEcIaL TYpEs Of ApprOVaLs
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§250.140   When will I receive an oral approval?
When you apply for BSEE approval of any activity, we normally give you a written decision. The following table
shows circumstances under which we may give an oral approval.
When you
.  .  .
(a)
Request
approval
orally
(b)
Request
approval in
writing,
(c)
Request
approval
orally for
gas flaring,

We may .  .  . And .  .  .
Give you an You must then confirm the oral request by sending us a written request within 72 hours.
oral approval,

Give you an
oral approval
if quick action
is needed,
Give you an
oral approval,

We will send you a written approval afterward. It will include any conditions that we place
on the oral approval.

You don't have to follow up with a written request unless the Regional Supervisor requires
it. When you stop the approved flaring, you must promptly send a letter summarizing the
location, dates and hours, and volumes of liquid hydrocarbons produced and gas flared by
the approved flaring (see 30 CFR 250, subpart K).

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§250.141   May I ever use alternate procedures or equipment?
You may use alternate procedures or equipment after receiving approval as described in this section.
(a) Any alternate procedures or equipment that you propose to use must provide a level of safety and
environmental protection that equals or surpasses current BSEE requirements.
(b) You must receive the District Manager's or Regional Supervisor's written approval before you can use
alternate procedures or equipment.
(c) To receive approval, you must either submit information or give an oral presentation to the appropriate
Regional Supervisor. Your presentation must describe the site-specific application(s), performance characteristics, and
safety features of the proposed procedure or equipment.
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§250.142   How do I receive approval for departures?
We may approve departures to the operating requirements. You may apply for a departure by writing to the
District Manager or Regional Supervisor.
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§§250.143-250.144   [Reserved]
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§250.145   How do I designate an agent or a local agent?
(a) You or your designated operator may designate for the Regional Supervisor's approval, or the Regional
Director may require you to designate an agent empowered to fulfill your obligations under the Act, the lease, or the
regulations in this part.
(b) You or your designated operator may designate for the Regional Supervisor's approval a local agent
empowered to receive notices and submit requests, applications, notices, or supplemental information.
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§250.146   Who is responsible for fulfilling leasehold obligations?
(a) When you are not the sole lessee, you and your co-lessee(s) are jointly and severally responsible for fulfilling
your obligations under the provisions of 30 CFR parts 250 through 282 and 30 CFR parts 550 through 582 unless
otherwise provided in these regulations.
(b) If your designated operator fails to fulfill any of your obligations under 30 CFR parts 250 through 282 and 30
CFR parts 550 through 582, the Regional Supervisor may require you or any or all of your co-lessees to fulfill those
obligations or other operational obligations under the Act, the lease, or the regulations.
(c) Whenever the regulations in 30 CFR parts 250 through 282 and 30 CFR parts 550 through 582 require the
lessee to meet a requirement or perform an action, the lessee, operator (if one has been designated), and the person
actually performing the activity to which the requirement applies are jointly and severally responsible for complying

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NamINg aND IDENTIfYINg FacILITIEs aND WELLs (DOEs NOT INcLUDE MODUs)
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§250.150   How do I name facilities and wells in the Gulf of Mexico Region?
(a) Assign each facility a letter designation except for those types of facilities identified in paragraph (c)(1) of this
section. For example, A, B, CA, or CB.
(1) After a facility is installed, rename each predrilled well that was assigned only a number and was suspended
temporarily at the mudline or at the surface. Use a letter and number designation. The letter used must be the same as
that of the production facility, and the number used must correspond to the order in which the well was completed, not
necessarily the number assigned when it was drilled. For example, the first well completed for production on Facility A
would be renamed Well A-1, the second would be Well A-2, and so on; and
(2) When you have more than one facility on a block, each facility installed, and not bridge-connected to another
facility, must be named using a different letter in sequential order. For example, EC 222A, EC 222B, EC 222C.
(3) When you have more than one facility on multiple blocks in a local area being co-developed, each facility
installed and not connected with a walkway to another facility should be named using a different letter in sequential
order with the block number corresponding to the block on which the platform is located. For example, EC 221A, EC
222B, and EC 223C.
(b) In naming multiple well caissons, you must assign a letter designation.
(c) In naming single well caissons, you must use certain criteria as follows:
(1) For single well caissons not attached to a facility with a walkway, use the well designation. For example, Well
No. 1;
(2) For single well caissons attached to a facility with a walkway, use the same designation as the facility. For
example, rename Well No.10 as A-10; and
(3) For single well caissons with production equipment, use a letter designation for the facility name and a letter
plus number designation for the well. For example, the Well No. 1 caisson would be designated as Facility A, and the
well would be Well A-1.
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§250.151   How do I name facilities in the Pacific Region?
The operator assigns a name to the facility.
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§250.152   How do I name facilities in the Alaska Region?
Facilities will be named and identified according to the Regional Director's directions.
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§250.153   Do I have to rename an existing facility or well?
You do not have to rename facilities installed and wells drilled before January 27, 2000, unless the Regional
Director requires it.
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§250.154   What identification signs must I display?
(a) You must identify all facilities, artificial islands, and mobile offshore drilling units with a sign maintained in a
legible condition.
(1) You must display an identification sign that can be viewed from the waterline on at least one side of the
platform. The sign must use at least 3-inch letters and figures.
(2) When helicopter landing facilities are present, you must display an additional identification sign that is visible
from the air. The sign must use at least 12-inch letters and figures and must also display the weight capacity of the
helipad unless noted on the top of the helipad. If this sign is visible to both helicopter and boat traffic, then the sign in
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(3) Your identification sign must:
(i) List the name of the lessee or designated operator;
(ii) In the GOM OCS Region, list the area designation or abbreviation and the block number of the facility location
as depicted on OCS Official Protraction Diagrams or leasing maps;
(iii) In the Pacific OCS Region, list the lease number on which the facility is located; and
(iv) List the name of the platform, structure, artificial island, or mobile offshore drilling unit.
(b) You must identify singly completed wells and multiple completions as follows:
(1) For each singly completed well, list the lease number and well number on the wellhead or on a sign affixed to
the wellhead;
(2) For wells with multiple completions, downhole splitter wells, and multilateral wells, identify each completion in
addition to the well name and lease number individually on the well flowline at the wellhead; and
(3) For subsea wells that flow individually into separate pipelines, affix the required sign on the pipeline or surface
flowline dedicated to that subsea well at a convenient location on the receiving platform. For multiple subsea wells that
flow into a common pipeline or pipelines, no sign is required.
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§§250.160-250.167   [Reserved]
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SUspENsIONs
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§250.168   May operations or production be suspended?
(a) You may request approval of a suspension, or the Regional Supervisor may direct a suspension (Directed
Suspension), for all or any part of a lease or unit area.
(b) Depending on the nature of the suspended activity, suspensions are labeled either Suspensions of Operations
(SOO) or Suspensions of Production (SOP).
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§250.169   What effect does suspension have on my lease?
(a) A suspension may extend the term of a lease (see §250.180(b), (d), and (e)). The extension is equal to the
length of time the suspension is in effect, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section.
(b) A Directed Suspension does not extend the term of a lease when the Regional Supervisor directs a
suspension because of:
(1) Gross negligence; or
(2) A willful violation of a provision of the lease or governing statutes and regulations.
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§250.170   How long does a suspension last?
(a) BSEE may issue suspensions for up to 5 years per suspension. The Regional Supervisor will set the length of
the suspension based on the conditions of the individual case involved. BSEE may grant consecutive suspension
periods.
(b) An SOO ends automatically when the suspended operation commences.
(c) An SOP ends automatically when production begins.
(d) A Directed Suspension normally ends as specified in the letter directing the suspension.
(e) BSEE may terminate any suspension when the Regional Supervisor determines the circumstances that
justified the suspension no longer exist or that other lease conditions warrant termination. The Regional Supervisor will
notify you of the reasons for termination and the effective date.
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§250.171   How do I request a suspension?

