---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.1205"
title: "30"
number: "250.1205"
heading: "Site security."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.1205"
---

# §250.1205. Site security.

- (a) **What are the requirements for site security?** You must:
  - (1) Protect Federal production against production loss or theft;
  - (2) **Post a sign at each royalty or inventory tank which is used in the royalty determination process.** The sign must contain the name of the facility operator, the size of the tank, and the tank number;
  - (3) Not bypass BSEE-approved liquid hydrocarbon royalty meters and tanks; and
  - (4) Report the following to the Regional Supervisor as soon as possible, but no later than the next business day after discovery:
    - (i) Theft or mishandling of production;
    - (ii) Tampering or bypassing any component of the royalty measurement facility; and
    - (iii) **Falsifying production measurements.**
- (b) **What are the requirements for using seals?** You must:
  - (1) Seal the following components of liquid hydrocarbon royalty meter installations to ensure that tampering cannot occur without destroying the seal:
    - (i) Meter component connections from the base of the meter up to and including the register;
    - (ii) Sampling systems including packing device, fittings, sight glass, and container lid;
    - (iii) Temperature and gravity compensation device components;
    - (iv) All valves on lines leaving a royalty or inventory storage tank, including load-out line valves, drain-line valves, and connection-line valves between royalty and non-royalty tanks; and
    - (v) **Any additional components required by the Regional Supervisor.**
  - (2) **Seal all bypass valves of gas royalty and allocation meters.**
  - (3) Number and track the seals and keep the records at the field location for at least 2 years; and
  - (4) **Make the records of seals available for BSEE inspection.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751, 31 U.S.C. 9701, 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.