# 2026-19293: Decommissioning Paperwork Renewal: Business as Usual

2026-19293, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Decommissioning Activities, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, Safety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau published 2026-09-22, effective Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before October 22, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-29).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19293
- As of: 2026-09-29
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-19293
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Decommissioning Activities
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; Safety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau
- Citation: 91 FR 60146
- Published: 2026-09-22
- Effective: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before October 22, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-10-22
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

## In one line

Decommissioning Paperwork Renewal: Business as Usual

## Summary

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement wants to keep collecting info about decommissioning activities, which means safely shutting down oil and gas sites. This affects companies involved in these activities and asks for public feedback by October 22, 2026. There’s no new cost or big changes, just a renewal to keep things running smoothly.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) proposes to renew an information collection.

## Effects PRIA read

- Mandatory decommissioning reporting continues: cost, medium. If you are a federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil, gas, or sulfur lessee/operator or a holder of a pipeline right-of-way, you must continue to submit decommissioning information under 30 CFR 250 Subpart Q. The renewal covers about 555 potential respondents and 984 annual responses, with each r…
- Estimated annual burden hours rose: cost, medium. BSEE increased the estimated annual burden hours for this information collection from 15,997 hours to 19,965 hours, an increase of 3,968 hours. That higher estimate reflects greater industry time needed for regulatory submissions and paperwork.
- Listed application and decommissioning fees: cost, high. The notice reports total annual non‑hour costs of $745,142 tied to decommissioning activities. It itemizes fees including a $4,684 fee charged 114 times (total $533,976), a $1,142 long-term decommission fee charged 88 times (total $100,496), and a $2,170 right‑of‑way decommissioning fee charged 51…
- Data may affect financial assurance levels: mixed, medium. BSEE will use collected decommissioning information to estimate future decommissioning costs for OCS leases, rights-of-way, and rights of use and easements. Those estimates may be used by BOEM to set financial assurance levels to minimize government abandonment liability.

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## Sources
- [2026-19293 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/22/2026-19293/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for)
- [2026-19293 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-22/pdf/2026-19293.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19293 (as of 2026-09-29).