---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.802"
title: "30"
number: "250.802"
heading: "Requirements for SPPE."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.802"
---

# §250.802. Requirements for SPPE.

- (a) All SSVs, BSDVs, USVs, and GLSDVs and their actuators must meet all of the specifications contained in API Specification 6A and API Standard 6AV1 (both incorporated by reference, see [§ 250.198](/cfr/30/250.198.md)).
- (b) All SSSVs and their actuators must meet all of the specifications and recommended practices of ANSI/API Specification 14A and ANSI/API Recommended Practice 14B, including all annexes (both incorporated by reference, see [§ 250.198](/cfr/30/250.198.md)). Subsurface-controlled SSSVs are not allowed on subsea wells.
- (c) Requirements derived from the documents incorporated in this section for SSVs, BSDVs, SSSVs, USVs, GLSDVs, and their actuators, include, but are not limited to, the following:
  - (1) You must ensure that each device is designed to function in the conditions to which it may be exposed; including temperature, pressure, flow rates, and environmental conditions.
    - (i) The device design must be tested by an independent test agency according to the test requirements in the appropriate standard for that device (API Standard 6AV1 or ANSI/API Specification 14A), as identified in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section.
    - (ii) You must maintain a description of the process you used to ensure the device is designed to function as required in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(c)(1)](#c-1) of this section and provide that description to BSEE upon request.
    - (iii) If you remove any SPPE from service and install the device at a different location, you must have a qualified third party review and certify that each device will function as designed under the conditions to which it may be exposed.
  - (2) All materials and parts must meet the original equipment manufacturer specifications and acceptance criteria.
  - (3) The device must pass applicable validation tests and functional tests performed by an API-licensed test agency.
  - (4) You must have requalification testing performed following manufacture design changes.
  - (5) You must comply with and document all manufacturing, traceability, quality control, and inspection requirements.
  - (6) You must follow specified installation, testing, and repair protocols.
  - (7) You must use only qualified parts, procedures, and personnel to repair or redress equipment.
- (d) You must install and use SPPE according to the following table.
- (e) You must retain all documentation related to the manufacture, installation, testing, repair, redress, and performance of the SPPE until 1 year after the date of decommissioning of the equipment.

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 61918, Sept. 7, 2016, as amended at 83 FR 49256, Sept. 28, 2018; 91 FR 35353, June 10, 2026]

### Source

Source: 81 FR 61918, Sept. 7, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### 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

[81 FR 61918, Sept. 7, 2016, as amended at 83 FR 49256, Sept. 28, 2018; 91 FR 35353, June 10, 2026]