---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.1725"
title: "30"
number: "250.1725"
heading: "When do I have to remove platforms and other facilities?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.1725"
---

# §250.1725. When do I have to remove platforms and other facilities?

- (a) You must remove all platforms and other facilities within 1 year after the lease, pipeline right-of-way, or right-of-use and easement terminates, unless you receive approval to maintain the structure to conduct other activities. Platforms include production platforms, well jackets, single-well caissons, and pipeline accessory platforms. Other activities include those supporting OCS oil and gas production and transportation, as well as other energy-related or marine-related uses (including LNG) for which adequate financial assurance for decommissioning has been provided to a Federal agency which has given BSEE a commitment that it has and will exercise authority to compel the performance of decommissioning within a time following cessation of the new use acceptable to BSEE. The approval will specify:
  - (1) Whether you must continue to maintain any financial assurance for decommissioning; and
  - (2) Whether, and under what circumstances, you must perform any decommissioning not performed by the new facility owner/user.
- (b) Before you may remove a platform or other facility, you must submit a final removal application to the Regional Supervisor for approval and include the information listed in [§ 250.1727](/cfr/30/250.1727.md).
- (c) You must remove a platform or other facility according to the approved application.
- (d) You must flush all production risers with seawater before you remove them.
- (e) You must notify the Regional Supervisor at least 48 hours before you begin the removal operations.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 88 FR 23581, 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 23581, Apr. 18, 2023]