ture associated with such determination if the lessee, 
right-of-way holder, or owner— 
‘‘(A) files a notice of intent with the Bu-
reau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
and the United States Army Corps of Engi-
neers in which the lessee, right-of-way holder, 
or owner commits to entering the idle structure 
in the Program; 
‘‘(B) initiates discussions with a wildlife 
and fisheries agency or other regulatory author-
ity of the State of which the extended seaward 
boundary through the exclusive economic zone 
includes the idle structure regarding potential 
sites for the artificial reef, pursuant to the no-
tice of intent filed by the lessee, right-of-way 
holder, or owner under subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) not later than 2 years after the date 
the lessee, right-of-way holder, or owner files a 
notice of intent under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) permanently plugs, abandons, se-
cures, and seals each well associated with 
the idle structure; and 
‘‘(ii) flushes each involved pipeline of 
all hydrocarbons and fills each such pipe-
line with seawater; and 
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‘‘(D) agrees to accept all liability with re-
spect to the idle structure until— 
‘‘(i) the idle structure is reefed in 
place under section 207(a) of the National 
Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984; and 
‘‘(ii) the lessee, right-of-way holder, or 
owner has transferred liability for the idle 
structure to a Federal or State agency.’’. 
(c) OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS PLATFORMS AND PIPE-
LINES DATABASE.—The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the Bureau of Safety and Envi-
ronmental Enforcement, shall create and maintain an Off-
shore Infrastructure Dashboard for the Gulf of Mexico re-
gion that shall— 
(1) be updated not less frequently than every 6 
months; 
(2) be made available to the public; and 
(3) contain information regarding the decom-
missioning of oil and gas platforms and pipelines 
and the potential of such oil and gas platforms and 
pipelines for reef in place (as defined in section 
5(k)(1) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1334(k)(1)), as added by this section) in-
cluding— 
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(A) the number of oil and gas platforms in 
the Gulf of Mexico region; 
(B) the number and approximate location 
of each oil and gas platform that— 
(i) is eligible for decommissioning pur-
suant to the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.); and 
(ii) has an approved decommissioning 
plan and a planned disposition pursuant to 
such Act, including— 
(I) if the oil and gas platform 
will be entered into the artificial reef 
program authorized under the Na-
tional Fishing Enhancement Act of 
1984 (33 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Pro-
gram’’); 
(II) if the oil and gas platform 
will not be entered into the Program, 
a reason for not doing so; and 
(III) each oil and gas platform 
granted an exemption from removal 
under section 5(k)(4) of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
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U.S.C. 1334(k)(4)), as added by this 
section; and 
(C) the length in miles and approximate lo-
cation of each— 
(i) section of oil and gas pipeline that 
is eligible for decommissioning pursuant to 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1301 et seq.); and 
(ii) oil and gas pipeline with an ap-
proved decommissioning plan pursuant to 
such Act. 
Æ 
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