30 CFR 250.816 - Subsurface safety devices in injection wells

Regulations last checked for updates: Apr 30, 2025

Title 30 - Mineral Resources last revised: Apr 14, 2025

View all text of Subpart H [§ 250.800 - § 250.899]

§ 250.816 - Subsurface safety devices in injection wells—dry trees.

You must install a surface-controlled SSSV or an injection valve capable of preventing backflow in all injection wells. This requirement is not applicable if the District Manager determines that the well is incapable of natural flow. You must verify the no-flow condition of the well annually.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751,31.S.C. 9701, 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), 43 U.S.C. 1334.

source: 76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 30 CFR 250.816