---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.1702"
title: "30"
number: "250.1702"
heading: "When do I accrue decommissioning obligations?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.1702"
---

# §250.1702. When do I accrue decommissioning obligations?


You accrue decommissioning obligations when you do any of the following:

- (a) Drill a well;
- (b) Install a platform, pipeline, or other facility;
- (c) Create an obstruction to other users of the OCS;
- (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;
- (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;
- (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
- (g) **Re-enter a well that was previously plugged according to this subpart.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 88 FR 23580, Apr. 18, 2023]

### 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.

### Amendments

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 88 FR 23580, Apr. 18, 2023]