GroundRules
50 CFR 29.180: When must I plug my well?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries
- CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
- SUBCHAPTER C—THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM
- PART 29—LAND USE MANAGEMENT
- Subpart D—Management of Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights
Except as provided in § 29.181, you must plug your well, in accordance with the standards and procedures outlined in this subpart, when any of the following occurs:
(a) Your drilling operations have ended and you have taken no further action on your well within 60 calendar days;
(b) Your well, which has been completed for production operations, has no measurable production quantities for 12 consecutive months; or
(c) The period approved in your permit to maintain your well in shut-in status has expired.
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