118 HR 9168 IH: Plug Offshore Wells Act U.S. House of Representatives 2024-07-25 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 9168IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 25, 2024Ms. Porter (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, and Mr. Grijalva) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural ResourcesA BILLTo require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Plug Offshore Wells Act.

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Annual report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines

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Annual report

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report that describes, with respect to the preceding year—(1)the number of applications for decommissioning an offshore oil and gas well, platform, or pipeline that were required to be submitted pursuant to subpart Q of part 250 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations) and the number of such applications received by the Secretary of the Interior;(2)the number of offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines for which decommissioning did not occur by the date required pursuant to subpart Q of part 250 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations);(3)the number of offshore oil and gas wells and platforms approved for decommissioning in place;(4)the length of any—(A)offshore oil and gas pipelines that were decommissioned in place pursuant to section 250.1750 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations);(B)offshore oil and gas pipelines that were removed pursuant to section 250.1752 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations); and(C)offshore oil and gas pipelines that were removed pursuant to section 250.1754 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations); and(5)the status of enforcement actions, including notices of incident of noncompliance, orders, citations, civil penalties, and disqualifications from future offshore operations, by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement with respect to decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines.(b)

Decommissioning

In this section, the term decommissioning has the meaning given such term in section 250.1700 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations).