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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
General Information550.200 – 550.206
§ 550.200Definitions.
§ 550.201What plans and information must I submit before I conduct any activities on my lease or unit?
§ 550.202What criteria must the Exploration Plan (EP), Development and Production Plan (DPP), or Development Operations Coordination Document (DOCD) meet?
§ 550.203Where can wells be located under an EP, DPP, or DOCD?
§ 550.204When must I submit my IOP for proposed Arctic exploratory drilling operations and what must the IOP include?
§ 550.205 [Reserved]
§ 550.206How do I submit the IOP, EP, DPP, or DOCD?
Ancillary Activities550.207 – 550.210
§ 550.207What ancillary activities may I conduct?
§ 550.208If I conduct ancillary activities, what notices must I provide?
§ 550.209What is the BOEM review process for the notice?
§ 550.210If I conduct ancillary activities, what reporting and data/information retention requirements must I satisfy?
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?
Review and Decision Process for the EP550.231 – 550.235
§ 550.231After receiving the EP, what will BOEM do?
§ 550.232What actions will BOEM take after the EP is deemed submitted?
§ 550.233What decisions will BOEM make on the EP and within what timeframe?
§ 550.234How do I submit a modified EP or resubmit a disapproved EP, and when will BOEM make a decision?
§ 550.235If a State objects to the EP's coastal zone consistency certification, what can I do?
Contents of Development and Production Plans (DPP) and Development Operations Coordination Documents (DOCD)550.241 – 550.262
§ 550.241What must the DPP or DOCD include?
§ 550.242What information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.243What general information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.244What geological and geophysical (G&G) information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.245What hydrogen sulfide (H2S) information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.246What mineral resource conservation information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.247What biological, physical, and socioeconomic information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.248What solid and liquid wastes and discharges information and cooling water intake information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.249What air emissions information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.250What oil and hazardous substance spills information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.251If I propose activities in the Alaska OCS Region, what planning information must accompany the DPP?
§ 550.252What environmental monitoring information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.253What lease stipulations information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.254What mitigation measures information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.255What decommissioning information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.256What related facilities and operations information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.257What information on the support vessels, offshore vehicles, and aircraft you will use must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.258What information on the onshore support facilities you will use must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.259What sulphur operations information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.260What Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.261What environmental impact analysis (EIA) information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.262What administrative information must accompany the DPP or DOCD?
Review and Decision Process for the DPP or DOCD550.266 – 550.273
§ 550.266After receiving the DPP or DOCD, what will BOEM do?
§ 550.267What actions will BOEM take after the DPP or DOCD is deemed submitted?
§ 550.268How does BOEM respond to recommendations?
§ 550.269How will BOEM evaluate the environmental impacts of the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.270What decisions will BOEM make on the DPP or DOCD and within what timeframe?
§ 550.271For what reasons will BOEM disapprove the DPP or DOCD?
§ 550.272If a State objects to the DPP's or DOCD's coastal zone consistency certification, what can I do?
§ 550.273How do I submit a modified DPP or DOCD or resubmit a disapproved DPP or DOCD?
Post-Approval Requirements for the EP, DPP, and DOCD550.280 – 550.295
§ 550.280How must I conduct activities under the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?
§ 550.281What must I do to conduct activities under the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?
§ 550.282Do I have to conduct post-approval monitoring?
§ 550.283When must I revise or supplement the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?
§ 550.284How will BOEM require revisions to the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?
§ 550.285How do I submit revised and supplemental EPs, DPPs, and DOCDs?
§§ 550.286-550.295 [Reserved]
Conservation Information Documents (CID)550.296 – 550.299
§ 550.296When and how must I submit a CID or a revision to a CID?
§ 550.297What information must a CID contain?
§ 550.298How long will BOEM take to evaluate and make a decision on the CID?
§ 550.299What operations require approval of the CID?