40 C.F.R. § 125.138

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

Last amended: 2016Year: 2026Length: 158 wordsOfficial source

Cite as 40 C.F.R. § 125.138 (2026)

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).
Cross-references to the CFR
125.136125.137
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