---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.168"
title: "30"
number: "250.168"
heading: "May operations or production be suspended?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.168"
---

# §250.168. May operations or production be suspended?

- (a) You may request approval of a suspension, or the Regional Supervisor may direct a suspension (Directed Suspension), for all or any part of a lease or unit area.
- (b) Depending on the nature of the suspended activity, suspensions are labeled either Suspensions of Operations (SOO) or Suspensions of Production (SOP).

## 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.