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You must submit your request for a suspension to the Regional Supervisor, and BSEE must receive the request
before the end of the lease term (i.e., end of primary term, end of the 1-year period following the last leaseholding
operation, and end of a current suspension). Your request must include:
(a) The justification for the suspension including the length of suspension requested;
(b) A reasonable schedule of work leading to the commencement or restoration of the suspended activity;
(c) A statement that a well has been drilled on the lease and determined to be producible according to §250.1603
(SOP only), 30 CFR 550.115, or 30 CFR 550.116;
(d) A commitment to production (SOP only); and
(e) The service fee listed in §250.125 of this subpart.
[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 82 FR 26744, June 9, 2017]

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§250.172   When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOO or SOP?
The Regional Supervisor may grant or direct an SOO or SOP under any of the following circumstances:
(a) When necessary to comply with judicial decrees prohibiting any activities or the permitting of those activities.
The effective date of the suspension will be the effective date required by the action of the court;
(b) When activities pose a threat of serious, irreparable, or immediate harm or damage. This would include a
threat to life (including fish and other aquatic life), property, any mineral deposit, or the marine, coastal, or human
environment. BSEE may require you to do a site-specific study (see §250.177(a)).
(c) When necessary for the installation of safety or environmental protection equipment;
(d) When necessary to carry out the requirements of NEPA or to conduct an environmental analysis; or
(e) When necessary to allow for inordinate delays encountered in obtaining required permits or consents,
including administrative or judicial challenges or appeals.
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§250.173   When may the Regional Supervisor direct an SOO or SOP?
The Regional Supervisor may direct a suspension when:
(a) You failed to comply with an applicable law, regulation, order, or provision of a lease or permit; or
(b) The suspension is in the interest of National security or defense.
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§250.174   When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOP?
The Regional Supervisor may grant or direct an SOP when the suspension is in the National interest, and it is
necessary because the suspension will meet one of the following criteria:
(a) It will allow you to properly develop a lease, including time to construct and install production facilities;
(b) It will allow you time to obtain adequate transportation facilities;
(c) It will allow you time to enter a sales contract for oil, gas, or sulphur. You must show that you are making an
effort to enter into the contract(s); or
(d) It will avoid continued operations that would result in premature abandonment of a producing well(s).
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§250.175   When may the Regional Supervisor grant an SOO?
(a) The Regional Supervisor may grant an SOO when necessary to allow you time to begin drilling or other
operations when you are prevented by reasons beyond your control, such as unexpected weather, unavoidable
accidents, or drilling rig delays.
(b) The Regional Supervisor may grant an SOO when all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The lease was issued with a primary lease term of 5 years, or with a primary term of 8 years with a
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(2) Before the end of the third year of the primary term, you or your predecessor in interest must have acquired
and interpreted geophysical information that indicates:
(i) The presence of a salt sheet;
(ii) That all or a portion of a potential hydrocarbon-bearing formation may lie beneath or adjacent to the salt sheet;
and
(iii) The salt sheet interferes with identification of the potential hydrocarbon-bearing formation.
(3) The interpreted geophysical information required under paragraph (b)(2) of this section must include full 3-D
depth migration beneath the salt sheet and over the entire lease area.
(4) Before requesting the suspension, you have conducted or are conducting additional data processing or
interpretation of the geophysical information with the objective of identifying a potential hydrocarbon-bearing formation.
(5) You demonstrate that additional time is necessary to:
(i) Complete current processing or interpretation of existing geophysical data or information;
(ii) Acquire, process, or interpret new geophysical data or information; or
(iii) Drill into the potential hydrocarbon-bearing formation identified as a result of the activities conducted in
paragraphs (b)(2), (b)(4), and (b)(5) of this section.
(c) The Regional Supervisor may grant an SOO to conduct additional geological and geophysical data analysis
that may lead to the drilling of a well below 25,000 feet true vertical depth below the datum at mean sea level (TVD
SS) when all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The lease was issued with a primary lease term of:
(i) Five years; or
(ii) Eight years with a requirement to drill within 5 years.
(2) Before the end of the fifth year of the primary term, you or your predecessor in interest must have acquired
and interpreted geophysical information that:
(i) Indicates that all or a portion of a potential hydrocarbon-bearing formation lies below 25,000 feet TVD SS; and
(ii) Includes full 3-D depth migration over the entire lease area.
(3) Before requesting the suspension, you have conducted or are conducting additional data processing or
interpretation of the geophysical information with the objective of identifying a potential hydrocarbon-bearing geologic
structure or stratigraphic trap lying below 25,000 feet TVD SS.
(4) You demonstrate that additional time is necessary to:
(i) Complete current processing or interpretation of existing geophysical data or information;
(ii) Acquire, process, or interpret new geophysical or geological data or information that would affect the decision
to drill the same geologic structure or stratigraphic trap, as determined by the Regional Supervisor, identified in
paragraphs (c)(2) and (c)(3) of this section; or
(iii) Drill a well below 25,000 feet TVD SS into the geologic structure or stratigraphic trap identified as a result of
the activities conducted in paragraphs (c)(2), (c)(3), and (c)(4)(i) and (ii) of this section.
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§250.176   Does a suspension affect my royalty payment?
A directed suspension may affect the payment of rental or royalties for the lease as provided in 30 CFR 1218.154.
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§250.177   What additional requirements may the Regional Supervisor order for a suspension?
If BSEE grants or directs a suspension under paragraph §250.172(b), the Regional Supervisor may require you
to:
(a) Conduct a site-specific study.
(1) The Regional Supervisor must approve or prescribe the scope for any site-specific study that you perform.
(2) The study must evaluate the cause of the hazard, the potential damage, and the available mitigation
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(3) You must pay for the study unless you request, and the Regional Supervisor agrees to arrange, payment by
another party.
(4) You must furnish copies and results of the study to the Regional Supervisor.
(5) BSEE will make the results available to other interested parties and to the public.
(6) The Regional Supervisor will use the results of the study and any other information that becomes available:
(i) To decide if the suspension can be lifted; and
(ii) To determine any actions that you must take to mitigate or avoid any damage to the environment, life, or
property.
(b) Submit a revised Exploration Plan (including any required mitigating measures);
(c) Submit a revised Development and Production Plan (including any required mitigating measures); or
(d) Submit a revised Development Operations Coordination Document according to 30 CFR part 550, subpart B.
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PrImarY LEasE REQUIrEmENTs, LEasE TErm EXTENsIONs, aND LEasE CaNcELLaTIONs
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§250.180   What am I required to do to keep my lease term in effect?
(a) If your lease is in its primary term:
(1) You must submit a report to the District Manager according to paragraphs (h) and (i) of this section whenever
production begins initially, whenever production ceases during the last year of the primary term, and whenever
production resumes during the last year of the primary term.
(2) Your lease expires at the end of its primary term unless you are conducting operations on your lease (see 30
CFR part 556). For purposes of this section, the term operations means, drilling, well-reworking, or production in
paying quantities. The objective of the drilling or well-reworking must be to establish production in paying quantities on
the lease.
(b) If you stop conducting operations during the last year of your primary lease term, your lease will expire unless
you either resume operations or receive an SOO or an SOP from the Regional Supervisor under §250.172, §250.173,
§250.174, or §250.175 before the end of the year after you stop operations.
(c) If you extend your lease term under paragraph (b) of this section, you must pay rental or minimum royalty, as
appropriate, for each year or part of the year during which your lease continues in force beyond the end of the primary
lease term.
(d) If you stop conducting operations on a lease that has continued beyond its primary term, your lease will expire
unless you resume operations or receive an SOO or an SOP from the Regional Supervisor under §250.172, §250.173,
§250.174, or §250.175 before the end of the year after you stop operations.
(e) You may ask the Regional Supervisor to allow you more than a year to resume operations on a lease
continued beyond its primary term when operating conditions warrant. The request must be in writing and explain the
operating conditions that warrant a longer period. In allowing additional time, the Regional Supervisor must determine
that the longer period is in the National interest, and it conserves resources, prevents waste, or protects correlative
rights.
(f) When you begin conducting operations on a lease that has continued beyond its primary term, you must
immediately notify the District Manager either orally or by fax or e-mail and follow up with a written report according to
paragraph (g) of this section.
(g) If your lease is continued beyond its primary term, you must submit a report to the District Manager under
paragraphs (h) and (i) of this section whenever production begins initially, whenever production ceases, whenever
production resumes before the end of the 1-year period after having ceased, or whenever drilling or well-reworking
operations begin before the end of the 1-year period.
(h) The reports required by paragraphs (a) and (g) of this section must contain:
(1) Name of lessee or operator;
(2) The well number, lease number, area, and block;
(3) As appropriate, the unit agreement name and number; and
(4) A description of the operation and pertinent dates.

