250.107—What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment?

(a) You must protect health, safety, property, and the environment by:
(1) Performing all operations in a safe and workmanlike manner; and
(2) Maintaining all equipment and work areas in a safe condition.
(b) You must immediately control, remove, or otherwise correct any hazardous oil and gas accumulation or other health, safety, or fire hazard.
(c) You must use the best available and safest technology (BAST) whenever practical on all exploration, development, and production operations. In general, we consider your compliance with MMS regulations to be the use of BAST.
(d) The Director may require additional measures to ensure the use of BAST:
(1) To avoid the failure of equipment that would have a significant effect on safety, health, or the environment;
(2) If it is economically feasible; and
(3) If the benefits outweigh the costs.

Code of Federal Regulations

[64 FR 72775, Dec. 28, 1999, as amended at 73 FR 20171, Apr. 15, 2008]