California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 2 - Department of Conservation
Chapter 4 - Development, Regulation, and Conservation of Oil and Gas Resources
Subchapter 2 - Environmental Protection
Article 3 - Requirements
Section 1777.3 - Production Facility Documentation Retention Requirements

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 1777.3

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) Operators shall maintain records of construction, installation, maintenance and repair operations, tests, and inspections and shall retain the documentation as follows:

(1) For construction, installation and major repairs, documentation shall be retained for the life of the production facility.

(2) For routine maintenance and minor repairs, documentation shall be retained for five years.

(3) For required inspections and tests, documentation shall be retained for five years or for the last two times that the inspection or test has been performed, whichever is longer.

(b) Documentation shall include, but is not limited to:

(1) Name, type, and location of the production facility;

(2) Description of the construction, repair, maintenance, test, or inspection performed;

(3) Date(s) of the activity;

(4) Personnel that performed the construction, repair, maintenance, test, or inspection and their qualifications.

(c) Documentation shall be available for review by the Supervisor or his or her representative and maintained at the operator's local office at all times during regular business hours. If the operator does not have a local office, copies of the documentation shall be sent to the local Division district office upon request.

1. New section filed 12-30-2010; operative 1-29-2011 (Register 2010, No. 53).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 3013 and 3270, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 3106, and 3270, Public Resources Code.

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