30 C.F.R. § 250.1900

Must I have a SEMS program?

Read at: eCFRecfr.gov CornellLII GovInfogovinfo.gov CasesGoogle Scholar
Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 35362, June 10, 2026.

You must develop, implement, and maintain a safety and environmental management system (SEMS) program. Your SEMS program must address the elements described in § 250.1902, American Petroleum Institute's Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities (API RP 75) (as incorporated by reference in § 250.198), and other requirements as identified in this subpart.

(a) If there are any conflicts between the requirements of this subpart and API RP 75; COS-2-01, COS-2-03, or COS-2-04; or ISO/IEC 17011 (incorporated by reference as specified in § 250.198), you must follow the requirements of this subpart.

(b) Nothing in this subpart affects safety or other matters under the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard.

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 78 FR 20440, Apr. 5, 2013]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2018–2025 · leading case: Warner v. Talos ERT, 133 F.4th 412 (5th Cir. 2025).
Warner v. Talos ERT, 133 F.4th 412 (5th Cir. 2025). “See 30 C.F.R. § 250.1900 . Because an oil company’s and a contractor’s SEMS programs might differ, the parties must execute “an agreement on appropriate contractor safety and environmental policies and practices before the contractor begins work at [the oil company’s]…”
Gantt v. Seadrill Americas, Inc., 360 F. Supp. 3d 402 (E.D. La. 2018). “30 C.F.R. § 250.1900 provides that leaseholders "must develop, implement, and maintain a safety and environmental management system (SEMS) program.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.