(a) When you are not the sole lessee, you and your co-lessee(s) are jointly and severally responsible for fulfilling your obligations under the provisions of 30 CFR parts 250 through 282 and 30 CFR parts 550 through 582 unless otherwise provided in these regulations.
(b) If your designated operator fails to fulfill any of your obligations under 30 CFR parts 250 through 282 and 30 CFR parts 550 through 582, the Regional Supervisor may require you or any or all of your co-lessees to fulfill those obligations or other operational obligations under the Act, the lease, or the regulations.
(c) Whenever the regulations in 30 CFR parts 250 through 282 and 30 CFR parts 550 through 582 require the lessee to meet a requirement or perform an action, the lessee, operator (if one has been designated), and the person actually performing the activity to which the requirement applies are jointly and severally responsible for complying with the regulation.
Notes of Decisions
Fruge Ex Rel. Fruge v. Parker Drilling Co., 337 F.3d 558 (5th Cir. 2003).
· cites it 3× “30 C.F.R. § 250.146 (a) & (c). This regulation further allows the Regional Supervisor to require any or all co-lessees to fulfill obligations under the regulations or the lease, if the designated operator fails to fulfill obligations under the regulations.”
In re Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Class Action Litig., 957 F. Supp. 2d 806 (S.D. Tex. 2013).
· cites it 3× “According to Plaintiffs, unlike in Janus, federal regulations — specifically, 30 C.F.R. § 250.146 (a) 8 — required BP and its co-lessees to file and maintain an adequate EP and OSRP.”
United States v. Moss, 872 F.3d 304 (5th Cir. 2017).
· cites it 3× “Second, OCSLA regulations govern the appellees’ conduct because they were the “personfs] actually performing the activities],” and are thus “jointly and severally responsible” under 30 C.F.R. § 250.146 (c). Third, courts have upheld both civil and criminal penalties imposed…”
United States v. Black Elk Energy Offshore, 872 F.3d 304 (5th Cir. 2017).
· cites it 3× “Second, OCSLA regulations govern the appellees’ conduct because they were the “person[s] actually performing the activit[ies],” and are thus “jointly and severally responsible” under 30 C.F.R. § 250.146 (c). Third, courts have upheld both civil and criminal penalties imposed…”
United States v. Black Elk Energy Offshore (5th Cir. 2017).
· cites it 3× “Second, OCSLA regulations govern the appellees’ conduct because they were the “person[s] actually performing the activit[ies],” and are thus “jointly and severally responsible” under 30 C.F.R. § 250.146 (c). Third, courts have upheld both civil and criminal penalties imposed…”
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