Title 30
Mineral Resources
5,954 sections · 206 parts · 6 chapterseCFR snapshot through 2026-08-19
Part 550
OIL AND GAS AND SULFUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
1–100 of 170 sections
- § 550.101Authority and applicability.
- § 550.102What does this part do?
- § 550.103Where can I find more information about the requirements in this part?
- § 550.104How may I appeal a decision made under BOEM regulations?
- § 550.105Definitions.
- § 550.115How do I determine well producibility?
- § 550.116How do I determine producibility if my well is in the Gulf of America?
- § 550.117How does a determination of well producibility affect royalty status?
- § 550.118[Reserved]
- § 550.119Will BOEM approve subsurface gas storage?
- § 550.120What standards will BOEM use to regulate leases, rights-of-use and easement, and rights-of-way?
- § 550.121What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment?
- § 550.122What effect does subsurface storage have on the lease term?
- § 550.123Will BOEM allow gas storage on unleased lands?
- § 550.125Service fees.
- § 550.126Electronic payment instructions.
- § 550.130[Reserved]
- § 550.135What will BOEM do if my operating performance is unacceptable?
- § 550.136How will BOEM determine if my performance is unacceptable?
- § 550.140When will I receive an oral approval?
- § 550.141May I ever use alternate procedures or equipment?
- § 550.142How do I receive approval for departures?
- § 550.143How do I designate an operator?
- § 550.144How do I designate a new operator when a designation of operator terminates?
- § 550.146How do I designate an agent or a local agent?
- § 550.147Who is responsible for fulfilling leasehold obligations?
- § 550.160When will BOEM grant me a right-of-use and easement (RUE), and what requirements must I meet?
- § 550.161What else must I submit with my application?
- § 550.162May I continue my right-of-use and easement after the termination of any lease on which it is situated?
- § 550.163If I have a State lease, will BOEM grant me a right-of-use and easement?
- § 550.164If I have a State lease, what conditions apply for a right-of-use and easement?
- § 550.165If I have a State lease, what fees do I have to pay for a right-of-use and easement?
- § 550.166If BOEM grants me a RUE, what financial assurance must I provide?
- § 550.167How may I obtain or assign my interest in a RUE?
- § 550.181When may the Secretary cancel my lease and when am I compensated for cancellation?
- § 550.182When may the Secretary cancel a lease at the exploration stage?
- § 550.183When may BOEM or the Secretary extend or cancel a lease at the development and production stage?
- § 550.184What is the amount of compensation for lease cancellation?
- § 550.185When is there no compensation for a lease cancellation?
- § 550.186What reporting information and report forms must I submit?
- § 550.187-550.193[Reserved]
- § 550.194How must I protect archaeological resources?
- § 550.195[Reserved]
- § 550.196Reimbursements for reproduction and processing costs.
- § 550.197Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection.
- § 550.198[Reserved]
- § 550.199Paperwork Reduction Act statements—information collection.
- § 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?
- § 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?
- § 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?
- § 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?
- § 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?