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e-CFR Data is current as of February 4, 2010
TITLE 30--Mineral Resources
CHAPTER II--MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SUBCHAPTER B--OFFSHORE
PART 250--OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
Subpart A--GENERAL
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| Authority and applicability. |
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| Where can I find more information about the requirements in this part? |
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| How may I appeal a decision made under MMS regulations? |
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| What standards will the Director use to regulate lease operations? |
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| What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment? |
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| What requirements must I follow for cranes and other material-handling equipment? |
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| What documents must I prepare and maintain related to welding? |
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| What must I include in my welding plan? |
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| Who oversees operations under my welding plan? |
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| What standards must my welding equipment meet? |
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| What procedures must I follow when welding? |
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| How must I install and operate electrical equipment? |
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| How do I determine well producibility? |
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| How do I determine producibility if my well is in the Gulf of Mexico? |
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| How does a determination of well producibility affect royalty status? |
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| Will MMS approve gas injection? |
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| Will MMS approve subsurface gas storage? |
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| How does injecting, storing, or treating gas affect my royalty payments? |
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| What happens when the reservoir contains both original gas in place and injected gas? |
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| What effect does subsurface storage have on the lease term? |
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| Will MMS allow gas storage on unleased lands? |
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| Will MMS approve gas injection into the cap rock containing a sulphur deposit? |
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| Electronic payment instructions. |
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| Why does MMS conduct inspections? |
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| Will MMS notify me before conducting an inspection? |
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| What must I do when MMS conducts an inspection? |
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| Will MMS reimburse me for my expenses related to inspections? |
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| What will MMS do if my operating performance is unacceptable? |
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| How will MMS determine if my operating performance is unacceptable? |
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| When will I receive an oral approval? |
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| May I ever use alternate procedures or equipment? |
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| How do I receive approval for departures? |
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| How do I designate an operator? |
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| How do I designate a new operator when a designation of operator terminates? |
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| How do I designate an agent or a local agent? |
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| Who is responsible for fulfilling leasehold obligations? |
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| How do I name facilities and wells in the Gulf of Mexico Region? |
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| How do I name facilities in the Pacific Region? |
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| How do I name facilities in the Alaska Region? |
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| Do I have to rename an existing facility or well? |
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| What identification signs must I display? |
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| When will MMS grant me a right-of-use and easement, and what requirements must I meet? |
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| What else must I submit with my application? |
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| May I continue my right-of-use and easement after the termination of any lease on which it is situated? |
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| If I have a State lease, will MMS grant me a right-of-use and easement? |
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| If I have a State lease, what conditions apply for a right-of-use and easement? |
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| If I have a State lease, what fees do I have to pay for a right-of-use and easement? |
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| If I have a State lease, what surety bond must I have for a right-of-use and easement? |
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| May operations or production be suspended? |
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| What effect does suspension have on my lease? |
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| How long does a suspension last? |
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| How do I request a suspension? |
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| When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOO or SOP? |
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| When may the Regional Supervisor direct an SOO or SOP? |
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| When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOP? |
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| When may the Regional Supervisor grant an SOO? |
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| Does a suspension affect my royalty payment? |
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| What additional requirements may the Regional Supervisor order for a suspension? |
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| What am I required to do to keep my lease term in effect? |
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| When may the Secretary cancel my lease and when am I compensated for cancellation? |
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| When may the Secretary cancel a lease at the exploration stage? |
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| When may MMS or the Secretary extend or cancel a lease at the development and production stage? |
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| What is the amount of compensation for lease cancellation? |
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| When is there no compensation for a lease cancellation? |
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| What reporting information and report forms must I submit? |
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| What are MMS' incident reporting requirements? |
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| What incidents must I report to MMS and when must I report them? |
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| Reporting requirements for incidents requiring immediate notification. |
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| Reporting requirements for incidents requiring written notification. |
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| How does MMS conduct incident investigations? |
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| What reports and statistics must I submit relating to a hurricane, earthquake, or other natural occurrence? |
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| Reports and investigations of apparent violations. |
