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
Issuing agencies
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 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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