30 CFR 250.1006 - How must I decommission and take out of service a DOI pipeline?

Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 17, 2024

Title 30 - Mineral Resources last revised: Oct 03, 2024

§ 250.1006 - How must I decommission and take out of service a DOI pipeline?

(a) The requirements for decommissioning pipelines are listed in § 250.1750 through § 250.1754.

(b) The table in this section lists the requirements if you take a DOI pipeline out of service:

If you have the pipeline out of service for:	Then you must:
(1) 1 year or less,	Isolate the pipeline with a blind flange or a closed block valve at each end of the pipeline.
(2) More than 1 year but less than 5 years,	Flush and fill the pipeline with inhibited seawater.
(3) 5 or more years,	Decommission the pipeline according to §§ 250.1750-250.1754.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751,31.S.C. 9701, 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), 43 U.S.C. 1334.

source: 76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 30 CFR 250.1006