---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 29.180"
title: "50"
number: "29.180"
heading: "When must I plug my well?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/29.180"
---

# §29.180. When must I plug my well?


Except as provided in [§ 29.181](/cfr/50/29.181.md), you must plug your well, in accordance with the standards and procedures outlined in this subpart, when any of the following occurs:

- (a) Your drilling operations have ended and you have taken no further action on your well within 60 calendar days;
- (b) Your well, which has been completed for production operations, has no measurable production quantities for 12 consecutive months; or
- (c) **The period approved in your permit to maintain your well in shut-in status has expired.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 81 FR 79971, Nov. 14, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 664, 668dd, 685, 690d, 715i, 725, 3161; 30 U.S.C. 185; 31 U.S.C. 3711, 9701; 40 U.S.C. 319; 43 U.S.C. 315a; 113 Stat. 1501A-140.

### Source

Source: 31 FR 16026, Dec. 15, 1966, unless otherwise noted.