You must submit decommissioning applications and receive approval and submit subsequent reports according to the table in this section.
Decommissioning Applications and Reports Table----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Decommissioning applications and
(a) Initial platform removal In the Pacific OCS Region Include information required under Sec.
application [not required in the or Alaska OCS Region, 250.1726.
Gulf of Mexico OCS Region]. submit the application to
the Regional Supervisor
at least 2 years before
production is projected
to cease.(b) Final removal application for a Before removing a platform Include information required under Sec.
platform or other facility. or other facility in the 250.1727.
Gulf of Mexico OCS
Region, or not more than
2 years after the
submittal of an initial
platform removal
application to the
Pacific OCS Region and
the Alaska OCS Region.(c) Post-removal report for a Within 30 days after you Include information required under Sec.
platform or other facility. remove a platform or 250.1729.
other facility.(d) Pipeline decommissioning Before you decommission a Include information required under Sec.
application. pipeline. 250.1751(a) or Sec. 250.1752(a), as
applicable.(e) Post-pipeline decommissioning Within 30 days after you Include information required under Sec.
report. decommission a pipeline. 250.1753.(f) Site clearance report for a Within 30 days after you Include information required under Sec.
platform or other facility. complete site clearance 250.1743(b).
verification activities.(g) Form BSEE-0124, Application for (1) Before you temporarily (i) Include information required under Sec.
Permit to Modify (APM). The abandon or permanently Sec. 250.1712 and 250.1721.
submission of your APM must be plug a well or zone. (ii) When using a BOP for abandonment
accompanied by payment of the operations include information required under
service fee listed in Sec. Sec. 250.1705.
250.125.
(2) Within 30 days after Include information required under Sec.
you plug a well. 250.1717.
(3) Before you install a Refer to Sec. 250.1722(a).
subsea protective device.
(4) Within 30 days after Include information required under Sec.
you complete a protective 250.1722(d).
device trawl test.
(5) Before you remove any Refer to Sec. 250.1723.
casing stub or mud line
suspension equipment and
any subsea protective
device.
(6) Within 30 days after Include information required under Sec.
you complete site 250.1743(a).
clearance verification
activities.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 77 FR 50896, Aug. 22, 2012]