{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-9.170","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 9.170","heading":"When must I plug my well?","body":"Except as provided in § 9.171, you must plug your well when any of the following occurs:\n(a) Your drilling operations have ended and you have taken no further action to produce the well within 60 days;\n(b) Your well, which has been completed for production operations, has no measureable production quantities for 12 consecutive months; or\n(c) The period approved in your operations permit to maintain your well in shut-in status has expired.","path":["Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property","CHAPTER I—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","PART 9—MINERALS MANAGEMENT","Subpart B—Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-36.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:44Z","sha256":"cdad80afc4416268c19c3bd0fa2ee8bd18c3a06ea02c8915abbd49e6bf485e3a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-9.161","next":"us/36-cfr-9.171"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}