40 CFR § 125.138 - As an owner or operator of a new offshore oil and gas extraction facility, must I keep records and report?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s125.138"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 125.138 - As an owner or operator of a new offshore oil and gas extraction facility, must I keep records and report?"
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "125.138"
section_name: "As an owner or operator of a new offshore oil and gas extraction facility, must I keep records and report?"
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "WATER PROGRAMS"
part_number: "125"
part_name: "CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251  unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 32948, June 7, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "125"
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# 125.138 As an owner or operator of a new offshore oil and gas extraction facility, must I keep records and report?

As an owner or operator of a new offshore oil and gas extraction facility you are required to keep records and report information and data to the Director as follows:

(a) You must keep records of all the data used to complete the permit application and show compliance with the requirements, any supplemental information developed under § 125.136, and any compliance monitoring data submitted under § 125.137, for a period of at least three (3) years from the date of permit issuance. The Director may require that these records be kept for a longer period.

(b) You must provide the following to the Director in a yearly status report:

(1) For fixed facilities, biological monitoring records for each cooling water intake structure as required by § 125.137(a);

(2) Velocity and head loss monitoring records for each cooling water intake structure as required by § 125.137(b); and

(3) Records of visual or remote inspections as required in § 125.137(c).