---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 285.901"
title: "30"
number: "285.901"
heading: "When do I accrue decommissioning obligations?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/285.901"
---

# §285.901. When do I accrue decommissioning obligations?


You accrue decommissioning obligations when you are or become a lessee or grant holder, and you either install, construct, or acquire by a BOEM-approved assignment a facility, cable, or pipeline, or you create an obstruction to other uses of the OCS.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 6413, Jan. 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted.