BSEE Publishes Final Rule for Decommissioning Costs For Pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf

BSEE Publishes Final Rule for Decommissioning Costs 

For Pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf

            In the November 16, 2016 issue of the Federal Register the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement published its final changes to regulations for decommissioning costs for pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf.  The amendment requires lessees, owners of operating rights, and right-of-way (ROW) holders to submit summaries of actual expenditures incurred for pipeline decommissioning activities.

            A copy may be obtained at this url:

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-11-16/pdf/2016-27416.pdf