---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 125.138"
title: "40"
number: "125.138"
heading: "As an owner or operator of a new offshore oil and gas extraction facility, must I keep records and report?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/125.138"
---

# §125.138. As an owner or operator of a new offshore oil and gas extraction facility, must I keep records and report?


As an owner or operator of a new offshore oil and gas extraction facility you are required to keep records and report information and data to the Director as follows:

- (a) You must keep records of all the data used to complete the permit application and show compliance with the requirements, any supplemental information developed under [§ 125.136](/cfr/40/125.136.md), and any compliance monitoring data submitted under [§ 125.137](/cfr/40/125.137.md), for a period of at least three (3) years from the date of permit issuance. The Director may require that these records be kept for a longer period.
- (b) You must provide the following to the Director in a yearly status report:
  - (1) For fixed facilities, biological monitoring records for each cooling water intake structure as required by [§ 125.137(a)](/cfr/40/125.137.md?p=a);
  - (2) Velocity and head loss monitoring records for each cooling water intake structure as required by [§ 125.137(b)](/cfr/40/125.137.md?p=b); and
  - (3) Records of visual or remote inspections as required in [§ 125.137(c)](/cfr/40/125.137.md?p=c).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 71 FR 35040, June 16, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 32948, June 7, 1979, unless otherwise noted.