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Title 30Mineral ResourcesPart / Section
Chapter VBureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior500 – 599
Subchapter BOffshore550 – 586
Part 550Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf550.101 – 550.1497
Subpart BPlans and Information550.200 – 550.299
Contents of Exploration Plans (EP)550.211 – 550.228
§ 550.211What must the EP include?
§ 550.212What information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.213What general information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.214What geological and geophysical (G&G) information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.215What hydrogen sulfide (H2S) information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.216What biological, physical, and socioeconomic information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.217What solid and liquid wastes and discharges information and cooling water intake information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.218What air emissions information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.219What oil and hazardous substance spills information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.220If I propose activities in the Alaska OCS Region, what planning information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.221What environmental monitoring information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.222What lease stipulations information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.223What mitigation measures information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.224What information on support vessels, offshore vehicles, and aircraft you will use must accompany the EP?
§ 550.225What information on the onshore support facilities you will use must accompany the EP?
§ 550.226What Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.227What environmental impact analysis (EIA) information must accompany the EP?
§ 550.228What administrative information must accompany the EP?