50 CFR 29.180
§ 29.180 When must I plug my well?
United States · 50 CFR — Wildlife and Fisheries · Status: effective
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- 50 CFR 29.180, § 29.180 When must I plug my well?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/419083
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Except as provided in § 29.181, you must plug your well, in accordance with the standards and procedures outlined in this subpart, when any of the following occurs:
(a) Your drilling operations have ended and you have taken no further action on your well within 60 calendar days;
(b) Your well, which has been completed for production operations, has no measurable production quantities for 12 consecutive months; or
(c) The period approved in your permit to maintain your well in shut-in status has expired.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.