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| How must I protect archaeological resources? |
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| What notification does MMS require on the production status of wells? |
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| Reimbursements for reproduction and processing costs. |
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| Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection. |
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| Documents incorporated by reference. |
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| Paperwork Reduction Act statements--information collection. |
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Subpart B--PLANS AND INFORMATION
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| What plans and information must I submit before I conduct any activities on my lease or unit? |
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| What criteria must the Exploration Plan (EP), Development and Production Plan (DPP), or Development Operations Coordination Document (DOCD) meet? |
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| Where can wells be located under an EP, DPP, or DOCD? |
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| How must I protect the rights of the Federal government? |
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| Are there special requirements if my well affects an adjacent property? |
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| How do I submit the EP, DPP, or DOCD? |
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| What ancillary activities may I conduct? |
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| If I conduct ancillary activities, what notices must I provide? |
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| What is the MMS review process for the notice? |
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| If I conduct ancillary activities, what reporting and data/information retention requirements must I satisfy? |
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| What must the EP include? |
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| What information must accompany the EP? |
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| What general information must accompany the EP? |
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| What geological and geophysical (G&G) information must accompany the EP? |
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| What hydrogen sulfide (H2S) information must accompany the EP? |
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| What biological, physical, and socioeconomic information must accompany the EP? |
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| What solid and liquid wastes and discharges information and cooling water intake information must accompany the EP? |
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| What air emissions information must accompany the EP? |
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| What oil and hazardous substance spills information must accompany the EP? |
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| If I propose activities in the Alaska OCS Region, what planning information must accompany the EP? |
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| What environmental monitoring information must accompany the EP? |
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| What lease stipulations information must accompany the EP? |
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| What mitigation measures information must accompany the EP? |
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| What information on support vessels, offshore vehicles, and aircraft you will use must accompany the EP? |
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| What information on the onshore support facilities you will use must accompany the EP? |
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| What Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) information must accompany the EP? |
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| What environmental impact analysis (EIA) information must accompany the EP? |
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| What administrative information must accompany the EP? |
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| After receiving the EP, what will MMS do? |
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| What actions will MMS take after the EP is deemed submitted? |
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| What decisions will MMS make on the EP and within what timeframe? |
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| How do I submit a modified EP or resubmit a disapproved EP, and when will MMS make a decision? |
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| If a State objects to the EP's coastal zone consistency certification, what can I do? |
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| What must the DPP or DOCD include? |
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| What information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What general information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What geological and geophysical (G&G) information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What hydrogen sulfide (H2S) information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What mineral resource conservation information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What biological, physical, and socioeconomic information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What solid and liquid wastes and discharges information and cooling water intake information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What air emissions information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What oil and hazardous substance spills information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| If I propose activities in the Alaska OCS Region, what planning information must accompany the DPP? |
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| What environmental monitoring information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What lease stipulations information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What mitigation measures information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What decommissioning information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What related facilities and operations information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What information on the support vessels, offshore vehicles, and aircraft you will use must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What information on the onshore support facilities you will use must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What sulphur operations information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What environmental impact analysis (EIA) information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What administrative information must accompany the DPP or DOCD? |
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| After receiving the DPP or DOCD, what will MMS do? |
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| What actions will MMS take after the DPP or DOCD is deemed submitted? |
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| How does MMS respond to recommendations? |
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| How will MMS evaluate the environmental impacts of the DPP or DOCD? |
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| What decisions will MMS make on the DPP or DOCD and within what timeframe? |
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| For what reasons will MMS disapprove the DPP or DOCD? |
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| If a State objects to the DPP's or DOCD's coastal zone consistency certification, what can I do? |
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| How do I submit a modified DPP or DOCD or resubmit a disapproved DPP or DOCD? |
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| How must I conduct activities under the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD? |
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| What must I do to conduct activities under the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD? |
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| Do I have to conduct post-approval monitoring? |
