---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.1752"
title: "30"
number: "250.1752"
heading: "How do I remove a pipeline?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.1752"
---

# §250.1752. How do I remove a pipeline?


Before removing a pipeline, you must:

- (a) **Submit a pipeline removal application in triplicate to the Regional Supervisor for approval.** Your application must be accompanied by payment of the service fee listed in [§ 250.125](/cfr/30/250.125.md). Your application must include the following information:
  - (1) Proposed removal procedures;
  - (2) If the Regional Supervisor requires it, a description, including anchor pattern(s), of the vessel(s) you will use to remove the pipeline;
  - (3) Length (feet) to be removed;
  - (4) Length (feet) of the segment that will remain in place;
  - (5) Plans for transportation of the removed pipe for disposal or salvage;
  - (6) Plans to protect archaeological and sensitive biological features during removal operations, including a brief assessment of the environmental impacts of the removal operations and procedures and mitigation measures that you will take to minimize such impacts; and
  - (7) **Projected removal schedule and duration.**
- (b) Pig the pipeline, unless the Regional Supervisor determines that pigging is not practical; and
- (c) **Flush the pipeline.**

## 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.