30 CFR § 285.905 - When must I submit my decommissioning application?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s285.905"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 285.905 - When must I submit my decommissioning application?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "285.905"
section_name: "When must I submit my decommissioning application?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OFFSHORE"
part_number: "285"
part_name: "RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ALTERNATE USES OF EXISTING FACILITIES ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1331"
regulatory_source: "88 FR 6413, Jan. 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "285"
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# 285.905 When must I submit my decommissioning application?
You must submit your decommissioning application upon the earliest of the following dates:
(a) Two (2) years before the expiration of your lease.
(b) Ninety (90) days after completion of your commercial activities on a commercial lease.
(c) Ninety (90) days after completion of your approved activities under a limited lease on a ROW grant or RUE grant.
(d) Ninety (90) days after cancellation, relinquishment, or other termination of your lease or grant.
(e) Ninety (90) calendar days after BSEE determines a facility is no longer useful for operations.
[88 FR 6413, Jan. 31, 2023, as amended at 89 FR 42721, May 15, 2024]