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30 CFR Ch. II (7112 Edition) 250.202250.203

(b) Submitting additional information.
On a case-by-case basis, the Regional
Supervisor may require you to submit
additional information if the Regional
Supervisor determines that it is nec-
essary to evaluate your proposed plan
or document.
(c) Limiting information. The Regional
Director may limit the amount of in-
formation or analyses that you other-
wise must provide in your proposed
plan or document under this subpart
when:
(1) Sufficient applicable information
or analysis is readily available to
BSEE;
(2) Other coastal or marine resources
are not present or affected;
(3) Other factors such as techno-
logical advances affect information
needs; or
(4) Information is not necessary or
required for a State to determine con-
sistency with their CZMA Plan.
(d) Referencing. In preparing your
proposed plan or document, you may
reference information and data dis-
cussed in other plans or documents you
previously submitted or that are other-
wise readily available to BSEE.
250.202250.203 [Reserved]
250.204 How must I protect the rights
of the Federal government?
(a) To protect the rights of the Fed-
eral government, you must either:
(1) Drill and produce the wells that
the Regional Supervisor determines are
necessary to protect the Federal gov-
ernment from loss due to production on
other leases or units or from adjacent
lands under the jurisdiction of other
entities (e.g., State and foreign govern-
ments); or
(2) Pay a sum that the Regional Su-
pervisor determines as adequate to
compensate the Federal government
for your failure to drill and produce
any well.
(b) Payment under paragraph (a)(2) of
this section may constitute production
in paying quantities for the purpose of
extending the lease term.
(c) You must complete and produce
any penetrated hydrocarbon-bearing
zone that the Regional Supervisor de-
termines is necessary to conform to
sound conservation practices.
250.205 Are there special require-
ments if my well affects an adjacent
property?
For wells that could intersect or
drain an adjacent property, the Re-
gional Supervisor may require special
measures to protect the rights of the
Federal government and objecting les-
sees or operators of adjacent leases or
units.
POST-APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
EP, DPP, AND DOCD
250.282 Do I have to conduct post-ap-
proval monitoring?
The Regional Supervisor may direct
you to conduct monitoring programs.
You must retain copies of all moni-
toring data obtained or derived from
your monitoring programs and make
them available to BSEE upon request.
The Regional Supervisor may require
you to:
(a) Monitoring plans. Submit moni-
toring plans for approval before you
begin work; and
(b) Monitoring reports. Prepare and
submit reports that summarize and
analyze data and information obtained
or derived from your monitoring pro-
grams. The Regional Supervisor will
specify requirements for preparing and
submitting these reports.
DEEPWATER OPERATIONS PLAN (DWOP)
250.286 What is a DWOP?
(a) A DWOP is a plan that provides
sufficient information for BSEE to re-
view a deepwater development project,
and any other project that uses non-
conventional production or completion
technology, from a total system ap-
proach. The DWOP does not replace,
but supplements other submittals re-
quired by the regulations such as
BOEM Exploration Plans, Development
and Production Plans, and Develop-
ment Operations Coordination Docu-
ments. BSEE will use the information
in your DWOP to determine whether
the project will be developed in an ac-
ceptable manner, particularly with re-
spect to operational safety and envi-
ronmental protection issues involved
with non-conventional production or
completion technology.
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Safety & Environmental Enforcement, Interior 250.292
(b) The DWOP process consists of two
parts: a Conceptual Plan and the
DWOP. Section 250.289 prescribes what
the Conceptual Plan must contain, and
250.292 prescribes what the DWOP
must contain.
250.287 For what development
projects must I submit a DWOP?
You must submit a DWOP for each
development project in which you will
use non-conventional production or
completion technology, regardless of
water depth. If you are unsure whether
BSEE considers the technology of your
project non-conventional, you must
contact the Regional Supervisor for
guidance.
250.288 When and how must I submit
the Conceptual Plan?
You must submit four copies, or one
hard copy and one electronic version,
of the Conceptual Plan to the Regional
Director after you have decided on the
general concept(s) for development and
before you begin engineering design of
the well safety control system or
subsea production systems to be used
after well completion.
250.289 What must the Conceptual
Plan contain?
In the Conceptual Plan, you must ex-
plain the general design basis and phi-
losophy that you will use to develop
the field. You must include the fol-
lowing information:
(a) An overview of the development
concept(s);
(b) A well location plat;
(c) The system control type (i.e., di-
rect hydraulic or electro-hydraulic);
and
(d) The distance from each of the
wells to the host platform.
250.290 What operations require ap-
proval of the Conceptual Plan?
You may not complete any produc-
tion well or install the subsea wellhead
and well safety control system (often
called the tree) before BSEE has ap-
proved the Conceptual Plan.
250.291 When and how must I submit
the DWOP?
You must submit four copies, or one
hard copy and one electronic version,
of the DWOP to the Regional Director
after you have substantially completed
safety system design and before you
begin to procure or fabricate the safety
and operational systems (other than
the tree), production platforms, pipe-
lines, or other parts of the production
system.
250.292 What must the DWOP con-
tain?
You must include the following infor-
mation in your DWOP:
(a) A description and schematic of
the typical wellbore, casing, and com-
pletion;
(b) Structural design, fabrication,
and installation information for each
surface system, including host facili-
ties;
(c) Design, fabrication, and installa-
tion information on the mooring sys-
tems for each surface system;
(d) Information on any active
stationkeeping system(s) involving
thrusters or other means of propulsion
used with a surface system;
(e) Information concerning the drill-
ing and completion systems;
(f) Design and fabrication informa-
tion for each riser system (e.g., drill-
ing, workover, production, and injec-
tion);
(g) Pipeline information;
(h) Information about the design, fab-
rication, and operation of an offtake
system for transferring produced hy-
drocarbons to a transport vessel;
(i) Information about subsea wells
and associated systems that constitute
all or part of a single project develop-
ment covered by the DWOP;
(j) Flow schematics and Safety Anal-
ysis Function Evaluation (SAFE)
charts (API RP 14C, subsection 4.3c, in-
corporated by reference in 250.198) of
the production system from the Sur-
face Controlled Subsurface Safety
Valve (SCSSV) downstream to the first
item of separation equipment;
(k) A description of the surface/
subsea safety system and emergency
support systems to include a table that
depicts what valves will close, at what
times, and for what events or reasons;
(l) A general description of the oper-
ating procedures, including a table
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