Rule2025-18561

Rescission of Expired 1-Year Grace Period for Data Extensions; Corrections

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Published
September 25, 2025
Effective
September 25, 2025

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Interior DepartmentOcean Energy Management Bureau

Abstract

On August 12, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a final rule that removed reference to an expired grace period for data extensions. Some of the language from this section was inadvertently erased. This document corrects the final regulations.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 184 (Thursday, September 25, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18561]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

30 CFR Part 551

[Docket ID: BOEM-2025-0038]
RIN 1010-AE34


Rescission of Expired 1-Year Grace Period for Data Extensions; 
Corrections

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: On August 12, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
(BOEM) published a final rule that removed reference to an expired 
grace period for data extensions. Some of the language from this 
section was inadvertently erased. This document corrects the final 
regulations.

DATES: Effective on September 25, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Jones, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, BOEM, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, at email address 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#84eee1eaeaede2e1f6aaeeebeae1f7c4e6ebe1e9aae3ebf2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d6bcb3b8b8bfb0b3a4f8bcb9b8b3a596b4b9b3bbf8b1b9a0">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, or at telephone number (202) 571-8664.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 12, 2025, BOEM published a final 
rule in the Federal Register (90 FR 38705) that modified paragraph 
(b)(2) of Sec.  551.14. Paragraphs (b)(2)(i) through (viii), which list 
the required components of the application for reprocessed data term 
extensions, were inadvertently and unintentionally left out of the 
final rule text. This document corrects the final regulations to 
restore those paragraphs.

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 551

    Freedom of information, Oil and gas exploration, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Research.

    This action by the Assistant Secretary is taken herein pursuant to 
an existing delegation of authority.

Jacob Tyner,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.

    Accordingly, 30 CFR part 551 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 551--GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL (G&G) EXPLORATIONS OF THE 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF

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1. The authority citation for part 551 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Section 104, Public Law 97-451, 96 Stat. 2451 (30 
U.S.C. 1714), Public Law 109-432, Div C, Title I, 120 Stat. 3000; 30 
U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334; 33 U.S.C. 2704, 2716; 
E.O. 12777, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq., 43 U.S.C. 1337.


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2. Amend Sec.  551.14 by revising paragraph (b)(2) to read as follows:


Sec.  551.14  Protecting and disclosing data and information submitted 
to BOEM under a permit

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    (2) Permittees and third parties may apply to BOEM for an extension 
of the 25-year proprietary term for geophysical information reprocessed 
20 or more years after BOEM issued the germane permit. You must submit 
the application to BOEM within 90 days after completion of the 
reprocessing. Filing locations are listed in Sec.  551.5(d). Your 
application must include:
    (i) Name and address of the permittee or third party;
    (ii) Product name;
    (iii) Identification of the geophysical information area;
    (iv) Identification of originating permit number and date;
    (v) Description of reprocessing performed;
    (vi) Identification of the date of completion of reprocessing the 
geophysical information;
    (vii) Certification that the product meets the definition of 
processed geophysical information and that all other information in the 
application is accurate; and
    (viii) Signature and date.
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[FR Doc. 2025-18561 Filed 9-24-25; 8:45 am]
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