{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-250.1702","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 250.1702","heading":"When do I accrue decommissioning obligations?","body":"You accrue decommissioning obligations when you do any of the following:\n(a) Drill a well;\n(b) Install a platform, pipeline, or other facility;\n(c) Create an obstruction to other users of the OCS;\n(d) Are or become a lessee or the owner of operating rights of a lease on which there is a well that has not been permanently plugged according to this subpart, a platform, a lease term pipeline, or other facility, or an obstruction;\n(e) Are or become a holder of a pipeline right-of-way grant on which there is a pipeline, platform, other facility, or an obstruction;\n(f) Are or become the holder of a right-of-use and easement grant on which there is a well, pipeline, platform, other facility, or an obstruction; or\n(g) Re-enter a well that was previously plugged according to this subpart.","path":["Title 30—Mineral Resources","CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER B—OFFSHORE","PART 250—OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF","Subpart Q—Decommissioning Activities"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-30.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:24Z","sha256":"666d73a05e09a85b76c2907d09c46f3db2df4269d2ee0aa74ef8b5f66b3ceb4f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-250.1701","next":"us/30-cfr-250.1703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}