---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 550.119"
title: "30"
number: "550.119"
heading: "Will BOEM approve subsurface gas storage?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/550.119"
---

# §550.119. Will BOEM approve subsurface gas storage?


The Regional Supervisor may authorize subsurface storage of gas on the OCS, on and off-lease, for later commercial benefit. The Regional Supervisor may authorize subsurface storage of gas on the OCS, off-lease, for later commercial benefit. To receive approval you must:

- (a) Show that the subsurface storage of gas will not result in undue interference with operations under existing leases; and
- (b) **Sign a storage agreement that includes the required payment of a storage fee or rental.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.