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(i) You must submit the reports required by paragraphs (a) and (g) of this section within the following timeframes:
(1) Initialization of production—within 5 days of initial production.
(2) Cessation of production—within 15 days after the first full month of zero production.
(3) Resumption of production—within 5 days of resuming production after ceasing production under paragraph (i)
(2) of this section.
(4) Drilling or well reworking operations—within 5 days of beginning and completing the leaseholding operations.
(j) For leases continued beyond the primary term, you must immediately report to the District Manager if
operations do not begin before the end of the 1-year period.
[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 82 FR 26744, June 9, 2017]

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§§250.181-250.185   [Reserved]
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§250.186   What reporting information and report forms must I submit?
(a) You must submit information and reports as BSEE requires.
(1) You may obtain copies of forms from, and submit completed forms to, the District Manager or Regional
Supervisor.
(2) Instead of paper copies of forms available from the District Manager or Regional Supervisor, you may use your
own computer-generated forms that are equal in size to BSEE's forms. You must arrange the data on your form
identical to the BSEE form. If you generate your own form and it omits terms and conditions contained on the official
BSEE form, we will consider it to contain the omitted terms and conditions.
(3) You may submit digital data when the Region/District is equipped to accept it.
(b) When BSEE specifies, you must include, for public information, an additional copy of such reports.
(1) You must mark it Public Information
(2) You must include all required information, except information exempt from public disclosure under §250.197 or
otherwise exempt from public disclosure under law or regulation.
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§250.187   What are BSEE's incident reporting requirements?
(a) You must report all incidents listed in §250.188(a) and (b) to the District Manager. The specific reporting
requirements for these incidents are contained in §§250.189 and 250.190.
(b) These reporting requirements apply to incidents that occur on the area covered by your lease, right-of-use and
easement, pipeline right-of-way, or other permit issued by BOEM or BSEE, and that are related to operations resulting
from the exercise of your rights under your lease, right-of-use and easement, pipeline right-of-way, or permit.
(c) Nothing in this subpart relieves you from making notifications and reports of incidents that may be required by
other regulatory agencies.
(d) You must report all spills of oil or other liquid pollutants in accordance with 30 CFR 254.46.
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§250.188   What incidents must I report to BSEE and when must I report them?
(a) You must report the following incidents to the District Manager immediately via oral communication, and
provide a written follow-up report (hard copy or electronically transmitted) within 15 calendar days after the incident:
(1) All fatalities.
(2) All injuries that require the evacuation of the injured person(s) from the facility to shore or to another offshore
facility.
(3) All losses of well control. “Loss of well control” means:

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(i) Uncontrolled flow of formation or other fluids. The flow may be to an exposed formation (an underground
blowout) or at the surface (a surface blowout);
(ii) Flow through a diverter; or
(iii) Uncontrolled flow resulting from a failure of surface equipment or procedures.
(4) All fires and explosions.
(5) All reportable releases of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas, as defined in §250.490(l).
(6) All collisions that result in property or equipment damage greater than $25,000. “Collision” means the act of a
moving vessel (including an aircraft) striking another vessel, or striking a stationary vessel or object (e.g., a boat
striking a drilling rig or platform). “Property or equipment damage” means the cost of labor and material to restore all
affected items to their condition before the damage, including, but not limited to, the OCS facility, a vessel, helicopter,
or equipment. It does not include the cost of salvage, cleaning, gas-freeing, dry docking, or demurrage.
(7) All incidents involving structural damage to an OCS facility. “Structural damage” means damage severe
enough so that operations on the facility cannot continue until repairs are made.
(8) All incidents involving crane or personnel/material handling operations.
(9) All incidents that damage or disable safety systems or equipment (including firefighting systems).
(b) You must provide a written report of the following incidents to the District Manager within 15 calendar days
after the incident:
(1) Any injuries that result in one or more days away from work or one or more days on restricted work or job
transfer. One or more days means the injured person was not able to return to work or to all of their normal duties the
day after the injury occurred;
(2) All gas releases that initiate equipment or process shutdown;
(3) All incidents that require operations personnel on the facility to muster for evacuation for reasons not related to
weather or drills;
(4) All other incidents, not listed in paragraph (a) of this section, resulting in property or equipment damage
greater than $25,000.
(c) On the Arctic OCS, in addition to the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, you must provide
to the BSEE inspector on location, if one is present, or to the Regional Supervisor, both of the following:
(1) An immediate oral report if any of the following occur:
(i) Any sea ice movement or condition that has the potential to affect your operation or trigger ice management
activities;
(ii) The start and termination of ice management activities; or
(iii) Any “kicks” or operational issues that are unexpected and could result in the loss of well control.
(2) Within 24 hours after completing ice management activities, a written report of such activities that conforms to
the content requirements in §250.190.
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§250.189   Reporting requirements for incidents requiring immediate notification.
For an incident requiring immediate notification under §250.188(a), you must notify the District Manager via oral
communication immediately after aiding the injured and stabilizing the situation. Your oral communication must provide
the following information:
(a) Date and time of occurrence;
(b) Operator, and operator representative's, name and telephone number;
(c) Contractor, and contractor representative's name and telephone number (if a contractor is involved in the
incident or injury/fatality);
(d) Lease number, OCS area, and block;
(e) Platform/facility name and number, or pipeline segment number;
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(g) Operation or activity at time of incident (i.e., drilling, production, workover, completion, pipeline, crane, etc.);
and
(h) Description of the incident, damage, or injury/fatality.
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§250.190   Reporting requirements for incidents requiring written notification.
(a) For any incident covered under §250.188, you must submit a written report within 15 calendar days after the
incident to the District Manager. The report must contain the following information:
(1) Date and time of occurrence;
(2) Operator, and operator representative's name and telephone number;
(3) Contractor, and contractor representative's name and telephone number (if a contractor is involved in the
incident or injury);
(4) Lease number, OCS area, and block;
(5) Platform/facility name and number, or pipeline segment number;
(6) Type of incident or injury;
(7) Operation or activity at time of incident (i.e., drilling, production, workover, completion, pipeline, crane etc.);
(8) Description of incident, damage, or injury (including days away from work, restricted work or job transfer), and
any corrective action taken; and
(9) Property or equipment damage estimate (in U.S. dollars).
(b) You may submit a report or form prepared for another agency in lieu of the written report required by
paragraph (a) of this section, provided the report or form contains all required information.
(c) The District Manager may require you to submit additional information about an incident on a case-by-case
basis.
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§250.191   How does BSEE conduct incident investigations?
Any investigation that BSEE conducts under the authority of sections 22(d)(1) and (2) of the Act (43 U.S.C.
1348(d)(1) and (2)) is a fact-finding proceeding with no adverse parties. The purpose of the investigation is to prepare
a public report that determines the cause or causes of the incident. The investigation may involve panel meetings
conducted by a chairperson appointed by BSEE. The following requirements apply to any panel meetings involving
persons giving testimony:
(a) A person giving testimony may have legal or other representative(s) present to provide advice or counsel while
the person is giving testimony. The chairperson may require a verbatim transcript to be made of all oral testimony. The
chairperson also may accept a sworn written statement in lieu of oral testimony.
(b) Only panel members, and any experts the panel deems necessary, may address questions to any person
giving testimony.
(c) The chairperson may issue subpoenas to persons to appear and provide testimony or documents at a panel
meeting. A subpoena may not require a person to attend a panel meeting held at a location more than 100 miles from
where a subpoena is served.
(d) Any person giving testimony may request compensation for mileage, and fees for services, within 90 days after
the panel meeting. The compensated expenses must be similar to mileage and fees the U.S. District Courts allow.
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§250.192   What reports and statistics must I submit relating to a hurricane, earthquake, or other natural
occurrence?
(a) You must submit evacuation statistics to the Regional Supervisor for a natural occurrence, such as a
hurricane, a tropical storm, or an earthquake. Statistics include facilities and rigs evacuated and the amount of
production shut-in for gas and oil. You must:
(1) Submit the statistics by fax or e-mail (for activities in the BSEE GOM OCS Region, use Form BSEE-0132) as
soon as possible when evacuation occurs. In lieu of submitting your statistics by fax or e-mail, you may submit them
electronically in accordance with 30 CFR 250.186(a)(3);
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evacuation;
(3) Inform BSEE when you resume production; and
(4) Submit the statistics either by BSEE district, or the total figures for your operations in a BSEE region.
(b) If your facility, production equipment, or pipeline is damaged by a natural occurrence, you must:
(1) Submit an initial damage report to the Regional Supervisor within 48 hours after you complete your initial
evaluation of the damage. You must use Form BSEE-0143, Facility/Equipment Damage Report, to make this and all
subsequent reports. In lieu of submitting Form BSEE-0143 by fax or e-mail, you may submit the damage report
electronically in accordance with 30 CFR 250.186(a)(3). In the report, you must:
(i) Name the items damaged (e.g., platform or other structure, production equipment, pipeline);
(ii) Describe the damage and assess the extent of the damage (major, medium, minor); and
(iii) Estimate the time it will take to replace or repair each damaged structure and piece of equipment and return it
to service. The initial estimate need not be provided on the form until availability of hardware and repair capability has
been established (not to exceed 30 days from your initial report).
(2) Submit subsequent reports monthly and immediately whenever information submitted in previous reports
changes until the damaged structure or equipment is returned to service. In the final report, you must provide the date
the item was returned to service.
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§250.193   Reports and investigations of possible violations.
(a) Any person may report to BSEE any hazardous or unsafe working condition on any facility engaged in OCS
activities, and any possible violation or failure to comply with:
(1) Any provision of the Act,
(2) Any provision of a lease, approved plan, or permit issued under the Act,
(3) Any provision of any regulation or order issued under the Act, or
(4) Any other Federal law relating to safety of offshore oil and gas operations.
(b) To make a report under this section, a person is not required to know whether any legal requirement listed in
paragraph (a) of this section has been violated.
(c) When BSEE receives a report of a possible violation, or when a BSEE employee detects a possible violation,
BSEE will investigate according to BSEE procedures and notify any other Federal agency(ies) for further investigation,
as appropriate.
(d) BSEE investigations of possible violations may include:
(1) Conducting interviews of personnel;
(2) Requiring the prompt production of documents, data, and other evidence;
(3) Requiring the preservation of all relevant evidence and access for BSEE investigators to such evidence; and
(4) Taking other actions and imposing other requirements as necessary to investigate possible violations and
assure an orderly investigation.
(e)(1) Reports should contain sufficient credible information to establish a reasonable basis for BSEE to
investigate whether a violation or other hazardous or unsafe working condition exists.
(2) To report hazardous or unsafe working conditions or a possible violation:
(i) Contact BSEE by:
(A) Phone at 1-877-440-0173 (BSEE Toll-free Safety Hotline),
(B) Internet at www.bsee.gov, or
(C) Mail to: U.S. DOI/BSEE, 1849 C Street NW., Mail Stop 5438, Washington, DC 20240 Attention: IRU Hotline
Operations.
(ii) Include the following items in the report:
(A) Name, address, and telephone number should be provided if you do not want to remain anonymous;
(B) The specific concern, provision or Federal law, if known, referenced in (a) that a person violated or with which