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| When must I revise or supplement the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD? |
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| How will MMS require revisions to the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD? |
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| How do I submit revised and supplemental EPs, DPPs, and DOCDs? |
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| For what development projects must I submit a DWOP? |
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| When and how must I submit the Conceptual Plan? |
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| What must the Conceptual Plan contain? |
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| What operations require approval of the Conceptual Plan? |
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| When and how must I submit the DWOP? |
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| What must the DWOP contain? |
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| What operations require approval of the DWOP? |
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| May I combine the Conceptual Plan and the DWOP? |
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| When must I revise my DWOP? |
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| When and how must I submit a CID or a revision to a CID? |
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| What information must a CID contain? |
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| How long will MMS take to evaluate and make a decision on the CID? |
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| What operations require approval of the CID? |
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Subpart C--POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
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| Inspection of facilities. |
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| Definitions concerning air quality. |
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| Facilities described in a new or revised Exploration Plan or Development and Production Plan. |
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Subpart D--OIL AND GAS DRILLING OPERATIONS
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| Who is subject to the requirements of this subpart? |
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| What must I do to keep wells under control? |
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| When and how must I secure a well? |
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| What drilling unit movements must I report? |
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| What are the requirements for the crown block? |
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| What are the safety requirements for diesel engines used on a drilling rig? |
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| What additional safety measures must I take when I conduct drilling operations on a platform that has producing wells or has other hydrocarbon flow? |
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| What tests must I conduct to determine reservoir characteristics? |
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| May I use alternative procedures or equipment during drilling operations? |
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| May I obtain departures from these drilling requirements? |
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| How do I obtain approval to drill a well? |
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| What information must I submit with my application? |
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| What requirements must the location plat meet? |
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| What must my description of well drilling design criteria address? |
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| What must my drilling prognosis include? |
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| What must my casing and cementing programs include? |
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| What must I include in the diverter and BOP descriptions? |
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| What must I provide if I plan to use a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU)? |
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| What additional information must I submit with my APD? |
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| What well casing and cementing requirements must I meet? |
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| What are the casing and cementing requirements by type of casing string? |
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| When may I resume drilling after cementing? |
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| What are the requirements for pressure testing casing? |
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| What are the requirements for prolonged drilling operations? |
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| What are the requirements for pressure testing liners? |
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| What are the recordkeeping requirements for casing and liner pressure tests? |
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| What are the requirements for pressure integrity tests? |
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| What must I do in certain cementing and casing situations? |
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| When must I install a diverter system? |
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| What are the diverter design and installation requirements? |
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| How do I obtain a departure to diverter design and installation requirements? |
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| What are the diverter actuation and testing requirements? |
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| What are the recordkeeping requirements for diverter actuations and tests? |
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| What are the general requirements for BOP systems and system components? |
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| What are the requirements for a surface BOP stack? |
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| What are the requirements for a subsea BOP stack? |
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| What associated systems and related equipment must all BOP systems include? |
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| What are the choke manifold requirements? |
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| What are the requirements for kelly valves, inside BOPs, and drill-string safety valves? |
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| What are the BOP maintenance and inspection requirements? |
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| When must I pressure test the BOP system? |
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| What are the BOP pressure tests requirements? |
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| What additional BOP testing requirements must I meet? |
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| What are the recordkeeping requirements for BOP tests? |
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| What must I do in certain situations involving BOP equipment or systems? |
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| What are the general requirements for a drilling fluid program? |
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| What safe practices must the drilling fluid program follow? |
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| What equipment is required to monitor drilling fluids? |
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| What quantities of drilling fluids are required? |
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| What are the safety requirements for drilling fluid-handling areas? |
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| What are the requirements for conducting a well test? |
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| What are the requirements for directional and inclination surveys? |
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| What are the requirements for well-control drills? |
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| Who establishes field drilling rules? |
