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30 CFR §250.1714

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You must ensure that all well plugs:
  1. (a)Provide downhole isolation of hydrocarbon and sulphur zones;
  2. (b)Protect freshwater aquifers; and
  3. (c)Prevent migration of formation fluids within the wellbore or to the seafloor.