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a person failed to comply; and
(C) Any other facts, data, and applicable information.
(f) When a possible violation is reported, BSEE will protect a person's identity to the extent authorized by law.
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§250.194   How must I protect archaeological resources?
(a)-(b) [Reserved]
(c) If you discover any archaeological resource while conducting operations in the lease or right-of-way area, you
must immediately halt operations within the area of the discovery and report the discovery to the BSEE Regional
Director. If investigations determine that the resource is significant, the Regional Director will tell you how to protect it.
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§250.195   What notification does BSEE require on the production status of wells?
You must notify the appropriate BSEE District Manager when you successfully complete or recomplete a well for
production. You must:
(a) Notify the District Manager within 5 working days of placing the well in a production status. You must confirm
oral notification by telefax or e-mail within those 5 working days.
(b) Provide the following information in your notification:
(1) Lessee or operator name;
(2) Well number, lease number, and OCS area and block designations;
(3) Date you placed the well on production (indicate whether or not this is first production on the lease);
(4) Type of production; and
(5) Measured depth of the production interval.
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§250.196   Reimbursements for reproduction and processing costs.
(a) BSEE will reimburse you for costs of reproducing data and information that the Regional Director requests if:
(1) You deliver geophysical and geological (G&G) data and information to BSEE for the Regional Director to
inspect or select and retain;
(2) BSEE receives your request for reimbursement and the Regional Director determines that the requested
reimbursement is proper; and
(3) The cost is at your lowest rate or at the lowest commercial rate established in the area, whichever is less.
(b) BSEE will reimburse you for the costs of processing geophysical information (that does not include cost of data
acquisition):
(1) If, at the request of the Regional Director, you processed the geophysical data or information in a form or
manner other than that used in the normal conduct of business; or
(2) If you collected the information under a permit that BSEE issued to you before October 1, 1985, and the
Regional Director requests and retains the information.
(c) When you request reimbursement, you must identify reproduction and processing costs separately from
acquisition costs.
(d) BSEE will not reimburse you for data acquisition costs or for the costs of analyzing or processing geological
information or interpreting geological or geophysical information.
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§250.197   Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection.
BSEE will protect data and information that you submit under this part, and 30 CFR part 203, as described in this
section. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section describe what data and information will be made available to the public
without the consent of the lessee, under what circumstances, and in what time period. Paragraph (c) of this section
describes what data and information will be made available for limited inspection without the consent of the lessee,

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and under what circumstances.
(a) All data and information you submit on BSEE forms will be made available to the public upon submission,
except as specified in the following table:
Data and information not immediately
On form .  .  . available are .  .  .
Items 15, 16, 22 through 25,
(1) BSEE0123,
Application
for Permit to
Drill,
Items 3, 7, 8, 15 and 17,
(2) BSEE0123S,
Supplemental
APD
Information
Sheet,
Item 17,
(3) BSEE0124,
Application
for Permit to
Modify,
Items 12, 13, 17, 21, 22, 26 through 38,
(4) BSEE0125, End of
Operations
Report,

Item 101,
(5) BSEE0126, Well
Potential Test
Report,
(6)
[Reserved]
Item 10 Fields [WELLBORE START DATE, TD
(7) BSEEDATE, OP STATUS, END DATE, MD, TVD,
0133 Well
AND MW PPG]. Item 11 Fields [WELLBORE
Activity
START DATE, TD DATE, PLUGBACK DATE,
Report,
FINAL MD, AND FINAL TVD] and Items 12
through 15,
Boxes 7 and 8,
(8) BSEE0133S Open
Hole Data
Report,
(9)
[Reserved]
(10)
[Reserved]

Excepted data will be made available .  .  .
When the well goes on production or according to the
table in paragraph (b) of this section, whichever is
earlier.

When the well goes on production or according to the
table in paragraph (b) of this section, whichever is
earlier.

When the well goes on production or according to the
table in paragraph (b) of this section, whichever is
earlier.

When the well goes on production or according to the
table in paragraph (b) of this section, whichever is
earlier. However, items 33 through 38 will not be
released when the well goes on production unless the
period of time in the table in paragraph (b) has
expired.
2 years after you submit it.

When the well goes on production or according to the
table in paragraph (b) of this section, whichever is
earlier.

When the well goes on production or according to the
table in paragraph (b) of this section, whichever is
earlier.

(b) BSEE will release lease and permit data and information that you submit and BSEE retains, but that are not
normally submitted on BSEE forms, according to the following table:
BSEE will
release .  .  .
Geophysical
data, Geological
data Interpreted
G&G
information,
Processed G&G
information,
Analyzed
geological
information,
Geophysical
(2) Data or information is
data, Geological
collected with high-resolution
systems (e.g., bathymetry, side- data, Interpreted
scan sonar, subbottom profiler, G&G
information,
and magnetometer) to comply
If .  .  .
(1) The Director determines that
data and information are needed
for specific scientific or research
purposes for the Government,

At this time .  .  .
At any time,

Special provisions .  .  .
BSEE will release data and information
only if release would further the National
interest without unduly damaging the
competitive position of the lessee.

60 days after BSEE
receives the data or
information, if the
Regional Supervisor
deems it necessary,

BSEE will release the data and
information earlier than 60 days if the
Regional Supervisor determines it is
needed by affected States to make
decisions under 30 CFR 550, subpart B.

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with safety or environmental
protection requirements,

Processed
The Regional Supervisor will reconsider
geological
earlier release if you satisfy him/her that
information,
it would unduly damage your competitive
Analyzed
position.
geological
information,
When your lease
This release time applies only if the
(3) Your lease is no longer in
Geophysical
provisions in this table governing higheffect,
data, Geological terminates,
resolution systems and the provisions in
data, Processed
30 CFR 552.7 do not apply. The release
G&G information
time applies to the geophysical data and
Interpreted G&G
information only if acquired postlease for
information,
a lessee's exclusive use.
Analyzed
geological
information,
10 years after you submit This release time applies only if the
(4) Your lease is still in effect,
Geophysical
data, Processed the data and information, provisions in this table governing highresolution systems and the provisions in
geophysical
30 CFR 552.7 do not apply. This release
information,
time applies to the geophysical data and
Interpreted G&G
information only if acquired postlease for
information,
a lessee's exclusive use.
Geological data, 2 years after the required These release times apply only if the
(5) Your lease is still in effect
submittal date or 60 days provisions in this table governing highAnalyzed
and within the primary term
after a lease sale if any resolution systems and the provisions in
geological
specified in the lease,
30 CFR 552.7 do not apply. If the
portion of an offered
information,
lease is within 50 miles primary term specified in the lease is
extended under the heading of
of a well, whichever is
“Suspensions” in this subpart, the
later,
extension applies to this provision.
Geological data, 2 years after the required None.
(6) Your lease is in effect and
submittal date,
Analyzed
beyond the primary term
geological
specified in the lease,
information,
(7) Data or information is
Descriptions of When the well goes on Directional survey data may be released
earlier to the owner of an adjacent lease
production or when
submitted on well operations,
downhole
according to Subpart D of this part.
geological data is
locations,
operations, and released according to
§§250.197(b)(5) and (b)
equipment,
(6), whichever occurs
earlier,
At any time,
None.
Any data or
(8) Data and information are
obtained from beneath unleased information
obtained,
land as a result of a well
deviation that has not been
approved by the District
Manager or Regional
Supervisor,
None.
Geological data and
G&G data,
(9) Except for high-resolution
information: 10 years
analyzed
data and information released
after BOEM issues the
geological
under paragraph (b)(2) of this
permit; Geophysical
information,
section data and information
processed and data: 50 years after
acquired by a permit under 30
CFR part 551 are submitted by a interpreted G&G BOEM issues the permit;
Geophysical information:
lessee under 30 CFR part 203, information,
25 years after BOEM
30 CFR part 250, or 30 CFR part
issues the permit,
550,