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| When must I submit an Application for Permit to Modify (APM) or an End of Operations Report to MMS? |
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| What records must I keep? |
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| How long must I keep records? |
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| What well records am I required to submit? |
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| What other well records could I be required to submit? |
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Subpart E--OIL AND GAS WELL-COMPLETION OPERATIONS
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| Emergency shutdown system. |
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| Well-completion structures on fixed platforms. |
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| Diesel engine air intakes. |
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| Traveling-block safety device. |
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| Field well-completion rules. |
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| Approval and reporting of well-completion operations. |
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| Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations. |
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| Blowout prevention equipment. |
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| Blowout preventer system tests, inspections, and maintenance. |
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| Tubing and wellhead equipment. |
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Subpart F--OIL AND GAS WELL-WORKOVER OPERATIONS
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| Emergency shutdown system. |
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| Well-workover structures on fixed platforms. |
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| Diesel engine air intakes. |
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| Traveling-block safety device. |
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| Field well-workover rules. |
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| Approval and reporting for well-workover operations. |
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| Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations. |
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| Blowout prevention equipment. |
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| Blowout preventer system testing, records, and drills. |
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| Tubing and wellhead equipment. |
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Subpart G--[RESERVED]
Subpart H--OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION SAFETY SYSTEMS
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| Subsurface safety devices. |
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| Design, installation, and operation of surface production-safety systems. |
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| Additional production system requirements. |
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| Production safety-system testing and records. |
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| Safety and pollution prevention equipment quality assurance requirements. |
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Subpart I--PLATFORMS AND STRUCTURES
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| What general requirements apply to all platforms? |
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| What industry standards must your platform meet? |
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| What are the requirements for platform removal and location clearance? |
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| What records must I keep? |
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| What is the Platform Approval Program? |
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| How do I get approval for the installation, modification, or repair of my platform? |
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| What must I do to obtain approval for the proposed site of my platform? |
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| Where must I locate foundation boreholes? |
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| What are the minimum structural fatigue design requirements? |
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| What is the Platform Verification Program? |
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| Which of my facilities are subject to the Platform Verification Program? |
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| If my platform is subject to the Platform Verification Program, what must I do? |
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| What plans must I submit under the Platform Verification Program? |
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| When must I resubmit Platform Verification Program plans? |
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| What are the CVA's primary responsibilities? |
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| What are the CVA's primary duties during the design phase? |
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| What are the CVA's primary duties during the fabrication phase? |
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| What are the CVA's primary duties during the installation phase? |
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| What in-service inspection requirements must I meet? |
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| What are the MMS requirements for assessment of fixed platforms? |
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| How do I analyze my platform for cumulative fatigue? |
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Subpart J--PIPELINES AND PIPELINE RIGHTS-OF-WAY
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| Design requirements for DOI pipelines. |
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| Installation, testing, and repair requirements for DOI pipelines. |
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| Safety equipment requirements for DOI pipelines. |
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| Inspection requirements for DOI pipelines. |
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| How must I decommission and take out of service a DOI pipeline? |
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| What to include in applications. |
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| Requirements to obtain pipeline right-of-way grants. |
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| General requirements for pipeline right-of-way holders. |
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| Bond requirements for pipeline right-of-way holders. |
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| Required payments for pipeline right-of-way holders. |
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| Grounds for forfeiture of pipeline right-of-way grants. |
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| When pipeline right-of-way grants expire. |
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| Applications for pipeline right-of-way grants. |
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| Granting pipeline rights-of-way. |
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| Requirements for construction under pipeline right-of-way grants. |
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| Assignment of pipeline right-of-way grants. |
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| Relinquishment of pipeline right-of-way grants. |
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Subpart K--OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION RATES
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| Definitions for production rates. |
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| General requirements and classification of reservoirs. |
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| Oil and gas production rates. |
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| Bottomhole pressure survey. |
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| Flaring or venting gas and burning liquid hydrocarbons. |
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| Enhanced oil and gas recovery operations. |
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Subpart L--OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT, SURFACE COMMINGLING, AND SECURITY
