30 CFR § 550.162 - May I continue my right-of-use and easement after the termination of any lease on which it is situated?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s550.162"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 550.162 - May I continue my right-of-use and easement after the termination of any lease on which it is situated?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "550.162"
section_name: "May I continue my right-of-use and easement after the termination of any lease on which it is situated?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OFFSHORE"
part_number: "550"
part_name: "OIL AND GAS AND SULFUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "550"
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# 550.162 May I continue my right-of-use and easement after the termination of any lease on which it is situated?

If your right-of-use and easement is on a lease, you may continue to exercise the right-of-use and easement after the lease on which it is situated terminates. You must only use the right-of-use and easement for the purpose that the grant specifies. All future lessees of that portion of the OCS on which your right-of-use and easement is situated must continue to recognize the right-of-use and easement for the purpose that the grant specifies.