(c) BSEE may allow limited inspection, but only by persons with a direct interest in related BSEE decisions and
issues in specific geographic areas, and who agree in writing to its confidentiality, of G&G data and information
submitted under this part or 30 CFR part 203 that BSEE uses to:
(1) Make unitization determinations on two or more leases;
(2) Make competitive reservoir determinations;
(3) Ensure proper plans of development for competitive reservoirs;
(4) Promote operational safety;
(5) Protect the environment;

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(6) [Reserved]; or
(7) Determine eligibility for royalty relief.
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REfErENcEs
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§250.198   Documents incorporated by reference.
Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register
under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. All incorporated material is available for inspection at the Houston BSEE
office at 1919 Smith Street Suite 14042, Houston, Texas 77002 and is available from the sources indicated in this
section. It is also available for inspection at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). To make an
appointment to inspect incorporated material at the Houston BSEE office, call 1-844-259-4779. For information on the
availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030 or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibrlocations.html.
(a) American Concrete Institute (ACI), ACI Standards, 38800 Country Club Drive, Farmington Hills, MI 483313439: http://www.concrete.org; phone: 248-848-3700:
(1) ACI Standard 318-95, Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete, 1995; incorporated by reference
at §250.901.
(2) ACI 318R-95, Commentary on Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete, 1995; incorporated by
reference at §250.901.
(3) ACI 357R-84, Guide for the Design and Construction of Fixed Offshore Concrete Structures, 1984; reapproved
1997, incorporated by reference at §250.901.
(b) American Gas Association (AGA Reports), 400 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 450, Washington, DC 20001,
http://www.aga.org; phone: 202-824-7000;
(1) AGA Report No. 7—Measurement of Natural Gas by Turbine Meters; Revised February 2006; incorporated by
reference at §250.1203(b);
(2) AGA Report No. 9—Measurement of Gas by Multipath Ultrasonic Meters; Second Edition, April 2007;
incorporated by reference at §250.1203(b);
(3) AGA Report No. 10—Speed of Sound in Natural Gas and Other Related Hydrocarbon Gases; Copyright 2003;
incorporated by reference at §250.1203(b).
(c) American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc. (AISC), AISC Standards, One East Wacker Drive, Suite 700,
Chicago, IL 60601-1802; http://www.aisc.org; phone: 312-670-2400:
(1) ANSI/AISC 360-05, Specification for Structural Steel Buildings, incorporated by reference at §250.901.
(2) [Reserved]
(d) American National Standards Institute (ANSI), http.www./webstore.ansi.org/; phone: 212-642-4900:
(1) ANSI/ASME B 16.5-2003, Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings, incorporated by reference at §250.1002;
(2) ANSI/ASME B 31.8-2003, Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems, incorporated by reference at
§250.1002;
(3) ANSI Z88.2-1992, American National Standard for Respiratory Protection, incorporated by reference at
§250.490.
(e) American Petroleum Institute (API), API Recommended Practices (RP), Specs, Standards, Manual of
Petroleum Measurement Standards (MPMS) chapters, 1220 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005-4070;
http://www.api.org; phone: 202-682-8000:
(1) API 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-Service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration, Tenth
Edition, May 2014; Addendum 1, May 2017; incorporated by reference at §§250.851(a) and 250.1629(b);
(2) API 570, Piping Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems,
Fourth Edition, February 2016; Addendum 1, May 2017; incorporated by reference at §250.841(b).
(3) API Bulletin 2INT-DG, Interim Guidance for Design of Offshore Structures for Hurricane Conditions, May 2007;
incorporated by reference at §250.901;
(4) API Bulletin 2INT-EX, Interim Guidance for Assessment of Existing Offshore Structures for Hurricane
Conditions, May 2007; incorporated by reference at §250.901;

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(5) API Bulletin 2INT-MET, Interim Guidance on Hurricane Conditions in the Gulf of Mexico, May 2007;
incorporated by reference at §250.901;
(6) API Bulletin 92L, Drilling Ahead Safely with Lost Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico, First Edition, August 2015;
incorporated by reference at §250.427(b);
(7) API MPMS Chapter 1—Vocabulary, Second Edition, July 1994; incorporated by reference at §250.1201;
(8) API MPMS Chapter 2—Tank Calibration, Section 2A—Measurement and Calibration of Upright Cylindrical
Tanks by the Manual Tank Strapping Method, First Edition, February 1995; reaffirmed February 2007; incorporated by
reference at §250.1202;
(9) API MPMS Chapter 2—Tank Calibration, Section 2B—Calibration of Upright Cylindrical Tanks Using the
Optical Reference Line Method, First Edition, March 1989; reaffirmed, December 2007; incorporated by reference at
§250.1202;
(10) API MPMS Chapter 3—Tank Gauging, Section 1A—Standard Practice for the Manual Gauging of Petroleum
and Petroleum Products, Second Edition, August 2005; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(11) API MPMS Chapter 3—Tank Gauging, Section 1B—Standard Practice for Level Measurement of Liquid
Hydrocarbons in Stationary Tanks by Automatic Tank Gauging, Second Edition, June 2001; reaffirmed, October 2006;
incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(12) API MPMS Chapter 4—Proving Systems, Section 1—Introduction, Third Edition, February 2005; incorporated
by reference at §250.1202;
(13) API MPMS Chapter 4—Proving Systems, Section 2—Displacement Provers, Third Edition, September 2003;
incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(14) API MPMS Chapter 4—Proving Systems, Section 4—Tank Provers, Second Edition, May 1998, reaffirmed
November 2005; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(15) API MPMS Chapter 4—Proving Systems, Section 5—Master-Meter Provers, Second Edition, May 2000,
reaffirmed, August 2005; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(16) API MPMS Chapter 4—Proving Systems, Section 6—Pulse Interpolation, Second Edition, May 1999;
reaffirmed 2003; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(17) API MPMS Chapter 4—Proving Systems, Section 7—Field Standard Test Measures, Second Edition,
December 1998; reaffirmed 2003; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(18) API MPMS Chapter 4—Proving Systems, Section 8—Operation of Proving Systems; First Edition, reaffirmed
March 2007; incorporated by reference at §250.1202(a), (f), and (g);
(19) API MPMS Chapter 5—Metering, Section 1—General Considerations for Measurement by Meters, Fourth
Edition, September 2005; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(20) API MPMS Chapter 5—Metering, Section 2—Measurement of Liquid Hydrocarbons by Displacement Meters,
Third Edition, September 2005; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(21) API MPMS Chapter 5—Metering, Section 3—Measurement of Liquid Hydrocarbons by Turbine Meters, Fifth
Edition, September 2005; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(22) API MPMS Chapter 5—Metering, Section 4—Accessory Equipment for Liquid Meters, Fourth Edition,
September 2005; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(23) API MPMS Chapter 5—Metering, Section 5—Fidelity and Security of Flow Measurement Pulsed-Data
Transmission Systems, Second Edition, August 2005; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(24) API MPMS Chapter 5—Metering, Section 6—Measurement of Liquid Hydrocarbons by Coriolis Meters; First
Edition, reaffirmed, March 2008; incorporated by reference at §250.1202(a);
(25) API MPMS Chapter 5—Metering, Section 8—Measurement of Liquid Hydrocarbons by Ultrasonic Flow
Meters Using Transit Time Technology; First Edition, February 2005; incorporated by reference at §250.1202(a);
(26) API MPMS Chapter 6—Metering Assemblies, Section 1—Lease Automatic Custody Transfer (LACT)
Systems, Second Edition, May 1991; reaffirmed, April 2007; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(27) API MPMS Chapter 6—Metering Assemblies, Section 6—Pipeline Metering Systems, Second Edition, May
1991; reaffirmed, February 2007; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(28) API MPMS Chapter 6—Metering Assemblies, Section 7—Metering Viscous Hydrocarbons, Second Edition,
May 1991; reaffirmed, April 2007; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(29) API MPMS Chapter 7—Temperature Determination, First Edition, June 2001; reaffirmed, March 2007;

