Proposed Rule2023-18370
Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant Obligations; Extension of Public Comment Period
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Published
August 25, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentOcean Energy Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is extending the public comment period on our notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), "Risk Management and Financial Assurance for Outer Continental Shelf Lease and Grant Obligations," by 10 days. Comments previously submitted do not need to be resubmitted and will be fully considered.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 164 (Friday, August 25, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 58173-58174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18370]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
30 CFR Parts 550, 556, and 590
[Docket No. BOEM-2023-0027]
RIN 1010-AE14
Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant
Obligations; Extension of Public Comment Period
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of public comment
period.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is extending the
public comment period on our notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM),
``Risk Management and Financial Assurance for Outer Continental Shelf
Lease and Grant Obligations,'' by 10 days. Comments previously
submitted do not need to be resubmitted and will be fully considered.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule ``Risk Management and
Financial Assurance for Outer Continental Shelf [OCS] Lease and Grant
Obligations,'' which was published on June 29, 2023, at 88 FR 42136, is
extended by 10 days. Online comments submitted at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> must be uploaded by 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight
time on September 7, 2023. Hardcopy comments submitted by a parcel
delivery service must be received by BOEM or postmarked on or before
September 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The publicly available documents relevant to this action are
available for public inspection electronically at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> in Docket No. BOEM-2023-0027.
Submitting Comments. You may send comments regarding the substance
of this proposed rule, identified by Docket No. BOEM-2023-0027 or
regulation identifier number (RIN) 1010-AE14, using any of the
following methods:
<bullet> Federal e-rulemaking portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Search for and submit comments on Docket No. BOEM-2023-0027.
<bullet> U.S. Postal Service or other parcel delivery service:
Address comments to the Office of Regulations, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Department of the Interior, Attention: Kelley Spence, 45600
Woodland Road, Mailstop: DIR-BOEM, Sterling, VA 20166.
Instructions: All comments submitted regarding this proposed rule
should reference Docket No. BOEM-2023-0027 or RIN 1010-AE14. All
comments received by BOEM will be reviewed and may be posted to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal information provided with
the submission. For further instructions on protecting personally
identifiable information, see ``Public Availability of Comments'' under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelley Spence, Office of Regulations,
BOEM, at telephone number 984-298-7345 or email address
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f1ba949d9d9488dfa281949f9294b1939e949cdf969e87"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="105b757c7c75693e4360757e737550727f757d3e777f66">[email protected]</span></a>; or Karen Thundiyil, Chief, Office of
Regulations, BOEM, at telephone number 202-742-0970 or email address
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e0ab8192858eceb488958e848999898ca0828f858dce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89c2e8fbece7a7dde1fce7ede0f0e0e5c9ebe6ece4a7eee6ff">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial
711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 29, 2023, BOEM published the
proposed rule ``Risk Management and Financial Assurance for [OCS] Lease
and Grant Obligations.'' 88 FR 42136. That proposed rule would modify
the criteria for determining whether oil, gas, and sulfur lessees,
right-of-use and easement (RUE) grant holders, and pipeline right-of-
way grant holders may be required to provide financial assurance above
the current regulatorily prescribed base financial assurance to ensure
compliance with their Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act obligations.
This proposed rule would also remove existing restrictive provisions
for third-party guarantees and decommissioning accounts and would add
new criteria under which a bond or third-party guarantee that was
provided as supplemental financial assurance may be canceled.
Additionally, this proposed rule would clarify financial assurance
requirements for RUEs serving Federal leases. With this notice, we are
extending the public comment period on the NPRM from August 28, 2023,
to September 7, 2023.
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Public Availability of Comments
You may submit your comments and materials by one of the methods
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. Before including your
name, return address, phone number, email address, or other personally
identifiable information in your comment, you should be aware that your
entire comment--including your personally identifiable information--may
be made publicly available. In order for BOEM to withhold from
disclosure your personally identifiable information, you must identify,
in a cover letter, any information contained in the submittal of your
comments that, if released, would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of your personal privacy. You must also briefly describe in
such cover letter any possible harmful consequences of the disclosure
of information, such as embarrassment, injury, or other harm. While you
can ask us in your comment to withhold your personally identifiable
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so. Even if BOEM withholds your information in the context
of this rulemaking, your submission is subject to the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) and any relevant court orders. If your
submission is requested under the FOIA or such court order, your
information will only be withheld if a determination is made that one
of the FOIA's exemptions to disclosure applies or if such court order
is challenged. Such a determination will be made in accordance with the
Department's FOIA regulations and applicable law.
Elizabeth Klein,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2023-18370 Filed 8-24-23; 8:45 am]
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