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| Construction and Operations Plan for Commercial Leases | 585.620 – 585.625 | |||||||||||||
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88 FR 6430, Jan. 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted.
89 FR 42748, May 15, 2024, unless otherwise noted.
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The COP describes your construction, operations, and conceptual decommissioning plans under your commercial lease, including your project easement. BOEM will withhold trade secrets and commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential from public disclosure under exemption 4 of the FOIA and in accordance with the terms of § 585.114.
(a) Your COP must describe all planned facilities that you will construct and use for your project, including onshore and support facilities and all anticipated project easements.
(b) Your COP must describe all proposed activities including your proposed construction activities, commercial operations, and conceptual decommissioning plans for all planned facilities, including onshore and support facilities.
(c) You must receive BOEM approval of your COP before you can begin any of the approved activities on your lease.
Your COP must demonstrate that you have planned and are prepared to conduct the proposed activities in a manner that:
(a) Conforms to your responsibilities listed in § 585.105(a);
(b) Conforms to all applicable laws, regulations, and provisions of your commercial lease;
(c) Is safe;
(d) Does not unreasonably interfere with other uses of the OCS, including those involved with national security or defense;
(e) Does not cause undue harm or damage to natural resources; life (including human and wildlife); property; the marine, coastal, or human environment; or sites, structures, or objects of historical or archaeological significance;
(f) Uses best available and safest technology;
(g) Uses best management practices; and
(h) Uses properly trained personnel.
(a) You must submit your COP to BOEM pursuant to § 585.111.
(b) You may submit information and a request for any project easement as part of your original COP submission or as a revision to your COP.