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incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(30) API MPMS Chapter 8—Sampling, Section 1—Standard Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and
Petroleum Products, Third Edition, October 1995; reaffirmed, March 2006; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(31) API MPMS Chapter 8—Sampling, Section 2—Standard Practice for Automatic Sampling of Liquid Petroleum
and Petroleum Products, Second Edition, October 1995; reaffirmed, June 2005; incorporated by reference at
§250.1202;
(32) API MPMS Chapter 9—Density Determination, Section 1—Standard Test Method for Density, Relative
Density (Specific Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method,
Second Edition, December 2002; reaffirmed October 2005; incorporated by reference at §250.1202(a) and (l);
(33) API MPMS Chapter 9—Density Determination, Section 2—Standard Test Method for Density or Relative
Density of Light Hydrocarbons by Pressure Hydrometer, Second Edition, March 2003; incorporated by reference at
§250.1202;
(34) API MPMS Chapter 10—Sediment and Water, Section 1—Standard Test Method for Sediment in Crude Oils
and Fuel Oils by the Extraction Method, Third Edition, November 2007; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(35) API MPMS Chapter 10—Sediment and Water, Section 2—Standard Test Method for Water in Crude Oil by
Distillation, Second Edition, November 2007; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(36) API MPMS Chapter 10—Sediment and Water, Section 3—Standard Test Method for Water and Sediment in
Crude Oil by the Centrifuge Method (Laboratory Procedure), Third Edition, May 2008; incorporated by reference at
§250.1202;
(37) API MPMS Chapter 10—Sediment and Water, Section 4—Determination of Water and/or Sediment in Crude
Oil by the Centrifuge Method (Field Procedure), Third Edition, December 1999; incorporated by reference at
§250.1202;
(38) API MPMS Chapter 10—Sediment and Water, Section 9—Standard Test Method for Water in Crude Oils by
Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration, Second Edition, December 2002; reaffirmed 2005; incorporated by reference at
§250.1202;
(39) API MPMS Chapter 11.1—Volume Correction Factors, Volume 1, Table 5A—Generalized Crude Oils and JP4 Correction of Observed API Gravity to API Gravity at 60 °F, and Table 6A—Generalized Crude Oils and JP-4
Correction of Volume to 60 °F Against API Gravity at 60 °F, API Standard 2540, First Edition, August 1980; reaffirmed
March 1997; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(40) API MPMS Chapter 11.2.2—Compressibility Factors for Hydrocarbons: 0.350-0.637 Relative Density (60
°F/60 °F) and −50 °F to 140 °F Metering Temperature, Second Edition, October 1986; reaffirmed: December 2007;
incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(41) API MPMS Chapter 11—Physical Properties Data, Section 1—Temperature and Pressure Volume Correction
Factors for Generalized Crude Oils, Refined Products, and Lubricating Oils; May 2004 (incorporating Addendum 1,
September 2007); incorporated by reference at §250.1202(a), (g), and (l);
(42) API MPMS Chapter 11—Physical Properties Data, Addendum to Section 2, Part 2—Compressibility Factors
for Hydrocarbons, Correlation of Vapor Pressure for Commercial Natural Gas Liquids, First Edition, December 1994;
reaffirmed, December 2002; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(43) API MPMS Chapter 12—Calculation of Petroleum Quantities, Section 2—Calculation of Petroleum Quantities
Using Dynamic Measurement Methods and Volumetric Correction Factors, Part 1—Introduction, Second Edition, May
1995; reaffirmed March 2002; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(44) API MPMS Chapter 12—Calculation of Petroleum Quantities, Section 2—Calculation of Petroleum Quantities
Using Dynamic Measurement Methods and Volumetric Correction Factors, Part 2—Measurement Tickets, Third
Edition, June 2003; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(45) API MPMS Chapter 12—Calculation of Petroleum Quantities, Section 2—Calculation of Petroleum Quantities
Using Dynamic Measurement Methods and Volumetric Correction Factors, Part 3—Proving Reports; First Edition,
reaffirmed 2009; incorporated by reference at §250.1202(a) and (g);
(46) API MPMS Chapter 12—Calculation of Petroleum Quantities, Section 2—Calculation of Petroleum Quantities
Using Dynamic Measurement Methods and Volumetric Correction Factors, Part 4—Calculation of Base Prover
Volumes by the Waterdraw Method, First Edition, December 1997; reaffirmed, 2009; incorporated by reference at
§250.1202(a), (f), and (g);
(47) API MPMS Chapter 14—Natural Gas Fluids Measurement, Section 3—Concentric, Square-Edged Orifice
Meters, Part 1—General Equations and Uncertainty Guidelines, Third Edition, September 1990; reaffirmed, January
2003; incorporated by reference at §250.1203;
(48) API MPMS Chapter 14—Natural Gas Fluids Measurement, Section 3—Concentric, Square-Edged Orifice
Meters, Part 2—Specification and Installation Requirements, Fourth Edition, April 2000; reaffirmed March 2006;

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incorporated by reference at §250.1203;
(49) API MPMS Chapter 14—Natural Gas Fluids Measurement, Section 3—Concentric, Square-Edged Orifice
Meters; Part 3—Natural Gas Applications; Third Edition, August 1992; Errata March 1994, reaffirmed, February 2009;
incorporated by reference at §250.1203;
(50) API MPMS Chapter 14.5/GPA Standard 2172-09; Calculation of Gross Heating Value, Relative Density,
Compressibility and Theoretical Hydrocarbon Liquid Content for Natural Gas Mixtures for Custody Transfer; Third
Edition, January 2009; incorporated by reference at §250.1203;
(51) API MPMS Chapter 14—Natural Gas Fluids Measurement, Section 6—Continuous Density Measurement,
Second Edition, April 1991; reaffirmed, February 2006; incorporated by reference at §250.1203;
(52) API MPMS Chapter 14—Natural Gas Fluids Measurement, Section 8—Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Measurement, Second Edition, July 1997; reaffirmed, March 2006; incorporated by reference at §250.1203;
(53) API MPMS Chapter 20—Section 1—Allocation Measurement, First Edition, September 1993; reaffirmed
October 2006; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(54) API MPMS Chapter 21—Flow Measurement Using Electronic Metering Systems, Section 1—Electronic Gas
Measurement, First Edition, August 1993; reaffirmed, July 2005; incorporated by reference at §250.1203;
(55) API MPMS Chapter 21—Flow Measurement Using Electronic Metering Systems, Section 2—Electronic
Liquid Volume Measurement Using Positive Displacement and Turbine Meters; First Edition, June 1998; incorporated
by reference at §250.1202(a);
(56) API MPMS Chapter 21—Flow Measurement Using Electronic Metering Systems, Addendum to Section 2—
Flow Measurement Using Electronic Metering Systems, Inferred Mass; First Edition, reaffirmed February 2006;
incorporated by reference at §250.1202(a);
(57) API RP 2A-WSD, Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore
Platforms—Working Stress Design, Twenty-first Edition, December 2000; Errata and Supplement 1, December 2002;
Errata and Supplement 2, September 2005; Errata and Supplement 3, October 2007; incorporated by reference at
§§250.901, 250.908, 250.919, and 250.920;
(58) API RP 2D, Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes, Sixth Edition, May 2007; incorporated by
reference at §250.108;
(59) API RP 2FPS, RP for Planning, Designing, and Constructing Floating Production Systems; First Edition,
March 2001; incorporated by reference at §250.901;
(60) API RP 2I, In-Service Inspection of Mooring Hardware for Floating Structures; Third Edition, April 2008;
incorporated by reference at §250.901(a) and (d);
(61) ANSI/API RP 2N, Third Edition, “Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing, and Constructing
Structures and Pipelines for Arctic Conditions”, Third Edition, April 2015; incorporated by reference at §250.470(g);
(62) API RP 2RD, Recommended Practice for Design of Risers for Floating Production Systems (FPSs) and
Tension-Leg Platforms (TLPs), First Edition, June 1998; reaffirmed, May 2006, Errata, June 2009; incorporated by
reference at §§250.733, 250.800(c), 250.901(a), (d), and 250.1002(b);
(63) API RP 2SK, Design and Analysis of Stationkeeping Systems for Floating Structures, Third Edition, October
2005, Addendum, May 2008, reaffirmed June 2015; incorporated by reference at §§250.800(c) and 250.901(a) and
(d);
(64) API RP 2SM, Recommended Practice for Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Maintenance of Synthetic
Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring, First Edition, March 2001, Addendum, May 2007; incorporated by reference at
§§250.800(c) and 250.901(a) and (d);
(65) API RP 2T, Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing, and Constructing Tension Leg Platforms,
Second Edition, August 1997; incorporated by reference at §250.901(a) and (d);
(66) ANSI/API RP 14B, Design, Installation, Operation, Test, and Redress of Subsurface Safety Valve Systems,
Sixth Edition, September 2015; incorporated by reference at §§250.802(b), 250.803(a), 250.814(d), 250.828(c), and
250.880(c);
(67) API RP 14C, Recommended Practice for Analysis, Design, Installation, and Testing of Basic Surface Safety
Systems for Offshore Production Platforms, Seventh Edition, March 2001, reaffirmed: March 2007; incorporated by
reference at §§250.125(a), 250.292(j), 250.841(a), 250.842(a), 250.850, 250.852(a), 250.855, 250.856(a), 250.858(a),
250.862(e), 250.865(a), 250.867(a), 250.869(a) through (c), 250.872(a), 250.873(a), 250.874(a), 250.880(b) and (c),
250.1002(d), 250.1004(b), 250.1628(c) and (d), 250.1629(b), and 250.1630(a);
(68) API RP 14E, Recommended Practice for Design and Installation of Offshore Production Platform Piping
Systems, Fifth Edition, October 1991; reaffirmed, January 2013; incorporated by reference at §§250.841(b),
250.842(a), and 250.1628(b) and (d);