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| Liquid hydrocarbon measurement. |
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Subpart M--UNITIZATION
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| What is the purpose of this subpart? |
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| What are the requirements for unitization? |
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| What if I have a competitive reservoir on a lease? |
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| How do I apply for voluntary unitization? |
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| How will MMS require unitization? |
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Subpart N--OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF (OCS) CIVIL PENALTIES
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| How does MMS begin the civil penalty process? |
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| What is the maximum civil penalty? |
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| Which violations will MMS review for potential civil penalties? |
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| When is a case file developed? |
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| When will MMS notify me and provide penalty information? |
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| How do I respond to the letter of notification? |
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| When will I be notified of the Reviewing Officer's decision? |
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| What are my appeal rights? |
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Subpart O--WELL CONTROL AND PRODUCTION SAFETY TRAINING
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| What is the goal of my training program? |
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| What are my general responsibilities for training? |
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| May I use alternative training methods? |
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| Where may I get training for my employees? |
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| How often must I train my employees? |
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| How will MMS measure training results? |
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| What must I do when MMS administers written or oral tests? |
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| What must I do when MMS administers or requires hands-on, simulator, or other types of testing? |
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| What will MMS do if my training program does not comply with this subpart? |
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Subpart P--SULPHUR OPERATIONS
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| Determination of sulphur deposit. |
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| Well casing and cementing. |
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| Pressure testing of casing. |
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| Blowout preventer systems and system components. |
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| Blowout preventer systems tests, actuations, inspections, and maintenance. |
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| Supervision, surveillance, and training. |
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| Application for permit to drill. |
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| Application for permit to modify. |
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| Well-completion and well-workover requirements. |
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| Approvals and reporting of well-completion and well-workover operations. |
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| Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations. |
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| Blowout prevention equipment. |
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| Blowout preventer system testing, records, and drills. |
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| Tubing and wellhead equipment. |
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| Design, installation, and operation of production systems. |
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| Additional production and fuel gas system requirements. |
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| Safety-system testing and records. |
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Subpart Q--DECOMMISSIONING ACTIVITIES
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| What do the terms ''decommissioning'', ''obstructions'', and ''facility'' mean? |
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| Who must meet the decommissioning obligations in this subpart? |
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| When do I accrue decommissioning obligations? |
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| What are the general requirements for decommissioning? |
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| When must I submit decommissioning applications and reports? |
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| When must I permanently plug all wells on a lease? |
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| When will MMS order me to permanently plug a well? |
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| What information must I submit before I permanently plug a well or zone? |
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| Must I notify MMS before I begin well plugging operations? |
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| What must I accomplish with well plugs? |
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| How must I permanently plug a well? |
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| To what depth must I remove wellheads and casings? |
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| After I permanently plug a well, what information must I submit? |
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| If I temporarily abandon a well that I plan to re-enter, what must I do? |
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| If I install a subsea protective device, what requirements must I meet? |
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| What must I do when it is no longer necessary to maintain a well in temporary abandoned status? |
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| When do I have to remove platforms and other facilities? |
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| When must I submit an initial platform removal application and what must it include? |
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| What information must I include in my final application to remove a platform or other facility? |
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| To what depth must I remove a platform or other facility? |
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| After I remove a platform or other facility, what information must I submit? |
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| When might MMS approve partial structure removal or toppling in place? |
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| Who is responsible for decommissioning an OCS facility subject to an Alternate Use RUE? |
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| How must I verify that the site of a permanently plugged well, removed platform, or other removed facility is clear of obstructions? |
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| If I drag a trawl across a site, what requirements must I meet? |
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| What other methods can I use to verify that a site is clear? |
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| How do I certify that a site is clear of obstructions? |
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| When may I decommission a pipeline in place? |
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| How do I decommission a pipeline in place? |
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| How do I remove a pipeline? |
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| After I decommission a pipeline, what information must I submit? |
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| When must I remove a pipeline decommissioned in place? |
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