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(69) API RP 14F, Recommended Practice for Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for
Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations,
Upstream Segment, Fifth Edition, July 2008, reaffirmed: April 2013; incorporated by reference at §§250.114(c),
250.842(c), 250.862(e), and 250.1629(b);
(70) API RP 14FZ, Recommended Practice for Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for
Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1 and Zone 2 Locations,
Second Edition, May 2013; incorporated by reference at §§250.114(c), 250.842(c), 250.862(e), and 250.1629(b);
(71) API RP 14G, Recommended Practice for Fire Prevention and Control on Fixed Open-type Offshore
Production Platforms, Fourth Edition, April 2007; Reaffirmed, January 2013; incorporated by reference at
§§250.859(a), 250.862(e), 250.880(c), and 250.1629(b);
(72) API RP 14J, Recommended Practice for Design and Hazards Analysis for Offshore Production Facilities,
Second Edition, May 2001; reaffirmed: January 2013; incorporated by reference at §§250.800(b) and (c), 250.842(c),
and 250.901(a) and (d);
(73) API RP 17H, Remotely Operated Tools and Interfaces on Subsea Production Systems, Second Edition, June
2013; Errata, January 2014; incorporated by reference at §250.734(a);
(74) API RP 65, Recommended Practice for Cementing Shallow Water Flow Zones in Deepwater Wells, First
Edition, September 2002; incorporated by reference at §250.415;
(75) API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program
for Offshore Operations and Facilities, Third Edition, May 2004, reaffirmed May 2008; incorporated by reference at
§§250.1900, 250.1902, 250.1903, 250.1909, 250.1920;
(76) API RP 86, API Recommended Practice for Measurement of Multiphase Flow; First Edition, September 2005;
incorporated by reference at §§250.1202(a) and 250.1203(b);
(77) API RP 90, Annular Casing Pressure Management for Offshore Wells, First Edition, August 2006;
incorporated by reference at §250.519;
(78) API RP 500, Recommended Practice for Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum
Facilities Classified as Class I, Division 1 and Division 2, Third Edition, December 2012; Errata January 2014,
incorporated by reference at §§250.114(a), 250.459, 250.842(a), 250.862(a) and (e), 250.872(a), 250.1628(b) and (d),
and 250.1629(b);
(79) API RP 505, Recommended Practice for Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum
Facilities Classified as Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2, First Edition, November 1997; reaffirmed, August 2013;
incorporated by reference at §§250.114(a), 250.459, 250.842(a), 250.862(a) and (e), 250.872(a), 250.1628(b) and (d),
and 250.1629(b);
(80) API RP 2556, Recommended Practice for Correcting Gauge Tables for Incrustation, Second Edition, August
1993; reaffirmed November 2003; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(81) API Spec. 2C, Specification for Offshore Pedestal Mounted Cranes, Sixth Edition, March 2004, Effective
Date: September 2004; incorporated by reference at §250.108;
(82) ANSI/API Spec. 6A, Specification for Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment, Twentieth Edition, October
2010; Addendum 1, November 2011; Errata 2, November 2011; Addendum 2, November 2012; Addendum 3, March
2013; Errata 3, June 2013; Errata 4, August 2013; Errata 5, November 2013; Errata 6, March 2014; Errata 7,
December 2014; Errata 8, February 2016; Addendum 4, June 2016; Errata 9, June 2016; Errata 10, August 2016;
incorporated by reference at §§250.730, 250.802(a), 250.803(a), 250.833, 250.873(b), 250.874(g), and 250.1002(b);
(83) API Spec. 6AV1, Specification for Verification Test of Wellhead Surface Safety Valves and Underwater
Safety Valves for Offshore Service, Second Edition, February 2013; incorporated by reference at §§250.802(a),
250.833, 250.873(b), and 250.874(g);
(84) API STD 6AV2, Installation, Maintenance, and Repair of Surface Safety Valves and Underwater Safety
Valves Offshore; First Edition, March 2014; Errata 1, August 2014; incorporated by reference at §§250.820, 250.834,
250.836, and 250.880(c)
(85) ANSI/API Spec. 6D, Specification for Pipeline Valves, Twenty-third Edition, April 2008; Effective Date:
October 1, 2008, Errata 1, June 2008; Errata 2, November 2008; Errata 3, February 2009; Addendum 1, October
2009; Contains API Monogram Annex as Part of U.S. National Adoption; ISO 14313:2007 (Identical), Petroleum and
natural gas industries—Pipeline transportation systems—Pipeline valves; incorporated by reference at §250.1002(b);
(86) ANSI/API Spec. 11D1, Packers and Bridge Plugs, Second Edition, July 2009; incorporated by reference at
§§250.518, 250.619, and 250.1703;
(87) ANSI/API Spec. 14A, Specification for Subsurface Safety Valve Equipment, Eleventh Edition, October 2005,
reaffirmed, June 2012; incorporated by reference at §§250.802 and 250.803(a);
(88) ANSI/API Spec. 16A, Specification for Drill-through Equipment, Third Edition, June 2004, reaffirmed August

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2010; incorporated by reference at §250.730;
(89) ANSI/API Spec. 16C, Specification for Choke and Kill Systems, First Edition, January 1993, reaffirmed July
2010; incorporated by reference at §250.730;
(90) API Spec. 16D, Specification for Control Systems for Drilling Well Control Equipment and Control Systems for
Diverter Equipment, Second Edition, July 2004, reaffirmed August 2013; incorporated by reference at §250.730;
(91) ANSI/API Spec. 17D, Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems—Subsea Wellhead and Tree
Equipment, Second Edition, May 2011; incorporated by reference at §250.730;
(92) ANSI/API Spec. 17J, Specification for Unbonded Flexible Pipe, Third Edition, July 2008, incorporated by
reference at §§250.852(e), 250.1002(b), and 250.1007(a).
(93) ANSI/API Spec. Q1, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Manufacturing
Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry, Ninth Edition, June 2013; Errata, February 2014; Errata 2,
March 2014; Addendum 1, June 2016; incorporated by reference at §§250.730 and 250.801(b) and (c);
(94) API Standard 53, Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for Drilling Wells, Fourth Edition, November 2012,
Addendum 1, July 2016, incorporated by reference at §§250.730, 250.734, 250.735, 250.736, 250.737, and 250.739;
(95) API Standard 65—Part 2, Isolating Potential Flow Zones During Well Construction; Second Edition,
December 2010; incorporated by reference at §§250.415(f) and 250.420(a);
(96) API Standard 2552, USA Standard Method for Measurement and Calibration of Spheres and Spheroids, First
Edition, 1966; reaffirmed, October 2007; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(97) API Standard 2555, Method for Liquid Calibration of Tanks, First Edition, September 1966; reaffirmed March
2002; incorporated by reference at §250.1202;
(f) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 22 Law Drive, P.O. Box 2900, Fairfield, NJ 07007-2900;
http://www.asme.org; phone: 1-800-843-2763.
(1) 2017 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC), Section I, Rules for Construction of Power Boilers,
2017 Edition, July 1, 2017, incorporated by reference at §§250.851(a) and 250.1629(b).
(2) 2017 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section IV, Rules for Construction of Heating Boilers, 2017
Edition, July 1, 2017, incorporated by reference at §§250.851(a) and 250.1629(b).
(3) 2017 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels;
Division 1, 2017 Edition; July 1, 2017, incorporated by reference at §§250.851(a) and 250.1629(b).
(4) 2017 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels;
Division 2: Alternative Rules, 2017 Edition, July 1, 2017, incorporated by reference at §§250.851(a) and 250.1629(b).
(5) 2017 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels;
Division 3: Alternative Rules for Construction of High Pressure Vessels, 2017 Edition, July 1, 2017, incorporated by
reference at §§250.851(a) and 250.1629(b).
(g) American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), ASTM Standards, 100 Bar Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700,
West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959; http://www.astm.org; phone: 1-877-909-2786:
(1) ASTM Standard C 33-07, approved December 15, 2007, Standard Specification for Concrete Aggregates;
incorporated by reference at §250.901;
(2) ASTM Standard C 94/C 94M-07, approved January 1, 2007, Standard Specification for Ready-Mixed
Concrete; incorporated by reference at §250.901;
(3) ASTM Standard C 150-07, approved May 1, 2007, Standard Specification for Portland Cement; incorporated
by reference at §250.901;
(4) ASTM Standard C 330-05, approved December 15, 2005, Standard Specification for Lightweight Aggregates
for Structural Concrete; incorporated by reference at §250.901;
(5) ASTM Standard C 595-08, approved January 1, 2008, Standard Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements;
incorporated by reference at §250.901;
(h) American Welding Society         (AWS), AWS Codes, 8669 NW 36 Street, #130, Miami, FL 33126;
http://www.aws.org;phone: 800-443-9353:
(1) AWS D1.1:2000, Structural Welding Code—Steel, 17th Edition, October 18, 1999; incorporated by reference
at §250.901;
(2) AWS D1.4-98, Structural Welding Code—Reinforcing Steel, 1998 Edition; incorporated by reference at
§250.901;

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(3) AWS D3.6M:1999, Specification for Underwater Welding (1999); incorporated by reference at §250.901.
(i) National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) International, NACE Standards, Park Ten Place, Houston,
TX 77084; http://www.nace.org; phone: 281-228-6200:
(1) NACE Standard MR0175-2003, Standard Material Requirements, Metals for Sulfide Stress Cracking and
Stress Corrosion Cracking Resistance in Sour Oilfield Environments, Revised January 17, 2003; incorporated by
reference at §§250.490 and 250.901;
(2) NACE Standard RP0176-2003, Standard Recommended Practice, Corrosion Control of Steel Fixed Offshore
Structures Associated with Petroleum Production; incorporated by reference at §250.901.
(j) International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 1, ch. de la Voie-Creuse, CP 56, CH-1211, Geneva 20,
Switzerland; www.iso.org; phone: 41-22-749-01-11:
(1) ISO/IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) 17011, Conformity assessment—General requirements
for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies, First edition 2004-09-01; Corrected version 200502-15; incorporated by reference at §§250.1900, 250.1903, 250.1904, and 250.1922.
(2) ISO/IEC 17021-1, Conformity assessment—Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of
management systems—Part 1: Requirements, First Edition, June 2015, incorporated by reference at §250.730(d).
(3) [Reserved]
(k) Center for Offshore Safety (COS), 1990 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1370, Houston, TX 77056;
www.centerforoffshoresafety.org; phone: 832-495-4925.
(1) COS Safety Publication COS-2-01, Qualification and Competence Requirements for Audit Teams and Auditors
Performing Third-party SEMS Audits of Deepwater Operations, First Edition, Effective Date October 2012;
incorporated by reference at §§250.1900, 250.1903, 250.1904, and 250.1921.
(2) COS Safety Publication COS-2-03, Requirements for Third-party SEMS Auditing and Certification of
Deepwater Operations, First Edition, Effective Date October 2012; incorporated by reference at §§250.1900,
250.1903, 250.1904, and 250.1920.
(3) COS Safety Publication COS-2-04, Requirements for Accreditation of Audit Service Providers Performing
SEMS Audits and Certification of Deepwater Operations, First Edition, Effective Date October 2012; incorporated by
reference at §§250.1900, 250.1903, 250.1904, and 250.1922.
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§250.199   Paperwork Reduction Act statements—information collection.
(a) OMB has approved the information collection requirements in part 250 under 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. The table
in paragraph (e) of this section lists the subpart in the rule requiring the information and its title, provides the OMB
control number, and summarizes the reasons for collecting the information and how BSEE uses the information. The
associated BSEE forms required by this part are listed at the end of this table with the relevant information.
(b) Respondents are OCS oil, gas, and sulphur lessees and operators. The requirement to respond to the
information collections in this part is mandated under the Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) and the Act's Amendments of
1978 (43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). Some responses are also required to obtain or retain a benefit or may be voluntary.
Proprietary information will be protected under §250.197, Data and information to be made available to the public or
for limited inspection; parts 30 CFR Parts 251, 252; and the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its
implementing regulations at 43 CFR part 2.
(c) The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 requires us to inform the public that an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and you are not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
(d) Send comments regarding any aspect of the collections of information under this part, including suggestions
for reducing the burden, to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166.
(e) BSEE is collecting this information for the reasons given in the following table:
30 CFR Subpart, title and/or BSEE Form (OMB Control
No.)
(1) Subpart A, General (1014-0022), including Forms
BSEE-0011, iSEE; BSEE-0132, Evacuation Statistics;
BSEE-0143, Facility/Equipment Damage Report; BSEE1832, Notification of Incidents of Noncompliance

BSEE collects this information and uses it to:
(i) Determine that activities on the OCS comply with
statutory and regulatory requirements; are safe and
protect the environment; and result in diligent development
and production on OCS leases.
(ii) Support the unproved and proved reserve estimation,
resource assessment, and fair market value

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determinations.
(iii) Assess damage and project any disruption of oil and
gas production from the OCS after a major natural
occurrence.
(2) Subpart B, Plans and Information (1014-0024)
Evaluate Deepwater Operations Plans for compliance with
statutory and regulatory requirements
(3) Subpart C, Pollution Prevention and Control (1014(i) Evaluate measures to prevent unauthorized discharge
0023)
of pollutants into the offshore waters.

(ii) Ensure action is taken to control pollution.
(4) Subpart D, Oil and Gas and Drilling Operations (1014- (i) Evaluate the equipment and procedures to be used in
drilling operations on the OCS.
0018), including Forms BSEE-0125, End of Operations
Report; BSEE-0133, Well Activity Report; and BSEE0133S, Open Hole Data Report

(ii) Ensure that drilling operations meet statutory and
regulatory requirements.
(5) Subpart E, Oil and Gas Well-Completion Operations
(i) Evaluate the equipment and procedures to be used in
(1014-0004)
well-completion operations on the OCS.

(ii) Ensure that well-completion operations meet statutory
and regulatory requirements.
(6) Subpart F, Oil and Gas Well Workover Operations
(i) Evaluate the equipment and procedures to be used
(1014-0001)
during well-workover operations on the OCS.

(ii) Ensure that well-workover operations meet statutory
and regulatory requirements.
(7) Subpart G, Blowout Preventer Systems (1014-0028), (i) Evaluate the equipment and procedures to be used
during well drilling, completion, workover, and
including Form BSEE-0144, Rig Movement Notification
abandonment operations on the OCS.
Report

(ii) Ensure that well operations meet statutory and
regulatory requirements.
(8) Subpart H, Oil and Gas Production Safety Systems
(i) Evaluate the equipment and procedures that will be
(1014-0003)
used during production operations on the OCS.

(ii) Ensure that production operations meet statutory and
regulatory requirements.
(9) Subpart I, Platforms and Structures (1014-0011)
(i) Evaluate the design, fabrication, and installation of
platforms on the OCS.

(ii) Ensure the structural integrity of platforms installed on
the OCS.
(i) Evaluate the design, installation, and operation of
(10) Subpart J, Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way
(1014-0016), including Form BSEE-0149, Assignment of pipelines on the OCS.
Federal OCS Pipeline Right-of-Way Grant

(ii) Ensure that pipeline operations meet statutory and
regulatory requirements.
(i) Evaluate production rates for hydrocarbons produced
(11) Subpart K, Oil and Gas Production Rates (1014on the OCS.
0019), including Forms BSEE-0126, Well Potential Test
Report and BSEE-0128, Semiannual Well Test Report

(ii) Ensure economic maximization of ultimate hydrocarbon
recovery.
(12) Subpart L, Oil and Gas Production Measurement,
(i) Evaluate the measurement of production, commingling
Surface Commingling, and Security (1014-0002)
of hydrocarbons, and site security plans.

(ii) Ensure that produced hydrocarbons are measured and
commingled to provide for accurate royalty payments and
security.
(13) Subpart M, Unitization (1014-0015)
(i) Evaluate the unitization of leases.

(ii) Ensure that unitization prevents waste, conserves
natural resources, and protects correlative rights.
(14) Subpart N, Remedies and Penalties
(The requirements in subpart N are exempt from the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 according to 5 CFR
1320.4).
(15) Subpart O, Well Control and Production Safety
(i) Evaluate training program curricula for OCS workers,
Training (1014-0008)
course schedules, and attendance.

(ii) Ensure that training programs are technically accurate
and sufficient to meet statutory and regulatory
requirements, and that workers are properly trained.
(16) Subpart P, Sulfur Operations (1014-0006)
(i) Evaluate sulfur exploration and development operations
on the OCS.

(ii) Ensure that OCS sulfur operations meet statutory and
regulatory requirements and will result in diligent
development and production of sulfur leases.

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(17) Subpart Q, Decommissioning Activities (1014-0010)

(18) Subpart S, Safety and Environmental Management
Systems (1014-0017), including Form BSEE-0131,
Performance Measures Data

(19) Application for Permit to Drill (APD, Revised APD),
Form BSEE-0123; and Supplemental APD Information
Sheet, Form BSEE-0123S, and all supporting
documentation (1014-0025)

Ensure that decommissioning activities, site clearance,
and platform or pipeline removal are properly performed to
meet statutory and regulatory requirements and do not
conflict with other users of the OCS.
(i) Evaluate operators' policies and procedures to assure
safety and environmental protection while conducting OCS
operations (including those operations conducted by
contractor and subcontractor personnel).
(ii) Evaluate Performance Measures Data relating to risk
and number of accidents, injuries, and oil spills during
OCS activities.
(i) Evaluate and approve the adequacy of the equipment,
materials, and/or procedures that the lessee or operator
plans to use during drilling.

(ii) Ensure that applicable OCS operations meet statutory
and regulatory requirements.
(20) Application for Permit to Modify (APM), Form BSEE- (i) Evaluate and approve the adequacy of the equipment,
0124, and supporting documentation (1014-0026)
materials, and/or procedures that the lessee or operator
plans to use during drilling and to evaluate well plan
modifications and changes in major equipment.

(ii) Ensure that applicable OCS operations meet statutory
and regulatory requirements.
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